Archive for the ‘Cultures’ Category
Monday, January 5th, 2009
PDF version of this document is here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/ecuador/onelapofamerica.pdf
Last year I met a European traveler in Argentina who spent six weeks in the United States a few years earlier. His six week visit gave him, in his opinion, total understanding of the U.S.A., its culture, its customs, its history, its flaws ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
On the night of Wednesday, September 2nd, 1752, John Hackney closed his eyes and went to sleep. When he awoke to the dawn, it was Thursday, September 14th, 1752.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/12days.pdf
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Posted in Cultures, Religion, Sci / Tech | 3 Comments »
Friday, September 12th, 2008
One common denominator of developing country travel is chicken bus roads.
No matter where you go in the world, if you get off the tourist trail and out into the places where the regular people live, work and travel, you will find yourself on a chicken bus road.
Click here ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
The Nazca Lines are located in southwest Peru near the modern-day city of Nazca.
They were created by the Nazca culture, who flourished there between 200 B.C.E. and 600 C.E. During those 800 years, the Nazca created a complex of lines and geometric, animal, plant and human shapes on the Pampa ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
The 22 highland weavers of Patacancha, Peru received payment for goods sold today. Their efforts to revitalize and maintain the skills of the ancient craft were rewarded with a small percentage of the millions of tourist dollars that annually flow through the sacred valley into Machu Picchu.
After receiving payment, ...
Posted in Cultures, Econ / Finance, Travel | 8 Comments »
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
I went down to the market and sat down on the curb.
I asked around about who was holding but no one was talking.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/peru/docs/elojo.pdf
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
For 391 years no outsider walked the passageways.
For 391 years no outsider touched the walls.
For 391 years no outsider saw the interior.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/peru/docs/roomofwakes.pdf
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Posted in Cultures, Religion, Travel | 5 Comments »
Saturday, July 19th, 2008
10:15 AM
I was sitting at the table outside the gas station using their WiFi to finish our monthly finances when I first noticed it.
It was something on the underside of the truck. It looked like we picked up a branch somewhere and it hooked underneath with the end towards ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
Every year there is a festival at La Tirana, Chile.
La Tirana has about 250 full time residents.
Over 10,000 people come to La Tirana for the festival.
This year, we were two of those people.
Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/chile/docs/latirana.pdf
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Posted in Cultures, Religion, Travel | 1 Comment »
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
We broke the rule.
We knew the rule. We knew it very well. It was kind of hard not to know the rule since we wrote it ourselves.
It is a simple rule. A just a few words rule. An easy to understand, easy to implement rule.
It has become ...
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