An unexpectedly bright vehicle for hire appears outside a restaurant in Hamburg, Germany. — Lori Tripoli Traveling to Hamburg? You might be interested in these posts: Reason to Visit Hamburg: WWII Bunker Transformed to Green Energy Plant Tracking the Beatles in Hamburg Mississippi Queen in Hamburg
Taxis around the World: Peru
There are so many ways to see a city, on foot, on bicycle, via taxi ride. Some interesting vehicles for hire are pictured in an occasional Taxis around the World series. Here, a three-wheeled vehicle in Pisac, Peru. — Lori Tripoli Going to Peru? You might like these posts: Peruvian Effigy To Peru in a…
Peruvian Effigy
A little disconcerting to this North American visitor are the colorful effigies hanging from trees and lampposts in southern Peru. The Brawny Sherpa and I are in Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and Machu Picchu at the end of February, when carnival apparently extends beyond Mardi Gras. The dolls, I am told, are part of the…
Working Kids
The Worst Sorts of Falls
Contemplating Colonialism, Missionaries, Politics, Priests Fresh from a trip to Peru, I watch The Mission, a 1986 film about missionaries in South America and their efforts to convert indigenous people to Christianity. Starring Jeremy Irons as a nonviolent priest and Robert De Niro as a former slave trader new to the religious fold, politics—a treaty…
What Happens in Italy Stays in Italy
A Mid-Life Road Trip Everyone Wants to Take Looking for escape on a chilly mid-winter day, one might reach for a copy of The Trip to Italy (2014), starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon playing themselves on a high-end road trip where their assignment is to write about food, or friendship, or friendship through food…
Roughing It in the Galapagos Islands
Relocating Isn’t Quite the Same as Vacationing No matter where I go, I always try to picture myself living in that place, like by Hemingway’s pool in Key West, Fla., or with a little apartment by the Blue Lagoon in Iceland, or owning an antiques shop in Hamilton, N.Y. When I take the Youthful Adventurer…
Leading a Farm-to-Table Life in Peru: A Sustainability Conundrum
Is True Sustainability Sustainable? I equate striving for sustainability—the practice of not depleting the Earth’s resources—with achieving a certain harmony. On my way to Machu Picchu, I can’t help but observe how the indigenous people in Peru live. The distance from farm to table here sometimes is no more than a few yards. Textiles are…
In Praise of Pachamama
Experience the tranquility of a session with a shaman in Peru, in praise of pachamama, or Mother Earth
Taking the Machu Picchu Express
Short on vacation time, the Brawny Sherpa and I opt for a quick trip to Peru. Sure, we’d love to languish in the countryside for a couple of weeks, learn all there is to learn in Lima, gain clarity with the ayahuasca, canoe the Amazon. Right now, there isn’t time. Our goal is Machu Picchu;…