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 …
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 …
It’s time to finish the subject of Guayaquil. In fact since the very beginning of my stay in Ecuador I knew I was going to be in Guayaquil finally because I had a bus ticket from there to Peru. I was going to spend there about two days, no more, …
When I was looking for the title for my blog few years ago, I wanted it to be characteristic, simple and related to myself. That’s how I came up with The thoughts from under the hat. The hat has been present in my life for almost 12 years – I started …
When I was preparing myself for the travel to Ecuador I was looking online for opinions and advices. South America is not associated with security. The majority sees suddenly the visions of drug cartels, communist guerillas and dictators from both sides of political spectrum. On top of it Brazilian favelas …
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 …
