by Eileen | Apr 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
You would not believe how many times I got slapped to see these birds. These birds, by the way, are the scarlet ibis, visible in Trinidad and Suriname. These particular birds I saw in Bigi Pan, an Everglades-like (so they say, I’ve never been to the Everglades,...
by Eileen | Mar 1, 2012 | feria, food and drink, santiago, shopping
I know, bla bla, we have awesome produce in Chile bla. But a recent possible facebook throwdown from some friends means I have to keep my game on. Though since there are two of them, and only one of me, their haul and story has to be twice as good as mine. And I...
by Eileen | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
There’s this moment between when you see the car door start to open and when you actually finally make impact that you think, shit, what’s going to happen here? Then there’s the sprawling, slow-motion fall onto the asphalt and the gasp of the...
by Eileen | Oct 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
There are people who like the transit part of traveling. The bus, the plane, the boat ride. They say getting there is half the fun. I do not understand these people. For me, hyper (or amped, as I like to say) to a fault, sitting still in an enclosed space for a long...
by Eileen | Sep 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Photo courtesy of Ignacio Pérez Pérez. There’s no way to put this delicately. Sometimes I stand on the street with a bunch of friends and strangers, and then, with a giant plastic hoop around my middle (and occasionally a leg or an arm, but never my neck,...
