Machu Picchu – Cusco, Peru – Feb. 28, 2015 Engineering Alert: The Incas built Pontoon Bridges!! Really! Read on… Right off the bat, let me say that we’ve been incredibly lucky with the weather so far on our big trip. It’s been the height of rainy season most every place we’ve gone, but we’ve yet to
San Pedro de Atacama has jewelers, too! (A Quick Post) – San Pedro de Atacama, Chile While we have a number of big posts in the works (helloooo Machu Picchu, Uros Islands and Bolivian Salt Flats!), I thought I’d do a quick post on a jeweler we just met yesterday! Cristian Antinao has a studio/store
Vilcabamba: The Jeweler and The Leatherworker – Vilcabamba, Ecuador (We’re currently in Bolivia awaiting our flight to Uyuni, but this is a post I’ve been wanting to write for awhile, so here you go!) We were mighty lucky to find that when we first arrived in Vilcabamba, it was feria day. Feria days are the local
Meeting artists in Ñamarín and Saraguro: Part 3 – The Potter – Saraguro, Ecuador We conclude this InMyDreams-Grand-Prize-award-winning 3-part program with the wonderful work of Angel Lozano, a potter and ceramacist in Saraguro. Actually it’s Angelito, as his father, the potter who started their shop Ceramica Lozano, is also Angel. Angel the younger is taking over most
Meeting artists in Ñamarín and Saraguro: Part 2 – The Jeweler – Saraguro, Ecuador Antonio is a university student in Cuenca studying to become a teacher. He’s also a young jeweler with a home/studio/shop in the center of Saraguro (about 2hrs from Cuenca). Most importantly, though, he’s ALSO the focus of the second part of my soon-to-be-Emmy-award-winning