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Of enchanted gardens
He lived with the rural communities and enjoyed the beauty of its countryside, and further still, the warmth of its simple people. Continually learning, he paid his way through the country working his way along. Dusk The streets at Loja, Loja Province, Ecuador He was fascinated by the Amazon region, where he found…
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The landscapes of his imagination
Thrilled to the limit, Oscar drank in the lands and the views he found, particularly those next to the majestic Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcanoes, as he relished the impressive landscapes, that lay sprinkled in the lands between the mountains. These would remain indelibly impressed within his heart and live on in his imagination for…
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The Andean taste to Ecuador
So it happened, under that spectacular sun… he then realized; he needed nothing more in his life Two more years went by, before Oscar finally reached the border with Peru. He had extensively wandered the impressive Ecuadorian highland countryside and in a quite exhaustive way. He greatly enjoyed and appreciated that Andean quality of life, so…
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Aurora’s labours
Kids and pets, just treat them the same. Early next morning, Miguel Enrique, his friend from their days at collage picked up to take him to breakfast. … Early next morning, Miguel Enrique, his friend from their days at collage picked up to take him to breakfast. Miguel Enrique remarked how much he…
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Arriving at Ibarra
“Right now and at the moment, I have just arrived from the border,” he began to reply thoughtfully “Which I’m sure many people will truly believe to be quite far away, but still, on this occasion and in my own personal opinion, I have found it to be actually close by.” (Excerpt from “The…
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On the road to the border
And the child never perceived there was a bill to pay for the tiny bulb that lit up his nights… Two days later, he placidly arrived to the city of Ipiales. He had crossed more than half of Colombia. Now, he enjoyed the satisfaction of arriving to its southern border with Ecuador. He slept the…
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Uncle Oscar’s dream
Hope is the last resource on a road, when you have nowhere left to go. And, when I reach the end, only she will be left; To love and never forget One good day, her uncle Oscar, decided to pack all his belongings in a rug sack. It was now time to pursue a dream, which he…
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One of the favourites, Uncle Oscar
And I discovered something wonderful… not only food can be planted and reaped… this I clearly understood when one of love’s seeds, began to sprout… But, on the other hand, her Uncle Oscar and her aunt Carito were the saints with the main pedestals in her devotion’s altar. Uncle Oscar, her father’s older brother, happily…
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The Old-childs and the Grandparents
And the best gift I ever got in this life was my childhood… At her tender age and in view of her inexperience, it would be asking too much of the child to understand that her Grandparents, never enjoyed a moment of infancy. Totally opposite to Dora and her friends, they had been…
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Grandfather Diego and his reading bouts
He walked through life with his head bent , his mind high,and his thoughts, soared the skies… “Diego always displayed, this beautiful, special ability. What would you think, my child, if I were to say that that your Grandfather could read the skies, just like we read a book? Diego never liked to read…
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