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The Curse Has Been Broken
11 Feb 2024

The Curse Has Been Broken

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 3

“If you go to the Galápagos with bad intentions, the tortoise will curse you.”

Click respectfully on the Giant Tortoise, for details.

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Tortoise, Galápagos, Santa Cruise Island
Let Your Imagination Run Wild
9 Feb 2024

Let Your Imagination Run Wild

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 1

Some of the greatest empires on earth once existed twenty meters below our feet.

Click on the Incan princess for details.

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Quito, Anthropology, Eciador, Pre-Colombian Art
Within
8 Feb 2024

Within

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Travel | 3

A beautiful young lady, having lunch with her mother in the market, with a pig’s head in the background.

Click on the photo for more images of life in Ecuador.

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Otavalo, Market, Colour, Ecuador
The Son of the Sun
7 Feb 2024

The Son of the Sun

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Science and Reason, Travel | 6

Bear and I split up today, one of us went to the southern hemisphere, the other stayed in the north, but we both spent the day in the sun.

Click on the one who didn’t wear sunscreen.

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Sun, Equator, Inca
City of Legends 
6 Feb 2024

City of Legends 

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 1

This rooster killed a man in Quito.

Click on Gallito De Quito for details.

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Ecuador, Quito, Legends
The Root of the Problem
5 Feb 2024

The Root of the Problem

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 1

The people who produce and distribute drugs are not responsible for the treachery it causes.

Click on this image to find the real culprit.

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Ecuador, Noboa, Drugs, Cartel
Calculated Risk # 6
4 Feb 2024

Calculated Risk # 6

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Science and Reason, Travel | 3

Venturing into the unpredictable is the only path to fulfillment. There is no reward in knowing where every road you take will lead.

Click on the tortoise to see where he is going…

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Ecuador, State of Emergency
Survival
12 Jan 2024

Survival

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 4

The Llama races are going to have to wait; this mobster and his associates have made travel to Ecuador impossible right now.
Click on El Fito for details….

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El Fito, Charles darwin, Daniel Noboa
Good, Bad, or Ugly?
12 Jan 2024

Good, Bad, or Ugly?

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

A poncho is a wardrobe alternative I hadn’t considered until we decided to travel to Ecuador.

Click on this selection of traditional Ecuadorian attire for details…

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Uncontacted People
12 Jan 2024

Uncontacted People

by Russ Paton | Posted in: History, Travel | 0

Ecuador is home to a tribe of Uncontacted People.

Click on either of the happy ladies on the left for details….

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Tagaeri, Amazon

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  1. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thank you. The story has been repeated many times with proper noun substitutions.

  2. Autumn Downey on Win the War19 January 2026

    Thanks. Good lessons once again.

  3. Russ Paton on Win the War19 January 2026

    It shall, I don’t think the “Athenians” have the stomach for this much longer”….

  4. Judy Darvill on Win the War19 January 2026

    Sounds scarily familiar! Thanks for the history lesson and hope that this too shall pass.

  5. Russ Paton on Immortality18 January 2026

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