FAREWELL AREQUIPA, OUR FIRST RETIREMENT TRIP IS HISTORY – 2007 IN PICTURES
We have now come to the end of my memories from our first retirement trip to Peru in 2007. We had made trips to the beach at Mollendo, went to explore the south of Peru, with a sneak peak of…
SIGHTS FROM THE WHITE CITY – PERU YEAR 2004, PART VI
Our tour of Peru, in the year 2004, ended as always, in Arequipa. We had been to the north of Peru, tramping around the lands of the Chimu and Moche. We, then, had also spent time in the Andes around…
TUNNELLING IN THE ANDES, EARLY 1970’s A PHOTO BY DEYSI’s LITTLE BROTHER
Hello JimboRedI tried to find my comment about Majes-Macon. I was not able to find itAnyways, here is picture. By hand, no GPS, no LaserA tunnel by hand, With my uncle Berrios and cousin Jose Aranibar (Bertoledo)My apologies again, worth…
THE BRIG O DOON CHASED BY A WITCH – IMAGES OF SCOTLAND PART II
One fine day, we loaded up and travelled south and west of Glasgow. D2 accompanied us on this tour. We stopped and had a brief look at Royal Troon, Turnberry and Prestwick golf courses. Since no one else had the…
JIMBO RED BESIEGES A CASTLE OR TWO – SCOTLAND 1998 TO 2002
This next post is written for one of my most avid readers. At times known as Deysi, other times Bubbaloo (when I am feeling brave) and always “our leader”. After reading my babblings, about our time in Scotland, and thereabouts,…
A QUIZ FOR THOSE THAT PAID ATTENTION
This is the first in a series of travel quizzes to test your memory. All questions have been covered, somewhere in Jimbo Red’s blog over the last year. Good luck. Score 75% and you are truly a reader, as well…
BUBBALOO’s SUMMER WINE QUATSINO BC. – 2021
PRESS PLAY TO BEGIN! THIS IS GOOD STUFF!
AFTER 16 YEARS WE FINALLY GET ON THE CHAIRLIFT – MT. WASHINGTON, VAN ISLE
One bright Saturday morning , as I was minding my own business, Ol’ Bubbaloo says, “come on you old fool, put your boots on, we are going to the top of Mt. Washington. I can see that mountain from our…
PERUVIAN BULLFIGHTING 1959 – A PHOTO FROM A LOYAL READER
This post will be very short. it is a follow up to my earlier post, about attending a bullfight, during my time in Peru. I see it as a vindication of my memory. The poster, advertising an upcoming bullfight, was…
OLD, OLD PHOTOS FROM THE H…. FAMILY ARCHIVES
This next post is a display of some very old photos from the family archives. My little sis “S” (of the car eject fame) was kind enough to send me what she had so I could share them on my…
