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Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1063]
...from here to Macará- heading towards the coast (not quite - more like the foothills of the Andes) and into Peru. Taking a side road again and being quite pleased with the choice until we hit the downhill gravel. Some motorist had warned us ... Read more >
Mon, 24 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [830]
We are on our way to Loja - on the map and what we heard from some people along the way - there is an old road and a new one from San Lucas (half way to Loja). The new Highway supposedly running around higher elevations with more traffic, so we decided ... Read more >
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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [955]
.....how I wonder what you are all about
up above the mountains so high
like a rainforest in the sky......
Shortly after we left Cuenca we approached a pass of 3400m. I felt the lack of oxygen ache in my leg muscles, my brain ... Read more >
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1050]
Running around sick with a fever in Cuenca wasn't fun the first day, but I could tell already that this is my town!!!
Downtown with it's beautiful colonial buildings, cathedrals, churches broken up by little cafes, restaurants and little boutiques.... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [908]
Right out of the shoot ...meaning from sea level - we climbed up a mountain attempting the 4100m (13500 and some f) pass to get to Cuenca. Feeling strong the first day - climbing over the clouds up to 2000m. Riding through the clouds wasn't a whole ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [767]
So, how do you feel, when you actually had some idea how a whole month of feeling something special because it is your b'day month turns out to be the way you wanted it and beyond?
It was warm, I got to swim in the ocean and a pool, lay ... Read more >
Thu, 6 Jun 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1080]
Equator!!! (May 17th in Ecuator)
This is a monumental moment to pass the middle of the earth - at least in my book!
It was the day before my b'day, but in reality it was my b'day because I was born in Germany and the seven hours difference ... Read more >
Thu, 30 May 2013 | By goran | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I am High-School sport teacher, but i found myself gravitating toward documentary photography, which i find to be my main aspiration and ambition At the beginning of 2011 i joined a volunteer humanitarian mission with an aid association 'Kolajna Ljubavi', ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Tue, 28 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [972]
That fruit looked good,
but it wasn't!!
Maybe it was some sort of pumpkin.....it had no taste and that nice orange color and the juicy look is totally misleading.
At this point I had it and I went on line to find out what it is:... Read more >
Sun, 26 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [682]
We haven't seen the sun for a while, the sky is grey and foggy and it drizzles at times. The road leads inland sometimes and gets hilly, the forest jungly and thick and then again we hit the coast - sky still grey and foggy, but the road is flat and ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [900]
The road led us inland for a while and it got hot and humid. The more direct rout was along the beach, but we had given up to find a boat across the bay. Considering the many ghostly and deserted places, the roads are in very good shape. Once ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [650]
No boat to Cojimies - the river looked way too dry. The local police was confident we could find a small "launcha" so we placed ourselves at the muddy banks of the river and waited. The day was young and soon we had attracted our usual crowd - this time ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [1968]
.......on a dirt side road - hot and dusty but beautiful ....right through that jungle listening to Howler Monkeys and exotic birds. Every once in a while I feel like pinching myself - stepping out watching myself riding along as if this is normal. And ... Read more >
Fri, 24 May 2013 | By katiesikora | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I grew up in front of the camera as a photographer's daughter, but slowly learned how much more you can find out about a person by looking at the photos they have taken rather than the photos they are in.
I am a recent graduate of the University of ...
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2013
Wed, 22 May 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [816]
So, the couple invited us to have dinner with a fresh catch of a big fish and when they arrived at the camp site that fish WAS BIG. It was an adult cat fish. I don't know much about fish, so I hope this description leads you to understand the size of ... Read more >
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