So you might be wondering who is Pollito, and what is a Vaca? Well, my name is Chris, and I am Pollito! When my girlfriend (now wife) Maureen found out that the rooster is my Chinese calendar animal for the year of my birth, she told me I am her Pollito (little chicken), even though the word for rooster in spanish is gallo. Go figure! By this token, since Maureen is an ox, I told her my nickname for her is Vaca (cow). I'm a gringo, and she's a Tica, and this is our blog to publicize our past adventures in Asia and Central and South America, our current adventures here in the U.S., and our... full info