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 …
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 …
The carnival is over, fortunately. Four days of pure madness. Four days when it was impossible to go out and stay dry and clean. Foam, water balloons, flour and eggs flying in the air. For four days, from dawn till dusk. Crowds, concerts, beer. A hell lot of beer. Beer …
Over a month ago I came back to Ecuador from my trip to Peru. And even though I saw there beautiful landscapes, I visited Machu Picchu and Cuzco, I celebrated Christmas in the jungle an all of this with delicious food, there was something that didn’t conquer my heart. I …
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 …
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, …
