I’m not a fan of locals anywhere posing in “traditional” costume waiting to charge tourists for taking a photo, but when it results in a photo like this, well, maybe I don’t mind so much.
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Although we went to Nazca, Peru to see the famous Nazca Lines, we also visited the workshop of a local artisan and BigB had a one-on-one lesson in making and painting pre-Incan style pottery.
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Some governments recommend against taking flights over the Nazca Lines because of concerns related to safety of the tiny twin-engine airplanes that do the trip. We found this out after doing our (very enjoyable) flight 
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We were on our way to visit Machalilla National Park to look at wildlife. First we had to step over the carcasses of sharks littering the beach in Puerto Lopez. Ironic, no?
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Our trip to Isla de la Plata, Ecuador, departed from the beach in Puerto Lopez. When we arrived there was a frenzy of activity on the beach as the day’s catch was unloaded from a flotilla of small fishing boats.
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A couple waiting for the bus in Ambato, central Ecuador. Life is harsh in the Andes, they could be in their thirties or in their sixties. I couldn’t even hazard a guess.
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A woman with her hog, contemplating. Just your average, everyday sighting in a mountain village in Ecuador.
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An iguana preening in Bolivar Park, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Simon Bolivar Park is a small, pretty city park in the center of Guayaquil, Ecuador. It is also home to a large colony (possibly extended family?) of iguanas. They scramble around your feet, drape off the trees and, like this one, preen in the sunshine. Enjoy!
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“Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me!”
We spent my most recent 25-yet-again birthday in Esfahan last week. Murph reckons that this is the 20th birthday I’ve spent with him – how’s that for making a body feel old!! No matter, his observation prompted a conversation that lasted all day where we tried (and failed) to remember where we’ve been on each of those birthdays. I decided that from now on we should take an official “Birthday Photo” with a landmark in the background. Ta-Da: me and my boys with the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque, Esfahan, Iran with it’s glorious, intricate, Islamic tile-work behind us.
