I’ve travelled a bit but I’ve never stepped in guano. Till now… The town Guano next to Riobamba is called “the craft capital of Ecuador” because of leather and tinted textile production. Where does this… smelly name come from? Well, from the river Guano, which has its sources on the …
After one of my articles, a Polish missionary serving currently in Valladolid in Zamora-Chinchipe province wrote to me on Facebook. After a small talk he invited me to go with them to a small village Loyola for saint Ignatius de Loyola feast. I was welcomed as a special …
I am not going to review here classics of the Italian cinema (it happened once – have you seen such depths of my blog? Only in Polish, though). Following my friend Tadeusz’s request, I’m going to write few words about one of the things I don’t like in Ecuador – …
Last time I wrote a text about choosing the travel destination in the South America. Today I’m going to present you what shouldn’t be missing in your backpack and what should be better left at home.I was inspired by a discussion on a Facebook group dedicated to backpacking in the …
I’ve been in South America for quite a while already. I came here as a complete novice but after over seven month observations I have a lot of experience people who come here for the first time do not have. Also, I’ve met dozens of other travellers and I’ve had …
The last time I wrote about what to do when there are rain clouds hanging on the horizon and you have only one day to spend in Vilcabamba and only a moment of the sun. So you come back from the morning trip and the rain starts flooding the world. What …
It was raining recently. For a long time. The rainy season poured its tears on us in goodbye. For the last few days it’s been windy, nights got colder but at least there is no knee-deep mud in my courtyard anymore. During the long rainy weeks there were few sunny …
Today at midnight (ok, to be honest, yesterday few minutes before the midnight) a half a year has passed since I’ve landed in Quito after over ten hours flight from Frankfurt and changing planes in Panama and Puerto Rico. I didn’t know what to expect but since my very first …
It’s raining. It’s been raining for a week already. It started right after the Easter and it didn’t stop till now. Well, ok, it stopped, because it’s not raining constantly but everyday. Normally it rains till seven – eight o’clock. Then it cams a bit – till three, four pm …
I will explain the joke from the title for those who are not from the Southern part of the US. Howdy is a traditional greeting from that place, associated especially with the cowboys. Of cours, it comes from “How do you do?”. Interesting fact, it’s also the official greeting of …
