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Growing up in New York, Rick Segreda used to cut out of high school in order to hang out at the Museum of Modern Art and catch foreign-language double-features in the West Village, and has never stopped being subversively idiosyncratic. Apart from his work for V!VA, Rick writes movie reviews for Ecuador’s El Diario La Hora, lectures on film around the country, and is currently working as a writer and publicist for the Mardi Gras documentary, Flags, Feathers, and Lies, for producer Julie Belafonte. He has biked down the west coast of the United States and across New Zealand, and writes fiction in his spare time.

  • Hometown

    D.C. NY, CA, WA

  • Location now

    Ecuador

  • Work published

    The NY Times, El Diaro La Hora, The Bellingham Weekly, Revista Diners, Ocho y Medio, Ecuador News (NY), Revista Anacanda

  • Travel philosophy

    Don't sweat the small stuff

  • Craziest place

    Scarsdale, New York (I used to live there, so I know)

  • Bizarre experience

    An angry Canadian border guard threatening to send me back into an approaching blizzard at the the Alaska/Yukon border.

  • Advice

    Don't sweat the smalls stuff

  • Dream destination

    Mongolia

  • Traveled before

    Apart from Ecuador...Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, New Zealand, Alaska, Spain, Belgium, England

  • Going next

    Donde la fortuna me lleva

Ricardo Segreda's Guide Book Entries

Info

  • Religion in Chile

    Jul 23, 2008 - Chile

    The widely practiced religion in pre-colonial Chile was the spirituality of the largest indigenous population, the Mapuche. Theirs was an ......

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  • Chilean Cinema

    Jul 21, 2008 - Chile

    The history of Chilean filmmaking, like Chilean history in general, can be divided and defined into two separate periods: BC ......

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  • Colombian Holidays and Festivals

    May 16, 2008 - Colombia

    The following are a list of state, religious and secular holidays in Colombia. Catholic-identified events predominate, but even those are ......

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Destinations

  • Cotahuasi Canyon

    Jun 27, 2007 - Peru

    The deepest canyon in the Americas at 3,535 meters (12,000 ft), the Cotahuasi Canyon is on the rise as a ......

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  • The Mandor Gardens and Waterfalls

    May 24, 2007 - Aguas Calientes, Peru

    Machu Picchu is the main attraction in the area, but many visitors, while they are here, stop over and visit ......

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  • Caraz

    May 07, 2007 - Caraz, Peru

    Located at in the foothills of the San Juan range in Ancash, at an altitude of 2,250 meters (7,382 ft), ......

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Hotels

  • Hotel Apu Majestic

    Jun 21, 2007 - Aguas Calientes, Peru

    Hotel Apu Majestic is within a short walking distance from the Peru Rail Station in Aguas Calientes, though so is ......

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  • Camping

    May 24, 2007 - Aguas Calientes, Peru

    Aguas Calientes is one of the few pueblos you will find in Peru that offers its own campgrounds. It is ......

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  • La Posada de Máncora

    May 14, 2007 - Máncora, Peru

    This Hostelling Internacional facility lives up to the high and common standards of the organization. There is a common area ......

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Restaurants

  • Perico de las Palotes

    Jan 16, 2009 - Northern Quito - the "New Town", Quito, Ecuador

    The name literally means "parakeet of the drumsticks," but you need not worry; parakeet is not on the menu. Perico ......

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  • Le Nomade

    Jun 12, 2007 - Cusco, Peru

    Le Nomade offers a relaxed Bohemian ambience of couches and narguile pipes, the latter with a variety of tobaccos. The ......

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  • Granja Heidi Restaurant

    Jun 12, 2007 - San Blas, Cusco, Peru

    Owner Karl Heinz-Horner grew up in Germany but proudly considers himself Peruvian, having settled here and started his own dairy ......

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Activities

  • History of Ecuadorian Cinema

    Oct 07, 2009 - Ecuador

    The history of Ecuador's film industry could virtually be divided into two periods: pre-1999 and post-1999. With regards to pre-1999, ......

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  • Nicaraguan Cinema

    Nov 18, 2008 - Nicaragua

    Whatever Nicaragua had in terms of an significant film industry, or even film culture, perished during the Sandinista revolution (from ......

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  • Theater in Colombia

    Feb 13, 2008 - Colombia

    Theater existed for pre-colonial peoples of Colombia, as it did for the ancient Greeks; as religious ceremony, celebrating gods and ......

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Tours

  • Apu Aventura

    May 10, 2007 - Caraz, Peru

    Apu Aventura boasts 15 years experience as a tour operator. For those looking to make the most of their visit ......

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  • Galaxia Expeditions

    May 01, 2007 - Huaraz, Peru

    Galaxia Expeditions is one of the most reputable and professional outdoor adventure outfits in Huaraz. It offers possibly the most ......

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  • Peru Andes Travel

    May 01, 2007 - Huaraz, Peru

    This all-purpose tour operator and travel agency offers experienced and certified guides that will facilitate access to all the best ......

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Services

  • Vendors on the Puno Docks

    Jun 28, 2007 - Puno, Peru

    One advantage of walking as you head east towards Lake Titicaca and the main port of departure in Puno, Puerta ......

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  • The Discovery Internet Café and Snack Bar

    Apr 11, 2007 - Aguas Calientes, Peru

    There are plenty of Internet cafés throughout Aguas Calientes, and this one is slightly more expensive by charging you four solés rather ......

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  • Talleres Los Andenes

    Apr 11, 2007 - Ollantaytambo, Peru

    A veteran weaver Félix Calla, proprietor of Hospedaje Los Andenes, also sells a creative assortment of alpaca wool, hand-made ponchos, ......

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