Peru Bolivia & Ecuador

Born andraised in Ecuador (Quito and Riobamba), Daisy Isacovici's pet peeve is beingmistaken for a gringa. Robert Kunstaetter hails from Montreal, where Daisyattended university. Soon after they met in 1979, he suggested travelling inSouth America for 'a year or so', and they have yet to turn back. Over theyears and miles, Robert and Daisy became regular correspondents for Footprint,contributing to the South American Handbook and other Latin American titles.Based back in Ecuador since 1993, they are authors of Footprint's Ecuador &Galapagos Handbook. They also travel frequently to Peru and Bolivia. After allthese years, Robert and Daisy still have difficulty distinguishing between workand play. One of the first assignments Ben Box took as a freelance writer in1980 was subediting work on the South American Handbook. The plan then was towrite about contemporary Iberian and Latin American affairs, but in no time atall the lands south of the Rio Grande took over, inspiring journeys to allcorners of the subcontinent. Ben has contributed to newspapers, magazines andlearned tomes, usually on the subject of travel, and became editor of the SouthAmerican Handbook in 1989. Having a doctorate in Spanish and Portuguese studiesfrom London University, Ben maintains a strong interest in Latin Americanliterature. In the British summer he plays cricket for his local village sideand year round he attempts to achieve some level of self-sufficiency in fruitand veg in a rather unruly country garden in Suffolk.