Life in Vilcabamba
It is interesting to observe how life unfolds in a small town. In the case of Vilcabamba, Ecuador it the main focal point was Dennis and Maria’s juice bar. They also serve a great bowl of soup for a buck and a delicious salad for three dollars. Every morning I...Apologies for non posting due to computer crashing
My dear readers, At the end of my fourth week in Vilcabamba my faithful MacBook decided to die on me. Any attempt to fix it before returning to oToronto,Canada failed. It was most frustrating not being without a computer. It felt like a piece of me was missing....Six hours riding a horse through the mountains
This past weekend I rode a horse called, Chico for six hours back and forth to visit a friends rather rustic but comfortable home in the mountains here in southern Ecuador. The ride home was rather challenging as we rode during a rain storm and after three days of...My Second Journey
My second trip was a month at a spiritual community in Northeast Scotland, on the Moray coast, 26 miles from Inverness. It is nestled next to a little town called “Findhorn”, thus the name of the community , “Findhorn”. I shall speak of it in...Renewable And Unconventional Energy For a Sustainable Future
Today I attended a lecture by Dr. Brian O’Leary a former Princeton professor in Physics. He talked about different forms of energy and concluded that our only real alternative in the long run is Vacuum energy or Zero point energy. He believes that the planet...Vilcabama, Ecuador
I apologize for my lack of postings. The reason is the absence of reasonable cost of internet access and lack of time. I attended a raw food dinner tonight put on by the ex-pat community here in Vilcabama. There were about 20 people in attendance. A natural juice bar...Vilcabamba, Ecuador-Conscious Convergence Conference
Oct. 23rd, 2010 My apologies for those who I had promised to start this blog once I began my journey but events as usual have swallowed my time . The conference has been interesting to say the least. I have been meeting many fascinating people. At some point I shall...Third
The third trip was Aijji, Mexico about 45 minutes from Guadalajara. I called it my Geriatric Junket trip. It was my introduction to a expatriate community. It left me with an indelible impression of expatriates as a group of lost souls who bodies were sustained by...Fourth
Years later I hung out with a number of ex-pat in ,”The Bahamas, Jamaica, Japan, Thailand , Singapore, Malaysia, France, Hong Kong , Bali and Australia. From the experience of being in all these countries I formed a different opinion. This will be a subject to...