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Otavalo – South America’s Most Famous Market
A 30-minute flight from Manta to Quito, then a 90-minute drive north to Otavalo. Sounds easy enough. Not necessarily. Some of the world’s finest artisans live in this remote town. Dana bought these two...
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Road Signs of Ecuador
It’s a 20-mile drive from our home to the nearest “major town” in the Manabi province. And from our back door to Jipijapa we go from sea level to 2,500 feet in just a few miles. I recently took note of...
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A Birthday Gift to Myself: The Way of St. James
On my 47th birthday earlier today, checking out the sites on the first real day of Carnival. “I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.” ~ Herman Melville February 10, 2013. My 47th...
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Carnival in Ecuador
The world stops when it’s Carnival in Ecuador. It’s yet another time when nationals from all across the country descend on the coast for the four-day holiday, and many of them come to Puerto Cayo. It’s...
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Saturday in Jipijapa
“The more a man reads, the more he realizes how much he doesn’t know.” A small roadside waterfall. As I was climbing to the top of a hill for a shot of the jungle, these guys gave me a shout-out. The...
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Goodbye, Ecuador. For a Time.
It’s time to go home. One hundred days that Dana and I have been in Ecuador now. Beginning today at 10 a.m., we’ll drive an hour to Manta, take a domestic flight into Quito, cool our heels 8 hours in...
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House Hunters International: How We Got On
(Blogger‘s Note: For four days during late March and early April, Dana and I filmed with House Hunters International, for an episode that’s coming up on HGTV in a few weeks. Until then, I’m writing an...
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House Hunters International in Ecuador: Answers to the Questions
(Blogger’s Note: The House Hunters International episode featuring our home buying experience in Ecuador will air this Thursday night at 9:30 Central on HGTV.) *** Setting up living quarters in another...
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House Hunters International in Puerto Cayo, Ecuador: The Inside Info
Remember the pop-up videos on VH1? I enjoyed those little factoids and tidbits because they revealed things you’d never know, even if you watched a hundred times. I’ve always enjoyed knowing the story...
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Day Trip to Manta, Ecuador
My friend, Maria Blount of Puerto Cayo began our day with a wonderful breakfast: eggs with tomatoes, fresh fish, sweet bananas and fresh-squeezed papaya juice. Mom and Aunt Neala near the beach in Las...
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Pamplona – Camino Magic
(Above: Heinrich’s reading the Pilgrim’s blessing before leaving Pamplona. It was one of the most special moments I experienced on Camino.) Casa Paderborn in Pamplona “We are only as strong as we...
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40 Beds in 40 Nights … or … Know Your MATL
“I may look calm, but in my head I’ve killed you three times.” ~ unknown philosopher One of my favorite municipal albergues in Castrojeriz. It was just lovely. The hiking/walking/pilgrim community is...
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Mid-South Food Truck Festival
Named 2016 Food Truck Festival Queen. So True. Twisted Sandwich … ummmmm… Fish out of a food truck. Not really my thing, but I’m sure it’s Heavenly. Grammar Nazis need not attend the Food Truck...
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The King’s English
You’ll find a bonus story here and there through The King of Highbanks Road manuscript. One such bonus is a list of my dad’s favorite sayings. Several are toned down in color. Ha. Are any of these...
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The Honesty Box
“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely that what others think of you. The true test of a man’s...
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