Comments on: Run For/From The Hills!

By: Ken Sternberg

Ken Sternberg — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:42:39 +0000

Wow! I thought that I’d visited and lived in some out of the way places. It was very good of you to accompany Henry to see his father here. Given the conditions, brave, even. I agree with you about bull fights. Totally barbaric and needless. La Paz must seem like Manhattan after this.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:55:08 +0000

In reply to Frances.

He does seem to be able to adapt wherever we go – then again I do too, generally – I think it’s part of why we make a good couple!

10,000 feet – not meters… in meters I think I remember reading 3140, so it’s actually around 10,300 feet.

By: Frances

Frances — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 13:15:35 +0000

I always especially enjoy your posts when you visit Perú. From the first one, which included the Jirón de la Union – where we used to don gloves to go shopping, followed by tea in the Hotel Bolivar – to this last one about visiting a small town in the altiplano.

I visited many of those small towns in my youth and can identify with the descriptions of the views, smells and food. I could probably describe the inside of the houses still. Wonderful places to visit for a couple of days, a relief to return to indoor plumbing after you leave. I don’t think it was really 10,000 meters up in the mountains but understand the feeling!

Kudos to Henry for always connecting to his roots and trying to help his family. He must be such an interesting person to be able to function in both Calamarca and Buenos Aires. Talk about contrasts.

Looking forward to Bolivia!