Steel pan is their pride, also designed in a bank note [September, 1999 Trinidad and Tobago] I boarded an aircraft with a bad feeling from morning. First time to be on a prop plane. It would take about 2 hours to Port of Spain in spite of …

Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas, Venezuela [September, 1999 Caracas, Vezuela] In the early morning I was at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Caracas. It’s the airport with a story to have mentioned before. Let me depar…

The Caribbean Ocean in cobalt blue [September, 1999 Caracas, Venezuela] Caracas International Airport in Venezuela. I had a big quarrel with a waiter at a restaurant before. I had no good impression. Just a transit was the purpose this tim…

Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá [September, 1999 Zipaquirá, Colombia] In a Saturday afternoon the son of the president, a university student, took me a drive for going an interesting place. The road condition in the city centre was not so diff…

Night town in Colombia [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] The president of the distributor took me for dinner with his family, Sushi again… Do they have the awareness that Japanese remind them of Sushi and Sushi is a luxury food? The sushi…

Bogota, located at the north end of the Andes Mountains(Borrowed from a certain web) [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] I arrived at El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia, from Lima, Peru. The president of our distributor him…

Bogota, the capital of Colombia [September, 1999 Bogota, Colombia] Next place to visit was Bogota, the capital of Colombia. When I presented my business trip plan to the company, the president called and said to me “Are you going to Colomb…

Quena [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] When I hear the word Peru, I associate it with the Inca Empire, the Andes, Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines. But I’ve not been there, seen them and experienced. I went to close to them, but can’t help it …

Japanese ambassador’s residence in Lima, Peru [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] The work of the day was over and we were to go for dinner. I had unexpected meeting at the end of this day. Approx. 15 sales persons of our distributor were in the …

City of Lima on the cliffs [September, 1999 Lima, Peru] Lima is located on the west coast of the South American continent. The ocean is close but a little far to the water face. The town is located on the high place. Some places may be sli…