One of the many things I inherited from my parents is the love for travel. I like to travel light however, and hate to be mistaken for a tourist, so I don't always travel with a camera. On my recent trip through South America, however, I kept a discrete little camera in my pocket. Here are a few photos:

These two are from Ecuador- the first of a Shepherd girl near the emerald-green acid-tasting crater laguna Quilotoa. The second is at a cuy (guinea pig) market in Cuenca. Cuenca looked to me to be the most affluent city in Ecuador.

As I mentioned, I like to travel light when I'm in another country, so while travelling through the cordillera blanca in Peru I opted mostly to go on a number of day hikes rather than on any long treks. I was particularly fond of visiting Andean glacier lakes like the one pictured (laguna Tuillacocha) to go for a swim. I swam in about a dozen such bodies of water. I didn't have any other pictures of Peru with me so I just put up this picture of me at "Gayfers" in Clearwater Florida. Gayfer's got bought out by "Dillard's" or something a while back, so I just wanted my picture taken there, especially since I think "Gayfer's" is a funny name for anything (if you look carefully you'll see my brother David crouched down in shame in the backseat of my '83 datsun).

This last picture is from my favorite mode of transportation in Bolivia. This particular photo was taken on the road from Coroico to Caranavi. You'll notice my trousers and socks hanging up after having been rained on the previous day.

Northern Bolivia was probably the highlight of this trip, and I've decided not to include more pictures of the amazing wildlife and dusty Amazon and river towns because I know I'd get carried away.

On the other extreme, I've also decided not to include photos of the environs of Patacamaya on the Bolivian Altiplano, where my parents served in the Peace Corps. The peace corps was thrown out of Bolivia for political reasons during my parents' tenure. Patacamaya is a cold, damp, and depressing place.