PERU | Friday, 14 May 2010 | Views [567]
We haven't updated the journal in a while simply because nothing has
happened lately. We are still in the noisy, crowded and dirty city of
Pucallpa. It is literally at the end of the road - for now. From
here it's all river travel, all ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 9 May 2010 | Views [572]
Can you imagine 100 mothers gathering to
compete in a soccer tournament on Mothers Day? My mother certainly wouldn’t have considered it. Would yours? But in the Shipibo community of Patria
Nueva in Amazonia that is how Mothers Day ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 6 May 2010 | Views [770]
Once again
the Shipibo family was camped on the sidewalk outside our hotel selling
bracelets, necklaces and such.
They are so hopeful we will buy and look so pitiful when we don’t. Maybe someday. Peruvians are so polite, offering a
‘Buen ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Views [700]
We thought
we had arranged transportation to Pucallpa when we were in town on Wednesday
but they never showed up. So we
loaded our bags into a mototaxi and went to one of the car companies for a
shared taxi to Pucallpa; 5 hours for 45 soles.... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 2 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
Volunteering with IBC
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PERU | Saturday, 1 May 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Friday, 30 Apr 2010 | Views [1002]
School kids
stopped to stare as we crossed the plaza after breakfast on Tuesday, the first
time that has happened since we were in Borneo. This is a sure sign we are on the road less traveled. You don’t see many blue-eyed gringos in
this ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 26 Apr 2010 | Views [978]
We have both
been feeling kind of punk for a while.
I have eaten little solid food since dinner last Tuesday and Connie has
been feeling queasy since Thursday.
She says it is equal parts altitude sickness, motion sickness and a head
cold.... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 24 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Friday, 23 Apr 2010 | Views [798]
If you are coming to Cusco and want to get to
the jungle, take a look at EcoManu Center Expeditions. You don’t have to book from home,
although you can at www.ecomanuperu.com.
It’s just as easy to drop in; they
are conveniently located ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 22 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Tuesday, 20 Apr 2010 | Views [1024]
Believe it
or not it took us 12 hours to drive the 230 km to Manu National Park on Sunday. Even
allowing three or four hours for rest breaks, lunch by a beautiful waterfall and
a bird walk we averaged only 25 miles per hour, not too bad considering ... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 17 Apr 2010 | Views [422]
Pisac is the
last of the archeological sites near Cusco on our boleto touristica, and the
largest. The ruins overlook the
Urubamba River valley and are best know for the massive agricultural terraces. Even higher on the hillsides you can ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 | Views [482]
I was prepared to be disappointed by Machu Picchu. It has been featured on so many travel shows and the classic photos are everywhere in Peru. Besides, we have been to Petra, Tikal, Angkor Wat and seen the pyramids of Egypt, each of them a better ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 14 Apr 2010 | Views [374]
(I was
cracking wise with Connie and now I can’t get the stupid song out of my mind!) The heavy
rains in January and February pretty much washed out the famed “Inca Trail” and
did considerable damage to the railway between Cusco and Aguas ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 12 Apr 2010 | Views [288]
We first
heard about Moray from the Wrights at an Explorers Club meeting. Their descriptions and photos were
right on target. Moray is 1 ½
hours by taxi from Cusco, all uphill through breathtaking scenery. We could have been in Switzerland ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Views [252]
Church bells were pealing as we left the Plaza at 6:30. We wanted an early start for Lake Huacopay, just beyond the ruins of Tipon. All along the way we say the devastation caused by the flooding of January and February. Fields were destroyed ... Read more >
PERU | Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Saturday, 10 Apr 2010 | Views [313]
Ascencio was
waiting for us in the Plaza San Blas just as we had agreed. He would be our driver this morning –
and probably for several more days – as we explore the Inca sites around Cusco
and the Sacred Valley. We could
have taken a ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 8 Apr 2010 | Views [291]
Today didn’t
go exactly as planned. We boarded
the bus for Copacabana, Bolivia only to find out that Americans have to pay $135
to enter Bolivia. It seems the
president’s new best friend, Hugo Chavez, of Venezuela convinced him to dump ... Read more >
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