tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post556720300413580032..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: On the bus from Otavalopohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-55026244611099267992011-10-21T02:27:45.256+13:002011-10-21T02:27:45.256+13:00Lydia, I don't know why you can't access t...Lydia, I don't know why you can't access the earlier posts. If the problem persists, let me know. (I think there's only one earlier from this journey, though.)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-65152507043087243502011-10-20T20:32:50.341+13:002011-10-20T20:32:50.341+13:00Maybe, without knowing it, the child was simply en...<em>Maybe, without knowing it, the child was simply enjoying the freedom of not knowing enough about the wider world to be trapped into coveting it?</em> That line and this one just overwhelmed me:<br /><em>Later, I saw huge earth-moving machines with work-polished blades devouring the mountainsides, widening roads, straightening corners, improving bridges — gnawing at the Andes — and I felt Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-21420885083358062852011-09-25T04:08:09.193+13:002011-09-25T04:08:09.193+13:00VJ, I know what you mean. We've had similar ca...VJ, I know what you mean. We've had similar cases in NZ where people have poisoned or cut down beautiful native trees, illegally, because they 'interfered' with the view from their expensive holiday homes. Grrrr!!pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-33314009412697386382011-09-24T03:13:22.688+12:002011-09-24T03:13:22.688+12:00I always think abut the chewing up of our last wil...I always think abut the chewing up of our last wild places these days. Even the little village I grew up in has become overrun with monstrous summer houses, many of them used for only a few weeks a year but about 5 times the size of my mom's cottage. And they've paved over a lot of the country roads making lots of cars inevitable, and cut down many fine large old White pines to plant vegetablejhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15449145190852647832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-84831918678289140612011-08-26T00:44:04.151+12:002011-08-26T00:44:04.151+12:00Hungry pixie — thanks! :^)Hungry pixie — thanks! :^)pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-20759009932413234462011-08-25T19:57:27.872+12:002011-08-25T19:57:27.872+12:00great shots all - especially of the mountain at th...great shots all - especially of the mountain at the end. But there's something about the shot across the roofs and of the crowd that i really likeDon't Feed The Pixieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05380146661526476947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-28821269828288785072011-08-20T13:01:00.014+12:002011-08-20T13:01:00.014+12:00Maureen, thank you. (All going well, I'll be a...Maureen, thank you. (All going well, I'll be able to see even further tomorrow — maybe even from the summit of Rucu Pichincha!)<br /><br />Thank you, RR. Maybe this travel was what my writing needed?<br /><br />Jono, I've been following the story of the snow. Amazing. Actually, I was snowed in in Christchurch for an extra day shortly before I left for here (Quito) — no hardship, because pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-33432687201243747322011-08-20T06:43:51.650+12:002011-08-20T06:43:51.650+12:00I thought this must be a book written in bits as i...I thought this must be a book written in bits as it goes with you. Wonderful writing, and I am always delighted to find that your thinking finds so many connections with things I have thought but never found the right words to get out of my head. I love what you say about birds. I see hummingbirds every day in summer, and am ever newly amazed. It must, indeed, be exciting to see them for the Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-87695675029325455322011-08-19T22:48:36.312+12:002011-08-19T22:48:36.312+12:00Hey Pete, I see you are over in the Andes. You mis...Hey Pete, I see you are over in the Andes. You missed the snow in Pohangina! Have a good trip, your photos look great.<br /><br />Jono.Jononoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-76027550994451171882011-08-19T18:42:11.882+12:002011-08-19T18:42:11.882+12:00This is such a wonderful series of vignettes, the ...This is such a wonderful series of vignettes, the running child, the hopeful turkey, interspersed with, as Maureen says, the distant view and the deeper thought.<br /><br />In preparation for my own journey to Central Asia I've been re-reading your Xanga blog on Eastern travel, and realise (again!) how imperative the production of your book becomes. It's now being written before our eyes.Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-77942654150699019152011-08-19T11:26:42.162+12:002011-08-19T11:26:42.162+12:00Room with a view! You choose where to focus. Far...Room with a view! You choose where to focus. Far sighted is defined as a: seeing or able to see to a great distance b: having or showing foresight or good judgment: sagacious. That's you! -MaureenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com