DON’T PISS OFF AN ALPACA IN THE ANDES – 1978
The second story for today is about another of the camp “pets” up in the mountains of Peru. It was owned by our Canadian Project Manager’s wife. This was my introduction to the Peruvian version of a camel, and was…
1978 – THE PERUVIAN ROOF DOG
My Story for today, titled the Peruvian Roof Dog also comes from my time spent in Peru, in the late 70’s. The reason so many of my early memories are from this period, is that my time in Peru started…
ADVENTURE OF THE LOCAL TRAIN TO Machu Picchu
The STORY of our first visit to Machu Picchu, late 1978. Since childhood and throughout my college years, the love of history was a big part of my life. I was a voracious reader of historical novels which continued thru…
PAPI TAMING THE WILD BEAST Pancho Negro 1979
My story of the day today is again about an occurrence in Peru sometime during the second year of my work there. At this time I was married to Daisy (Deysi in Peruvian). We had a company house in the…
INTO THE YONDER A GYPSY’S DISCOVERY OF PERU
The second story of this journey, is from early January 1978 and tracks my transition from Canada to Peru. I was armed with a brief indoctrination about Peru, the job and what to expect. This from people in the Toronto…
BEHIND THE GREAT BLOG NAME JIMBO RED
My first story deals with the name of my site (Jimbo Red) and how it evolved. For those already familiar I apologize (the last time I ever will on this site). It all started in Calgary in the year 2006.…
