by eliasc64 | Jan 30, 2016 | America, Destinations, Ecuador, Trips
I visited Ecuador for the first time in 1992, by accident. My intention was to spend one week under the sun of Venezuela. When I was ready to board the American Airlines Miami-Quito flight, I discovered that I had no visa stamped on my passport. Since AA failed to...
by eliasc64 | May 16, 2015 | Asia, Destinations, Myanmar, Trips
Burma, nowadays, officially known as Myanmar, is a large country. At 676 thousand strangely shaped square kilometers, with a long tongue protruding out in the south, a diversified population of 52 million, very few english speakers, a number of regions blocked by the...
by eliasc64 | Jan 1, 2014 | Africa, Destinations, Madagascar, Trips
Tell someone “Madagascar” and the first thing that comes to mind is the lemours. Sometimes called the 8th continent because of its size and endemic flora and fauna, Madagascar is a land of diversity and uniqueness. We visited at the end of August (2013)...
by eliasc64 | Feb 10, 2013 | Africa, Destinations, Trips
The 2011 trip to Tanzania was a life changing experience. I traveled extensively in many parts of the world but I had never been in Africa. Tanzania’s culture, nature and wildlife are very interesting and radically different from anything I had ever seen and...
by eliasc64 | Mar 15, 2012 | Asia, Destinations, India, Nepal, Trips
I always wanted to visit India, so mystical and different than the west, a land of many attractions. We decided to do it in March 2012. The planning took longer than usual in order to combine some culture, a safari and the beach. Then I thought that it would be a pity...
