Peru – The Amazon – Into the Jungle
The crew fit us with rubber boots. We […]
Italy – Venice Birthday Bash
We interrupt our Amazon adventure to bring readers a news bulletin on Foreign Writes current Venice escapade. […]
Peru – The Amazon – Breakfast for the Birds
5:30 a.m. Our wake-up knock! We’ve been warned that this will be a daily routine for those […]
Peru – The Amazon – Let’s Talk Superlatives
4,171 miles long, the largest drainage basin in the world, draining 40% of South America (2,720,000 square […]
Peru – We’re On the River!
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All I see looking out the window of the plane is a carpet […]
Peru – Lima – On to the Amazon!
Our days and evenings in Lima are full. […]
Peru – Lima – Traces of Early Glory
Once upon a time the desert that is now Lima’s central Pacific coast, with 1/2″ of rain […]
Peru – Lima – World Class Eating
Three chefs are igniting the culinary explosion that makes Lima the gastronomic capital of Latin America, with […]
Peru – Lima – All About Chocolate
We sign up for the Museum of Chocolate’s two hour workshop. It takes us from an introduction […]
Peru – Lima – Adventures Begin
Such a relief to get off the plane! Such a relief to find the driver waiting when […]
[…]June – Busting Out All Over
In a couple of weeks, Foreign Writes will be on the move to an exotic location – […]
Working Together – Sudan, Somalia and Russian Nuclear Subs
I had the pleasure of speaking to the assembled delegates at the opening ceremony of the Port […]
Italy – Venice – Ulterior Motives
We linger in Venice. Not that anyone really needs an excuse, but there is another reason not […]
Italy – Venice – Looking Up
Venice – most improbable of cities. As we walk its streets, catching our breaths at one too-perfect […]