Category: Region
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Straight in the Eyes
. 6 March 2009 Amazon Basin Rainforest . The trip into the Amazon basin begins by air, but must end on the water because there are no roads. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/straightintheeyes.pdf .
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Fuso Frame Break Repair Complete
Frame repair is complete. Shots from yesterday. Shots from today. Frame break area. Crack area, reinforcement of passenger side to hopefully prevent a break on that side. We are heading for the Amazon basin tomorrow where I hope to have some time completely devoid of Fuso frame issues… All they have there are…
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Fuso Frame Saga Update
Our day began with a beautiful sunrise glowing on the snow capped volcano across the highway from where we were camped. We were in the parking lot of a hotel created from a hacienda built in 1555, where no less than Simón Bolivar, liberator of South America, once stayed during the revolution. Click here for…
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Just Another Day on the Road
The day started like any other day out here. We got up, got around, had some coffee, tea and toast, and started out again, following our noses around Ecuador.Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/justanotherday.pdf .
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Fishing Lessons
A friend of ours is starting a new business. I recently spent a morning with the local fishermen, who had some things to teach those seeking business success. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/fishinglessons.pdf .
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Parallel Worlds
The tailcoat was electric blue, and being pressed up against the car, covered the window. I’d seen something close to the tailcoat’s color in a peacock’s feathers, a shade less similar in a highland weaver’s threads, and a mild resemblance in the shimmering breast of a hummingbird flitting in and out of the sun,…
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Stuff-o-holic
Hello, my name is Doug, and I am a stuff-o-holic. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneystravel.com/ecuador/stuff-o-holic.pdf .
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Polywogs No More
300 years ago in the Royal Navy, we would have been dragged through the ocean from a yardarm and nearly drowned. Even today, in the United States Navy, we would have been obliged to drink and eat unspeakable concoctions in the service of Lord Neptune. But we were not compelled to any of those…