August 26, 2005
Photos: Nazca & Huacachina
Here we have more Peruvian photos – probably the last of the bunch. The first are of the Nazca Lines, those crazy lines and shapes in the desert in southwestern Peru. The second bunch are just a few of Huacachina,...Read this update
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August 25, 2005
Photos: Chile & Arequipa, Peru
Chile is no doubt a wonderous place, and the fact that I have two pictures from the entire country should in no way deter you from visiting. And taking photos. Don’t feel like you’ve seen the whole country! Don’t just...Read this update
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August 19, 2005
Huacachina to Iquitos: Desert to Jungle
The town of Ica is located about two hours north of Nazca on the Pan-American Highway on the south coast of Peru. I was hoping to get there as quickly as possible in the late morning on August 16th, and...Read this update
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August 15, 2005
Nazca: Terra Firma
I had heard good things about Arequipa, the main town on the backpacker route in the south west of Peru. My friends who visited had said it was an attractive town, filled with colonial architecture, nice churches, etc., but mostly...Read this update
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July 05, 2005
Photos: Bungee Jump, Cusco
Photos like this are bound to be slightly underwhelming - I think to get a proper sense you would have to go ahead and jump off something really high in the air, or maybe strap yourself to the front of...Read this update
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Photos: Festival of the Sun
These are photos from the day of the Inti Raymi festival, the festival of the sun. This was what I hauled ass across Peru to come see, running roadblocks in the middle of the night and driving across fields on...Read this update
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July 03, 2005
Photos: Puno
Right, time to catch up on the photos. These are from Puno, Round One, which kind of sucked except for the fact that I was hanging out with my brother Pete and the reed island things were pretty cool. So...Read this update
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June 30, 2005
Yunguyo: The Crossing
It 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
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June 28, 2005
Cusco: Off the Edge
I 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
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June 25, 2005
Photos: Inca Trail Stuff
I 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
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June 24, 2005
Cusco: Festival of the Sun
When 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
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June 23, 2005
Photos: Sacred Valley
These 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
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Puno: Hotel California
My 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
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June 21, 2005
Puno: No Smoking
Having 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
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June 19, 2005
Photos: Inca Trail, Day 3&4
More 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
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June 18, 2005
Cusco: Adioses
It 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
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June 17, 2005
Inca Trail (Day 4): Machu Picchu
On 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
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June 16, 2005
Inca Trail (Day 3): Shown Up
Day 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
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Photos: Inca Trail, Days 1&2
Between 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
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June 15, 2005
Inca Trail (Day 2): Stairmasters
We 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
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June 14, 2005
Inca Trail (Day 1): What You Pay For
At 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
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June 13, 2005
Photos: Cusco
Right, 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
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Cusco: Not Enough Bacon
It 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
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June 12, 2005
Cusco: Sacred Valley
I 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
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June 11, 2005
Cusco: Reunions
I 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
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June 10, 2005
Cusco: Home Away From Home
The 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
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