I was hoping it would rain today: it did yesterday. The ride from northern Barranquilla down into Soledad took nearly two hours. Our valiant little red bus battled Barranquilla’s infamous “arroyos”, flash floods that rush this city’s main streets with the slightest sprinkle. We in[...]
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July 23rd, 2011 - 8:12 am § in Colombia, Day in the Life
Saints and Rain
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Cusco on My Mind
If you haven’t heard, there have been terrible floods in Cusco, Peru in the past week. Since we are in the thick of la epoca de la lluvia (the rainy season), rain is expected but the level of destruction seen in the area is unimaginable. Tourism is the main industry in Cusco, and the damage [...][...]
