http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313 South America 2005 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 18:18:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm pretty sure I now hold the honor of being the first person to ever have listened to Archer Prewitt on Lake Titicaca. That was how I intended to start out my next blog entry, when I still owned my iPod. Instead it starts out like this... What do ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/adios-peru.html I must have pissed the Inca off somehow, because after my last entry I got REALLY sick. According to my Lonely Planet guide, I think I had Cholera. Not really, but I am taking antibiotics and missed a whole day of tourist stuff because I was in bed. ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/puno.html Stuff I forgot last time: Puerto Maldondo looks just like Thailand, except in Spanish. They even have tuk tuks, but they call them taxi chulos. Also, Visa is widely accepted here but Mastercard is not. Just a tip if you live on debit cards and yours ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/mas-cuzco.html If I didnt know any better, I would think "Madre de Dios" means "muddy river" in English (it really means "mother of the gods"). Really, I made it to the rainforest yesterday and it was beautiful. But it rained - alot. In the rainforrest. In the ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/cuzco-city.html The greatest thing that can happen to a person in the world (or above the world, anyway) is to get the whole row by yourself on a flight. Thats exactly what happened during our "short" six and a half hour flight from DFW to Lima. I got to ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/finally-here.html I'm finally excited!! We told my nephew I'm going to the rainforest and he asked me if I would bring him back a pet from Pet Smart. I'm not sure he gets it. :) http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/18-hours.html Wow! Its getting close to time to go! I think I've done most of what I have to do. The biggest challege is going to be packing this weekend. As most of you know, there is a Little Rock Hogs game, so I'll be out of ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/one-more-week.html Okay, I'm being super ambitious and starting my blog now for a trip I'm taking to South America in November. I'm not really what you would call organized, so getting ready to take a trip on my own has been a challenge. I'll probably wing most of it ... http://blogs.bootsnall.com/carriel313/2.html