http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge Account of my attempt to see the world, meet new people, and live to tell about it. Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:40:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I literally had to drag myself out of bed the next morning as I was so exhausted from the night before. We only had one day in the jungle and I didn't want to waste it. Justin, Lucia, and I met downstairs for breakfast and spoke with the owner about ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/welcome-to-the-jungle.html We were woke up in the morning by a phone call saying that the truck was leaving earlier than expected. After speed dressing and running down to the street we manged to find a car to take us to the truck as we didn't know exactly where it was. The ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/down-on-the-farm.html I joined Justin to go volunteer at a school out in the countryside near Cusco. After taking a share taxi, then a tuk tuk (motorcycle pulling a cart basically. I don't know what they are called in South America), and walking through some fields, we arrived at the schoolhouse. The ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/last-days-of-the-tour.html The drop off point for the Inca Trail was in a small village next to a river. The parking lot was full of porters preparing the gear for the four day hike. The 11 of us hiking in my group had a support staff of 18 consisting of two chefs, ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/the-inca-trail.html The night bus to Cusco was identical to the one I had taken to get to Arequipa. This time though I actually did manage a few hours of sleep as I was still very worn out from the mountain climb. We arrived in Cusco around 6:00 am. It was very ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/cusco-capital-of-the-incan-empire.html The night bus from Nazca to Arequipa was one of the more luxurious that I had been on. The seats reclined way back, and you had lots of leg and lumbar support. Despite this I still couldn't sleep. As I have mentioned before, I have great trouble sleeping for more ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/arequipa.html The flight from Baton Rouge to Atlanta took off nearly 30 minutes late due to thunderstorms that kept cropping up around the airport.  We managed to take off between storms as one could be seen rapidly approaching on the horizon. Once airborne in Atlanta, I settled in the for the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/lima-and-nazca.html Tomorrow I leave for Peru for two weeks. I have packed my bags and am ready to go. Hopefully I will have better luck on this trip than my one to Atlanta earlier this week. (Wavy lines, dissolve to white, flashback) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/pre-peru.html After leaving Monticello, Utah, I drove the last fifty miles to Moab where I was to meet up with Tiphanie (whom I previously met in Nepal) at the Love Muffin (a muffin shop not a strip club or adult themed store). Moab is a very trendy and somewhat hippy or ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/moab-and-las-vegas.html I have uploaded the pictures for the Southwest Trip. They can be viewed by clicking on the trip photos link which will take you to Flickr. http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Barry-Rogge/pictures-added-to-website.html