Author Archives: Richard

Ecuador Green Cards in the works

Well, it’s in the hands of the gods now. It took a couple of weeks for Myung’s police report to come from Korea, but all the paperwork for our residence visas is turned in. All in all, though a bit … Continue reading

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Cotacachi, Otavalo, Ecuador

Hello from Cotacachi, Ecuador. We got over the border from Colombia, no sweat. I like countries with 5 minute immigration processes. The first place we went, about two hours south, was Cotacachi. We came here because it’s the first place … Continue reading

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Popayan and Sylvia, Colombia

We had gotten kind of used to getting quickly around and through the little Central American countries. Colombia is big, though, and we endured two days of bus travel to get to Popayan. After Popayan it was another day to … Continue reading

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Bogota, Colombia

We made short work of Colombia. By “short work” I don’t mean to short change the country. It just wasn’t our intention to stay long. If you’ve been reading along, you know it cost less than half to fly there … Continue reading

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Stockton, Yosemite and Locke, California, USA

I grew up in Stockton, spent three summers there after high school, and looked after my elderly dad and his wife there between 2000-2006. It was after that when I left for the travels documented in this blog. I always … Continue reading

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Bay Area, California

This is going to be pictures and babble about Marin County and the East Bay, both before and after the wedding. Let’s start with Marin County, the area on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge. Myung had heard … Continue reading

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San Francisco, California

I didn’t know where to start blogging about the Bay Area, nor even how much to blog, given how familiar many of you are with it. I decided to start with San Francisco itself.  I already posted one entry today, … Continue reading

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Up the California Coast

We headed up the coast from Los Angeles. Malibu is world famous so, like good tourists, we snapped a few pictures and continued on. Myung has a friend in Santa Maria, Jasmine. We visited with her and her husband and … Continue reading

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Los Angeles, California, USA

Besides getting married in Oakland, Myung and I were total tourists for much of the month we were there. Some of the things we saw I had seen once or twice, some many times, and couple of things, never. Myung, … Continue reading

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Our Wedding

Just in case you didn’t know, Myung and I came to America and got married. Besides us loving each other, there are other reasons I wrote about in previous entries. You can go back a couple of entries ago and … Continue reading

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