BootsnAll Travel Network



Archive for the 'Travel' Category

« Home

Back in Cusco

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

P4220427.JPGToday was spent just chillin out. Blu and Lindsey were up early since they didn’t stay out as late, and they headed out to do some things. When I awoke, I bummed around the hostel for a bit, had some tea, did some reading in the open area of Loki, and watched this guy play some futbol with the resident dog. The weather was much nicer now, and it was good to just sit in the sun… and not be hiking in it! [read on]

Inca Trail, Day 4: Machu Picchu

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006
Well, today is it. The last day of the trek, finally reaching Machu Picchu. We were up at 4, breakfasting, and on our way. We followed the train tracks to Machu Picchu Town, though did have to watch, because the tracks were live. We had plenty of time to get off the tracks if a train was coming… though sometimes not much room, as we were hugging the river on the other side. Compared to the rest of the days, this hike was nothing, and wasn’t very long til we got to the town. We dumped our gear in a restaurant they had reserved and boarded a bus, driven by yet another crazy Peruvian driver, to take us up to Machu Picchu. Once there, Victor gave us about a 2 hour tour of some of the highlights before sending us off to explore on our own. There’s really not much I can saw about it but… WOW! The site is just so big, with so many ruins… Part of the reason we were trying to get there so early was to avoid the flood of people, and I’m glad we did. There were still others while we were there, but just a couple isolated groups. The masses came later, though. I have to admit, there didn’t seem to be quite the energy as I felt at Wiñaywayna.. surely due to the traffic it sees daily, but the sheer size and views were still enough to make you tingly. Words cannot describe how cool it was, and if a picture is worth a 1000 of them… ehh, I’ll cut with the clichés and just show you the damn photos… [read on]

Inca Trail, Day 3

Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006

P4190162.JPGThe day started with a bit more up stairs, which after the previous day should be nothing... but nobody was particularly happy about it, nonetheless. But the 3rd day should ... [Continue reading this entry]

Inca Trail, Day 2

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Holy fucking stairs! All fucking day! My God. Have you ever done a stairmaster for 8 hours, at a 45-60º+ incline carrying 15 kg on your back, with the sun beating down on you? But not even, clean cut ... [Continue reading this entry]

Inca Trail, Day 1

Monday, May 1st, 2006

Well, the day began with quite the excitement. I was sent down to deal with checking out while everyone else finished packing up their gear. For some reason this was a difficult process. Admittedly, the desk guy’s English wasn’t the ... [Continue reading this entry]

Day 2 in Cusco

Monday, May 1st, 2006

We spent the day just hanging around the city, doing some browsing around, grabbing food when needed… general get to know your surroundings type things. One of the first impressions when walking the streets is the amount of people ... [Continue reading this entry]

Day 1 in Cusco

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

So we made it Cusco alright. The Kiwi's ended up being on the same flight as us, and Karl said he was staying at the Loki Hostel, which, incidently, was where we were thinking of staying per a previous recommendation. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Loggin in from Lima

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

It´s been a long day... after working all day Thursday, I went home and got the last of my things together and met with Joe, Blu, and Lindsey. This was about midnight.... we had to be at the airport around ... [Continue reading this entry]

Leaving for Perú!

Thursday, April 13th, 2006
So here I am, just hours before my departure for Perú. It's been a long time in the making, yet doesn't seem it. We'll back up a bit to see how we got here.... My best friend Joe and I did ... [Continue reading this entry]

The Obligatory Bio Post

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006
So this is for anybody reading this (IS anybody reading this??) that doesn't know me, or doesn't know me well, or does know me but would like a refresher, or does know me well, but just enjoys being retold shit ... [Continue reading this entry]