PERU | Monday, 28 Aug 2006 | Views [1191]
As seasoned travelers, we’ve each developed an unofficial code of
conduct to live by whenever we go global. Some collective Lost Girls’
road rules, include: Always attempt to speak the language; avoid
typically American faux pas (e.g. acting like your ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
BRAZIL | Wednesday, 16 Aug 2006 | Views [735]
Leaving things until the very last conceivable minute is a Lost Girls way of life, which on a trip like this one, can get us into serious trouble! For instance, it's probably unwise to delay applying for your Brazilian visa until one week before you hope ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
USA | Wednesday, 16 Aug 2006 | Views [1106] | Comments [2]
Just a question The Lost Girls would like to throw out to the universe: Why does there seem to be more American women on the road than men? We've met a bunch of Americans with a double X chromosome traveling by themselves, and a few in groups. But ... Read more >
Tags: People
PERU | Wednesday, 16 Aug 2006 | Views [6198]
We took a bumpy, three-hour bus ride from Arequipas, a white-washed city with a Spanish-colonial vibe, to the dusty, desert-like Colca Canyon. The big draw? To spot condors up close. To see the world’s largest bird, we needed to get to Cruz del Condor, ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Wednesday, 16 Aug 2006 | Views [1126]
Puno, the Peruvian gateway to Lake Titicaca, turned out to be something of a slum with prisonlike, unheated accommodations, so we opted not to stay there for another night and instead take a five hour bus directly to infinitely more gorgeous “White ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Monday, 31 Jul 2006 | Views [679]
Travel has a way of bringing you back to the very basics of life—food, shelter, warmth and um, bodily functions. The sad fact is, Holly, Jen and I have spent far more time discussing the bathroom and what goes on inside of it than any other topic, and ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Monday, 31 Jul 2006 | Views [736] | Comments [1]
Travel has a way of bringing you back to the very basics of life—food, shelter, warmth and um, bodily functions. The sad fact is, Holly, Jen and I have spent far more time discussing the bathroom and what goes on inside of it than any other topic, and ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Tuesday, 18 Jul 2006 | Views [1631]
After sharing co-ed dorm rooms with very stinky (male) roommates at one germ-infested hostel, freezing our asses of at another that had neither heaters or hot water and coming down with fevers, stomach cramps and general ickiness, the Lost Girls finally ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
PERU | Monday, 10 Jul 2006 | Views [1324]
The Lost Girls hit the town for our first night out in Lima, Peru. Our quest for our first Pisco sours ended at a trendy restaurant, Scena, in Miraflores (Lima’s most cosmopolitan neighborhood), where we quickly learned how just a view sips of this potent ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
USA | Monday, 10 Jul 2006 | Views [817]
In a Lost Girl’s life, nothing’s ever set in stone, and that holds true for the path we plan to travel during the next year. It’s not if we plan to change cities, schedules, ports of call and our minds, but just how many times we can do it...and ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
USA | Monday, 26 Jun 2006 | Views [927] | Comments [1]
It was in New York City, dead-of-winter 2005, when we—Amanda, Jen and Holly—found ourselves in the midst of a collective quarter life crisis. Sure, 20-something burnout may sound a tad to silly to anyone born before the advent of MTV, Atari or Guess ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
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