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danielle

tia chula, when i grow up i wanna be just like you... as free as the birds

About Me

sunny moon girl. ocean lover. loud laugher. light packer. style? sparkles & flip flops. dorky, yet contagious.

My Interests

sunshine, travel, and good smiles. family. global health. listening to music. dance. my pooch, luca. warm cars. laying in bed for a while after i wake up. food! cooking and eating, but mostly sharing. sharing. mail, real mail. stickers. writing. keeping in touch. hiking and canoeing. beading.

I'd like to meet:

everyone has a story...

Music:

just a sample ... some old loves: kostars, tori amos, bob marley, weezer, erykah badu. and some newer ones: atmosphere, manu chao, deathcab for cutie.

Television:

not an avid TV watcher...

Heroes:

ultimately, pabs and jean.

My Blog

eje cafetero

Armenia. 10 hour drive or a half an hour flight from bogotá.  warm - in climate and hospitality. bright birds   yellow   green   red  look like flowers in...
Posted by danielle on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 01:08:00 PST

baños & back

my last weekend in ecuador i took a bus from quito to a small town about 4 hours away, nestled in the volcanic mountains, called baños de agua santa... the word "baño" actually means bathroom in ...
Posted by danielle on Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:31:00 PST

emmy's paraguay (ka'arendy)

we ate pororo (popcorn) and guayaba to pass the evenings as we sat on emmy´s front porch... greeting people with "adios" as they went by.  in paraguay, at least the smaller communities, "adios" ...
Posted by danielle on Fri, 26 May 2006 10:32:00 PST

kissed by the sun

hope my tan lasts for atleast a week.  I just returned to Quito from a 5-day cruise in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Islands!!!!  A dream destination for me and a spur ...
Posted by danielle on Thu, 11 May 2006 06:39:00 PST

Mindo es Lindo

Before my dad left a couple weeks back we took one last trip together, to the cloud forest region not far from Quito.  We hopped on a public bus and only paid $2.50 each for the 2-1/2 hour ride t...
Posted by danielle on Thu, 11 May 2006 06:26:00 PST

up up up in the mountains

high in the ecuadorian mountains, not very far from quito, quichua people live as they always have: simply. women sit patiently roadside, with their colorful shawls. waiting? it is a long wa...
Posted by danielle on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 07:47:00 PST

Little by Little

poco a poco.  the healing process continues.    i wish i could write about dancing with the butterflies in the rainforest, or playing in the ecuadorian surf on the coast... ...
Posted by danielle on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:24:00 PST

ciao for now colombia (mass email .1)

if you think i'm basking in the sun in south america, i would like to say, "not yet".  the weather has actually been comparable to the Pacific Nothwest, and a bit chilly, too! i arrived...
Posted by danielle on Sun, 02 Apr 2006 11:08:00 PST

my conchita (then she chuckles)

i hope that i am as cute as my conchita is when i am 95!  not only is she cute, but she still has it together... i spent a lot of treasured time with her my first 2 weeks in colombia.  durin...
Posted by danielle on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:32:00 PST

pensando en bogotá

colombia isn´t all what the movies & media say it is (at least bogotá isn´t). although there is that whorehouse next door and transvestites selling themselves right around the corner.  it is ...
Posted by danielle on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 06:43:00 PST