In South America there are to valleys, where grow closely related species of trees which have hallucinogenic properties. Both species are called the same in quichua – huilco. In both valleys there are the towns called Vilcabamba. Bamba is cognate with pampa and means plain. When I first arrived to Vilcabamba, I was quite shocked …
If you want to know how I got to Judith’s farm see my previous post. I bought food for a week. I don’t trust to much the meat hanging on the hooks with plenty of flies stuck to it, so besides sweet potatoes plantains and bananas in three varieties, …
I arrived in Loja not completely woken up before sic o’clock. I started to look for a bus to Vilcabamba. There was one. I bought a ticket in the ticket office, paid 0.20$ for the access to the platforms (I’ll write more about public transport in Ecuador in the future, …
I dedicate this post to Wiktoria, whom I keep overcharging with birds photos and make l learn more about the South America’s fauna. It was around the middle of the day when I came back from Laguna de Cuicocha. That morning I’d left my cloths at a laundry and …
I was sitting in a tourist information and was trying to understand an overenthusiastic man on the opposite site of a desk. He claimed to speak in English, however I was still hearing only Spanish. Although for my questions asked in a Shakespeare’s language, he answered with even more of …
So much is going on, that I have no time to write about it. On Saturday (well it was already Sunday in Europe) I reached Quito after over twenty hours of travel. More or less without any adventures, but I must write few words about the airport in San Juan, …
I think I’m getting old. In the morning I stood on a road and tried to hitch-hike. To Berlin! But, well, I’m fed up. I became weak. I bought a ticket for a bus, because I couldn’t catch anything. Tomorrow evening Frankfurt. At least that’s certain.
In few days I’m going to Ecuador. The last days of preparations. Yesterday I bought new memory cards and a map. This one: Also I’ve vaccinated myself and have gone through so called ‘rabies prophylactics’. What’s that? Well, my doctor told me: ‘Don’t pet any dogs, cats nor monkeys. Don’t …
