A heartwarming start to the weekend
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89164759
Don't try this at home, folks, I hope you find this story as touching as I did.
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posted by Jess @ 17:45
Distant Wanderings
¿Dónde está Jess?
Friday, March 28, 2008
A Few Photos
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Seen Any Good Movies Lately?
DummyAdrien Brody learned ventriloquism for this movie. I liked this movie; it had a nice story. But I wanted to keep shouting, "put down the Dummy! It's kind of creepy!"
Gone Baby Gone
First Mystic River, then The Departed, now this. Why is Working-Class Boston so profoundly depressing, violent and poetically unjust? And the accents! But really, I liked this one. It's a bit of a thinker.
Half Nelson
Very well-acted film although heartbreaking and bleak. Also, an effective piece of anti-drug propaganda.
Baby Count
Lauren & Nate: It's a boy! Welcome, Alastair! 10/9Eva (colleague): It's a boy! Wilkommen, Timothy! 11/5
Greg & Sofia: It's a boy! Bienvenidos, Matias! 11/10
Lorraine (colleague) and Jeff: It's a boy! Welcome, Lincoln! 11/13
Alisa & Tobias: It's a boy! Welcome/Välkommen, Benjamin! 11/25
Kristin & Chris: It's a boy! Welcome, Dylan! 12/18
Sam & Vanessa: Due January
Chris & Emily: Due 2/24
Kathrine & Tom: Due 5/7
Favorite Photos
Click to see all my favorites for each country:Argentina
ChileBolivia
PeruEcuador
PanamaCosta Rica
NicaraguaHonduras
GuatemalaChiapas
BelizeRecommended Reading
Francisco Goldman: The Long Night of White Chickens(novel-Guatemala)
Matthew Parris: Inca-Kola: A Traveler´s Tale of Peru
(non-fiction)
Sara Wheeler: Travels in a Thin Country: A Journey Through Chile
(non-fiction)
Mario Vargas Llosa: Death in the Andes
(novel-Peru)
Isabel Allende: House of the Spirits
(novel-Chile)
Clem Lindenmayer and Nick Tapp: Lonely Planet: Trekking in the Patagonian Andes
(Guide Book-Argentina & Chile)
Charles Darwin: The Voyage of the Beagle
(non-fiction, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador)
Lily Tuck: The News from Paraguay
(novel)
Where Have I Been? (Central America Version)
Tortuguero & Puerto Viejo, Costa RicaBocas del Toro, Panama
Panama City, PA
All Over Costa Rica
Monteverde, CR and Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Granada and Leon, NI
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Gracias, HN (Central American Buses)
Copan Ruinas, HN
Antigua & Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
Coban, Semuc Champey & Chichicastenango, GT
San Marcos la Laguna, GT (Thanksgivings Abroad)
More Guatemala
Chiapas, Mexico
Tikal, Guatemala
Belize
Tobacco Caye, BZ (written after return)
More Belize, & Bay Islands, HN
End of Travels
Where Have I Been? (South America Version)
Buenos Aires, Argentina 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10Colonia, Uruguay
Iguazú Falls, AR
Ushuaia, AR 1 2
Torres del Paine, Chile
El Calafate, AR
El Chaltén, AR
ValparaÃso, CL
Pucón, CL
Ancud, Chiloé, CL
Castro, Chiloé, CL
(Myth from Chiloé)
Bariloche, AR
Mendoza, AR
North from Mendoza, AR
North from Tucumán, AR
Salta Region, AR
San Pedro de Atacama, CL 1 2
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
PotosÃ, BO
Sucre, BO
"Death Road", BO
Bolivian Markets
La Paz, BO
Tiwanaku, BO
Puno-Yunguyo, Peru
Lake Titicaca, BO
Colca Canyon, PE
Cuzco, PE
Sacred Valley, PE
Machu Picchu, PE
Huacachina & Ayacucho, PE
Lima, PE
Huaraz & Yungay, PE
Cordillera Blanca, PE
Chachapoyas Region, PE
Equator, Ecuador
Galapagos Islands, EC
Nariz del Diablo, EC
Amazonian Jungle, EC
Otavalo, EC
Otavalo & Ibarra, EC
Cotopaxi Volcano, EC
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