El Fotografo and I are turning the house upside-down this weekend, as we air out camping gear to go to the glacier pilgrimage of Qoyllur Rit’i (”Snow Star” in Quechua) next week.
Pilgrims camping at Qoyllur Rit’i, 2008
The annual Andean pilgrimage takes place in a remote valley in southern Peru, at the foot of 16,000-foot-high Qolqepunku Glacier. [...]
Tags: Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers·Qoyllur Rit'i
During my month-long hiatus from this blog, I got hooked on another form of social media: Twitter.
Unlike Facebook, which facilitates staying touch with family and friends, Twitter is a freeform broadcast to just about anyone on the planet. That might not sound like a medium that would interest a relatively private person (like me), but it turns out that Twitter [...]
Tags: alpacas·Climate Change & Disappearing Glaciers·Twitter
Just a bit of exaggeration in that headline.
But I’m entitled to gloat about the success of my band last weekend at Auditorio Santa Ursula, in San Isidro. We had two fabulous concerts, Friday and Saturday nights (May 15 & 16), and got loads of people to contribute money to build a hospital in Pisco. Plus [...]
Tags: earthquake·Three Jacks
Come out for a rousing night of Celtic rock, Irish step dancing and storytelling in Lima on Fri., May 15, and Sat., May 16, when my band The Three Jacks plays two benefit concerts for victims of the ‘07 Peru earthquake.
I promise it will be an excellent time because (1) the musicians and dancers are world-class; (2) [...]
Tags: Peru earthquake·The Three Jacks
If you’ve been wondering where An American in Lima has been for the past month — I’m pleased to say the site’s back and running fine. I didn’t know how much I loved blogging until a temporary software glitch prevented me from doing so.
A number of emails and queries built up in my in-box over the [...]
Tags: blogging