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October 29, 2004

Chile: Chili or Chilly?

I've already gotten a few silly Chile jokes from people, and I've only been here 1 day! So far, Chile has no chili, nor is it chilly. I'm in San Pedro de Atacama, a hippie-ish oasis town in the middle...

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Posted by Amy on October 29, 2004 09:12 AM
Category: Chile

October 25, 2004

Salar de Uyuni

I had been rather skeptical about the Salar de Uyuni--I've seen the Great Salt Lake, and I just didn't see how anything big, white, and flat could be very interesting. But every single person I met in Peru raved about...

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Posted by Amy on October 25, 2004 06:51 PM
Category: Bolivia

October 24, 2004

A Little More on La Paz

In Copacabana, I met up with two Americans I'd met on the boat to the floating islands, Kristin and Brian, and we took a bus to La Paz together. As I'd heard, the first view of La Paz is stunning....

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Posted by Amy on October 24, 2004 06:15 PM
Category: Bolivia

October 23, 2004

La Paz in Brief

From Copacabana, I took a boat to Isla del Sol, the place the Incas considered the birthplace of the sun, which was really cool. I hiked a lot and stayed overnight in a small town there--more on that later, hopefully....

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Posted by Amy on October 23, 2004 08:19 PM
Category: Bolivia

October 21, 2004

Isla del Sol

From Copacabana, I took a boat to Isla del Sol, which the Incans consider the birthplace of the sun. As promised, it truly is a beautiful place, and seems very mediterranean, what with the dry hillsides of white, red, and...

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Posted by Amy on October 21, 2004 05:45 PM
Category: Bolivia

October 20, 2004

Copacabana

Right now, only pictures can begin to do this place justice. Here are a few to whet your appetite....

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Posted by Amy on October 20, 2004 05:14 PM
Category: Bolivia

Lake Titicaca

By the time you read this, all of my pictures from Arequipa and Colca Canyon will be up, and probably a few from Lake Titicaca as well. I took a bus from Arequipa to Puno on Monday morning. The five-hour...

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Posted by Amy on October 20, 2004 04:23 PM
Category: Peru

October 18, 2004

Peruvian Food

I think I wrote a little bit about the food in my first weeks in Peru, but I thought I'd write more specifically about it since I've been making a point of eating a bunch of local specialties lately. First...

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Posted by Amy on October 18, 2004 06:27 PM
Category: Peru

Colca Canyon Trek

I took a three-day trek from Arequipa to the Colca Canyon, and it was another great experience. The first day, we were picked up around 6:30 and taken to the bus station, where I discovered that a couple from my...

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Posted by Amy on October 18, 2004 06:06 PM
Category: Peru

October 17, 2004

Reading on the Road

I read quite a bit while I was in Cusco since I had some quiet nights at my homestay. And, my trip from Cusco to Arequipa ended up requiring 4 hours in the Lima airport (!), so I read about...

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Posted by Amy on October 17, 2004 01:30 PM
Category: Miscellaneous

October 13, 2004

Arequipa

Arequipa is a bigger city than Cusco, about 1 million people live here, and it feels much more like a big city. I like cities, but I thought this was a smaller town than Cusco, so it caught me a...

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Posted by Amy on October 13, 2004 04:49 PM
Category: Peru

October 11, 2004

Photos Revisited

ALL of my photos are up, from Cusco, the jungle, trips to various ruins, and Machu Picchu! Check them out here....

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Posted by Amy on October 11, 2004 08:15 PM
Category: Peru

The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu

The night before the trek, we went to sleep to the sound of rain pounding on the skylight outside our room, and I dreaded beginning the trip in the rain. Thankfully, we woke up at 5:30 to brilliant blue skies...

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Posted by Amy on October 11, 2004 08:11 PM
Category: Peru

October 05, 2004

The Trek Begins...

Tomorrow morning at 5:45, Jessica and I will be picked up by our tour agency, PeruTreks, and whisked off towards the beginning of the infamous Inca Trail, on which we will make a 4-day trek to Machu Picchu. The trail...

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Posted by Amy on October 5, 2004 08:22 PM
Category: Peru

October 04, 2004

Another Perspective

Jessica's keeping a travelblog too. Thought you might also like to hear her side of the story. And, she did a better job describing the ruins. Either I was just being lazy, or wanted to let the pictures speak for...

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Posted by Amy on October 4, 2004 05:22 PM
Category: Peru

Ollantaytambo and Pisac

Jessica and I took a weekend trip to two nearby towns, Ollantaytambo and Pisac. We left Saturday morning, and it took us about 2 hours and $1.25 to get to Ollantaytambo on two different buses. The second was basically a...

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Posted by Amy on October 4, 2004 10:21 AM
Category: Peru

Last Week

Last week was really good. My second week of Spanish classes ended up being with a different teacher, Jessica, but I really liked her. I had three classmates: Lukas, the Swiss guy I went to the jungle with; Sharon, from...

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Posted by Amy on October 4, 2004 09:47 AM
Category: Peru

October 01, 2004

PHOTOS!

FINALLY, I've got almost all of my photos online. Not all of them have captions and stuff, but they're there! Enjoy. My friend Jessica from San Francisco arrived on Wednesday; she's staying with me at my homestay right now and...

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Posted by Amy on October 1, 2004 09:38 PM
Category: Peru
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