Acknowledgements

Aída Balta, Aiden Salgado, Albalucía Ángel, Alberto Bejarano, Alberto Guzmán, Aldo Hermenegildo, Alexandre Beaudoin-Duquette, Alvaro Lasso, Alvaro Restrepo, Ana Lucia Hernández, Ana Flávia Magalhães, Ana María Gómez, Ana Maria Gazzolo, Andrea Junguito, Angel Perea, Angela Pérez, Andrés Villagra, Beatrice Velarde (who submitted the first story, and since the beginning has offered me great traveling solidarity and agreed to let me post her photos on the blog), Betty Osorio, Biagio D’Angelo, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango (Bogotá), Biblioteca de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Lima), Brian Palmer-Rubin (English translation), Camille Champeaux, Camucha, Carlos Garcia, Carlos Mario Díaz, Carola Solís, Carolina Alzate, Carolina Cortes, Carolina Jaramillo, Carolina Ruiz, Cristina Herdoiza, Danilo Clímaco, Danilo Rojas, Diana Medrana, Diana Miloslavich, David Roll, Denilson Lopes, Dony Meertens, Doris Moromisato, Douna Tongrongou, Eberth Munárriz, Edgardo Rivera, Edna Martinez, Elizabeth Toguchi, Estuardo Nuñez, Eva Pereira, Farid Benavides, Fernando Pomadera, Fernando Restrepo, Flora Allison, Francisco Andía, Frescia Cornejo, Gladis Robles, Gladys Prada, Gonzalo Sánchez, Hilda Codina, Isabella Lorusso, Iván Vargas, Jorge Eslava, Jose Dario, Lorena Prieto, Lorena López, Juana Porro, Luis Higuera, Jaqueline Padula, James Clifford, Jorge Puccinelli, Jorge Ortiz, Juan Poblete, Julio Vargas, Lilia (missionary) Liliana Canta, Lola Torres, Luisa Campuzano, Lucas (Swiss), Lucia Linsalata, Lucia Morales, Luz Bautista, Luz Mercedes, Madeleine Alingue, Manuel Rincón, Marcela Isaza, Marco Martos, Margaret Haden, Margarita González, María del Carmen Pais, María José Isaza, María Laura Isse (Spanish corrections), Mariana Mould de Pease, Maria Valéria Rezende, Mariela Jara, MaryCarmen Ponce, Mary Louise Pratt, Marta Sánchez, Marta Rodriguez, Martha Bello, M’Bare Ngom, Michelle Melo, Mónica Montes, Nara Araújo, Nelly Murillo, Natalia Nelsa Carusso, Pablo Reta, Patricia D’Allemand, Patricia Simonson, Pedro Ferrin, Penélope Camargo, Peter Rosenmai, Pierre Womiee, Rebecca Tally, Renzo Pugliesi, Richard Ducon, Robert Chavez, Rocio Sanz, Rodrigo Framil, Rosângela Alves, Rosângela Vieira, Sara Mills, Sergio Galarza, Sheila Sosa, Sofía Santamaría, Susanna Debenedetti, Suryara, Vanades Phumpiu, Violeta Barrientos, Virgílio Vasconcelos, Wilfrido Gómez (who had the patience to explain to me how to create a blog), my family in Brazil, women travelers who did not send stories o whose stories were not included in the blog.