 | Rivendell
2005-02-19, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | We feel the coming of a new day
Darkness gives way to light a new way
Stop here for a while until the world
The world calls you away
Ecuador recently celebrated its annual 2-day Carnival holiday... |
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 | Stick It Out
2005-02-02, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Trust to your instincts
If it's safely restrained
Lightning reactions
Must be carefully trained
Yesterday I went to a health clinic to have my teeth cleaned (it only cost $2) and, in passing, I ... |
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 | You Bet Your Life
2005-01-12, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | The odds get even
You name the game
The odds get even
The stakes are the same
You bet your life...
Happy late New Year! I spent New Yearīs in the village this time around. It is the custom in... |
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 | Inca Trail, Amazon
2004-12-23, Quito, Ecuador. By: nickvdp | | 6 Dec 2004 - Titicaca Border Guards, Floating Islands, Dodgy Buses
Well finally escaped from Titacaca after being trapped there for the elections, not that we were complaining too much
the borde... |
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| Nocturne
2004-12-27, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Symbols on a field of visions
Behind the curtain of sleeping eyes
On the instant of waking
Another world of dreams appears
If you are reading this and you happen to be a DEA (Drug Enforcement Ag... |
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| Vapor Trails
2004-12-11, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Horizon to horizon
Memory written on the wind
Fading away like an hourglass, grain by grain
Swept away like voices in a hurricane
In a vapor trail.
There was a death in the village. It happene... |
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 | I saved a pig!
2004-11-24, Riobamba, Ecuador. By: S0ck3t | | 11/70
A brief update and a long update
So I've been fairly out of the communication loop for a while. Time for a long boring update.
For those of you who don't like me there's also a brief outl... |
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 | Closer to the Heart
2004-11-22, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones who start
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart
Over the last month or so, I've embarked on a new project which has exceeded my wildest expe... |
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 | Cygnus: Bringer of Balance
2004-11-08, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | I see the gods in battle rage on high...
Thunderbolts across the sky...
I cannot move, I cannot hide...
I feel a silent scream begin inside...
Supernovaīs village made the front page of the Ecua... |
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 | Where to next?
2004-10-23, Quito, Ecuador. By: S0ck3t | | After a lot of badgering by Kevin, and a lot of mumblings about cost and not loving me from my family...(only joking mum!) - I've changed my itinerary. I am now pretty much skipping Chile and Argentin... |
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 | Yo puedo hablar espaņol!
2004-10-20, Quito, Ecuador. By: S0ck3t | | Thanks for all your advice about giving presents. In the end I opted for "sounding out" their thoughts on London, the monarchy etc. It turns out the mother is a big fan and loves the buildings in Lond... |
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| Temples of Syrinx
2004-10-18, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Look around at this world we've made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the Brotherhood of Man
Oh, what a nice, contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the Red Star proudly high i... |
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| How wrong can you be...
2004-10-14, Quito, Ecuador. By: S0ck3t | | Somehow I had imagined that staying with a host family in a third world country would be difficult. There should be no space to sleep, cockroaches running up the walls and babies crying all night. Or ... |
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 | Emotion Detector
2004-10-04, Chicana, Ecuador. By: supernova | | If we need too much attention
Not content with being cool
We must throw ourselves wide open
And start acting like a fool
If we need too much approval
Then the cuts can seem too cruel
Friends, ... |
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 | Jungle is Massive!
2004-10-03, Quito, Ecuador. By: melanie | | Were now in Quito and are going out for our final group dinner tonight to mark the end of our Dragoman trip. Before the tears start let me tell you about our last week with Dragoman. The last day in B... |
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| Sand to jungle in the space of a day
2004-09-24, Officially in Ecuador now...., Ecuador. By: melanie | | Hello all! Hope you are all well. Before i say anything, I feel I should advise you all of the dramatic news here...as per the guestbook entry, this morning Paul shave dof fhis beard amid many gasps... |
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| Scars
2004-09-17, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Scars of pleasure
Scars of pain
Atmospheric changes
Make them sensitive again
It is the third time in Latin America that I've had this experience............wallet lifting.
First in Mexico Ci... |
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| Half the World
2004-09-02, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Half the world hates
What half the world does every day
Half the world waits
While half gets on with it anyway
For the last seven days I have stood up in front of captive audiences in the Amazon... |
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| The Stars Look Down
2004-08-04, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | Like the fly on the wheel who says
'What a lot of dust we're raising'
Are you under the illusion
That you're part of this scheme?
Ecuadorians are constantly asking me for money.
"Can you loan... |
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| Prime Mover
2004-07-24, Chicana, Ecuador. By: supernova | | From the point of ignition
To the final drive
The point of a journey
Is not to arrive
Anything can happen...
The other day, I attended the birthday party of a Shuar Indigenous woman named Car... |
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 | Carve Away the Stone
2004-07-10, Amazon Basin, Ecuador. By: supernova | | You can roll that stone
To the top of the hill
Drag your ball and chain behind you
You can carry that weight
With an iron will
Or let the pain remain behind you
Several weeks ago, I had the ... |
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 | wow what a night... at 333 am
2004-07-02, quito, Ecuador. By: quitobean | | Wow. WHAT a night. It was a nearly full moon when I left the house and I couldnt help but notice that absolutely everything was going trippy on me. I took the ecovia to mariscal to call my parents... |
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| parting pensamientos
2004-07-01, quito, Ecuador. By: quitobean | | Some words of wisdom on coming home to the states that I thought I would remind myself of:
mmm i am trying to think of something to tell you that will make adjusting back to the states a little ea... |
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| no recuerdo
2004-06-23, quito, Ecuador. By: quitobean | | My host sister wants to hitchhike with me nd my friend Winston to Cusco and everyone wants to go to the beach. Like in the next 2 weeks. Im not dumb though so I wont end up hitching anywhere, but it... |
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| principe azul?
2004-06-16, quito, Ecuador. By: quitobean | | In spanish, the word for prince charming is principe azul. What I want to know is WHY IS HE BLUE???? And whatever you want to call him, why he makes himself so damn hard to find. I mean honestly li... |
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