GUATEMALA | Thursday, 20 Mar 2008 | Views [885] | Comments [1]
So last night around seven, parades began through the main square for Semana Santa. There were children everywhere dressed up in little purple gowns (it's for Easter, but they looked like they were on their way to Hogwart's!), swinging smoking lanterns, ... Read more >
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BOLIVIA | Sunday, 1 Jul 2007 | Views [1182] | Comments [2]
Getting from Cusco to Bolivia is a lot harder than you'd think. We booked our buses through the hostel's tour agency, Inca World. NEVER USE THEM. I'm not even going to bother typing out the other things that went wrong, but basically we arrived at ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Thursday, 24 May 2007 | Views [1087] | Comments [1]
I had the scariest hour and a half of my life today. First, I felt very very proud of myself- I had gotten a cab to the bus station, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that the station is very simply laid out and within 10 minutes, I had my ticket ... Read more >
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