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June 30, 2005Yunguyo: The CrossingIt was only a couple of hours after the bungee jump on June 28th that I found myself back on a bus to Puno, the place I had been so desperate to escape just a few days prior. I was...Read this update June 28, 2005Cusco: Off the EdgeI was in Switzerland in 1996, traveling around Europe with Charlie and our friend Mark, and we ran into a couple of good friends from our university. It wasn’t unusual to run into friends like this in Europe, since everybody...Read this update June 25, 2005Photos: Inca Trail StuffI have a few hundred photos from our tour of the Sacred Valley and the Inca Trail, as everybody was taking photos. The photos posted here have no real relevance to anything in particular, except that they are some of...Read this update June 24, 2005Cusco: Festival of the SunWhen I was in Cusco earlier in the month with all my friends and family, we would go down the main square to watch the daily parades. Some days were more interesting than others – the parades that featured giant...Read this update June 23, 2005Photos: Sacred ValleyThese are a bit out of order, they are taken from the tour of the Sacred Valley we did right before setting off on the Inca Trail. No doubt you have forgotten about it. And that's just how I like...Read this update Puno: Hotel CaliforniaMy brother Pete and I were sitting at breakfast the morning of June 22nd, breathing heavily and trying to determine a plan of action for that day. We were breathing heavily because the goddamn breakfast room was on the top...Read this update June 21, 2005Puno: No SmokingHaving seen off our mom at 11 a.m. on June 20th, Pete and I raced to the bus station to catch the bus to Puno, the small town on Lake Titicaca about seven hours south of Cusco. We jumped on...Read this update June 19, 2005Photos: Inca Trail, Day 3&4More of those Inca Trail photos, the last two days to be exact. If you have been living in a cave (with internet access) and have never seen Machu Picchu, well, we got those right here. There are more photos...Read this update June 18, 2005Cusco: AdiosesIt was a nice feeling to sleep in a comfortable bed again after three nights in a tent. It was even nicer waking up at 8.30 a.m. instead of 5.30 a.m., and using a bathroom that didn’t look like it...Read this update June 17, 2005Inca Trail (Day 4): Machu PicchuOn June 17th, our last day on the Inca Trail, we were woken up at 3.45 in the morning. It took a minute to remember why exactly we were getting up at this insane hour – then slowly, like a...Read this update June 16, 2005Inca Trail (Day 3): Shown UpDay Three on the Inca Trail, June 16th, was to begin as all the others had – with an ascent up large stone steps. Our guide Carlos gave us a little pep talk at breakfast, which focused on the fact...Read this update Photos: Inca Trail, Days 1&2Between the eight of us snapping pictures on the Inca trail, I had about a million to choose from, and loads and loads of doubles, of course. If anybody ever checks out my laptop, they are going to think I...Read this update June 15, 2005Inca Trail (Day 2): StairmastersWe were awoken by a couple of the friendly porters at 5.20 a.m. on June 15th with a cup of coca tea. It seemed a nice gesture until I tried to pick it up and found the metal cup so...Read this update June 14, 2005Inca Trail (Day 1): What You Pay ForAt six a.m. on June 14th, the eight of us bound for the Inca Trail piled onto a private bus that looked from the outside to be significantly larger than what we needed. We soon discovered why – we would...Read this update June 13, 2005Photos: CuscoRight, speedy delivery of these Cusco photos - thought it would be nice to put a visual with the people I'm talking about these days. I'll keep commentary to a minimum. Besides, I have had some time on my hands...Read this update Cusco: Not Enough BaconIt was not unusual for ailments to hit a group of Americans traveling to a new country, especially into a city at such a high altitude as Cusco. I was up early in the morning on June 13th to write,...Read this update June 12, 2005Cusco: Sacred ValleyI woke up on June 12th to our friend Charlie’s voice out in the courtyard. You couldn’t mistake it – he grew up on Long Island, NY, and while thirteen years away had diluted it dramatically since I met him...Read this update June 11, 2005Cusco: ReunionsI was sitting in the sunny courtyard of the Hotel Marani late morning on June 11th with my mom and brother Pete, finishing up our simple breakfast and watching my mom poking around the wet leaves that sat at the...Read this update June 10, 2005Photos: CotopaxiHere are a bunch of photos from Cotopaxi, the volcano that I failed to climb in Ecuador. I actually really like these photos, but that might be because the memories were pretty good, right up until the whole climbing thing...Read this update Cusco: Home Away From HomeThe great Cusco reunion did not start off as planned. I arrived via plane from Lima on June 10, only to walk outside and see a hundred people waiting with signs. On those signs were written a hundred names, none...Read this update June 09, 2005Photos: BañosI was away for a few days, but will tell you more about that later. For now I am still on my honeymoon with this laptop, allowing me to get photos uploaded easily. Hooray. These photos are also improving a...Read this update Photos: QuitoI'm on a roll with these photos, people. So easy when you have a lap top. There are a couple of me in here, which makes my family happy, but I imagine that you guys would rather see the sights....Read this update June 08, 2005Guayaquil: Point A to Point BWe left Cotopaxi alive at the crack of dawn June 7th, and I think that is the important thing. God obviously decided to cut us a break. In fact, he was probably cutting Naomi and Jane a break, figuring that...Read this update June 07, 2005Photos: Hong KongRight, been waaay behind on the photos, thanks to camera theft/laziness, but I'm back on track. Thing is, as of yesterday, I have a laptop, and that is call for celebration, both for me and for the guy that manages...Read this update June 06, 2005Cotopaxi: SuperstitionIt was about 9 a.m. on June 6th when Olly, Naomi, Jane and I (plus our two guides/drivers, Miguel and Raphael) found ourselves driving along a dirt road through the grasslands of Cotopaxi National Park. We were all dressed identically,...Read this update June 04, 2005Baños: Hand BallIt was only on our last full day in Baños, June 4th, that the sun really came out with any authority. Our plans for that day were not what one might call "ambitious." Mostly this was due to the fact...Read this update June 03, 2005Baños: ChampionThe afternoon of June 3rd was a beautiful sunny day, and Olly, Naomi and I decided it was the perfect day to give horseback riding a try. It was a relative bargain, at $10 for two hours, including a guide....Read this update June 02, 2005Baños: The TeamThe morning of May 31, like the previous morning, began with Olly, Naomi, and Conor taking Spanish lessons. This time there was no discussion of homosexual celebrities, and the previous day's startling revelations were quietly ignored. Four hours later we...Read this update |
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