Cordoba and La Cumbre

I’m not sure at what point Argentina was put on the SAA itinerary. When we arrived on the continent, the plan included only Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. I know that within the first month of our arrival in Ecuador we were hearing from travelers how great, and how cheap, Argentina was.
Argentina used to [...]

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Shakin’ things up

It’s happened again folks. Earthquake no. 2 in the space of two weeks (report on no. 1). This one was much smaller (a measly 3.5), but it was only 25km away instead of 100km so it felt similar. I was on the computer (suprize) and felt the earth give a sharp jolt [...]

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Would you like a side of earthquake with that coffee?

This morning at 9:18 we experienced another earthquake. We had eaten breakfast and were doing a little interneting when we both felt the ground shake abrubtly for a few seconds. Ben looked over at me and said, “Okay, that was an earthquake.” Turns out we were only 65 miles from the [...]

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Tuesday’s Rains

 While my post about the incredible amount of rain we had on Tuesday was meant to be funny, I have since found out that at least four people died  from the flooding.  Two men and two children have been found dead and two other children are still missing.  The links are to two news stories [...]

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Terremoto

Right now we are in Trujillo, a coastal town in the north of Peru.  Last night, around 6:45, Ben and I were sitting in bed reading.  He looked at me and said, ¨Are you doing that?¨
¨No, are you?¨ I responded.
¨No…did you feel that though?¨
¨Yeah, and there it goes again.  Is it an earthquake?¨
¨I don´t know…¨
A bit of [...]

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