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Tikal, Guatemala: A Glimpse of the Americas in 900 A.D. Some big piles of rocks in a Guatemalan jungle may change your thinking about "American" history. In the year 800 or so, Tikal was a city of nearly 100,000 Mayan people, set in the northeast part of what is now More...
Life in Capayque, Bolivia #2 in a series of posts about Capayque, Bolivia, and about theStillwater, Oklahoma Methodist mission group that provides healthcare to Capayque's residents. A dirt road passes through Capayque, Bolivia. It’s passable most of the year – except in the rainy More...
Fiestas Tipicas Nacionales “Tipicas” usually means “typical,” but as it's used in the name of this festival, it means “picturesque; full of local color; traditional;” which is a pretty good description. The main event is one-third rodeo, one-third Mexican bullfight, and one-third More...
Cross-Country Colombia: Coffee Farmers, Mountains & Medellin As usual for me, the further I got from the main cities and main highways, the more interesting my visit to Colombia became. * * * My Hertz reservation for a small pickup truck got fouled up, leaving my More...
Thoroughly Modern Miller (Outdoor Theatre, Houston TX) For the second year in a row, Olivia Reasoner was part of a big "HITS" production at Miller Outdoor Theatre. This year it was "Thoroughly Modern Millie" -- a real change of tempo from last year's production of "Ragtime." Again, the More...