A warm welcome back to Sunny Lockwood with her first entry in this year's Travel Highlights Competition.
A Taste of Time Travel
My Peruvian taxi driver says the most popular soft drink in the nation is Inca Kola.
"What's it taste like?" I ask.
He smiles mysteriously, "Unforgettable."
Suddenly, despite historic churches and monuments, all I want is to taste Inca Kola.
I get my wish.
Inca Kola is yellow. Not pale yellow like lemonade. Piercing yellow like neon on a rainy night.
One sip and I'm immediately a child again, standing at our local grocery candy counter. Dusty sweetness. Excitement. Little kid giddiness. What time travel magic!
Another swallow and I understand. I get it.
Inca Kola tastes like bubble gum.
My Peruvian taxi driver says the most popular soft drink in the nation is Inca Kola.
"What's it taste like?" I ask.
He smiles mysteriously, "Unforgettable."
Suddenly, despite historic churches and monuments, all I want is to taste Inca Kola.
I get my wish.
Inca Kola is yellow. Not pale yellow like lemonade. Piercing yellow like neon on a rainy night.
One sip and I'm immediately a child again, standing at our local grocery candy counter. Dusty sweetness. Excitement. Little kid giddiness. What time travel magic!
Another swallow and I understand. I get it.
Inca Kola tastes like bubble gum.
Sunny Lockwood lives with her husband in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina (U.S.A.). Both retired, they write travel memoirs about their various adventures. Their books, available at Amazon.com, have won awards and fans from around the world.
Some of Sunny's favorite authors: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Loren Eiseley, Viktor Frankl, John Steinbeck and Alexander McCall Smith.
Her heroes include Albert Schweitzer, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Prudence Crandall and Harriet Tubman.
Some of Sunny's favorite authors: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Loren Eiseley, Viktor Frankl, John Steinbeck and Alexander McCall Smith.
Her heroes include Albert Schweitzer, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Prudence Crandall and Harriet Tubman.
