Tuesday, April 7, 2009 Posted in Peru
Well we are certainly “on the trail”!! The past few days have reminded me a couple of things that I do not like about traveling, the tourist trail is very, very expensive and I hate formal tours. The tourist trail is simply the route that most tourists take when traveling, and is created from a...
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Sunday, April 5, 2009 Posted in Peru
We were able to see some great examples of early Peruvian civilization during our stay in Trujillo. This part of northern Peru has thousand of years of history to explore, so going back more than 10,000 years to some of the oldest cultures found anywhere on earth. As I posted before, some of these structures...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Posted in Peru
Yea…we finally are able to get moving again! We have been in Trujillo for 5 weeks now and thought we would have to stay another 3 weeks or so waiting on some packages from the U.S. However, everything arrived much sooner than we anticipated and we can now continue heading south again. In hindsight we...
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We are taught the history of the Inca’s in grade school so have familiarity with their civilization. Even if we can’t remember exactly when they existed…where, we are familiar with the word Inca and know that it is a ancient South American culture. Machu Picchu is the largest tourist attraction in Peru and its fame...
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Gina and I were running some errands the other day. This time it was to get the Apple MacBook cord repaired…AGAIN. If anyone is considering purchasing an Apple computer drop us a note so we can talk you out of it! Anyway we were ready to catch a taxi and head back to the apartment...
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We enjoyed our time in Cuenca, Ecuador and think that if we are ever back that way would like to spend some time there getting to know the city better. We stayed here a couple of days, sandwiched between a 10 hour bus ride from Quito and a 5.5 hour ride to Loja. The gang...
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We are still here…all safe and sound! We arrived in Trujillo 4 days ago and have been holed up in a hostal getting our feet on the ground. It was a long couple of weeks, we were all fighting one bug or another, the change in temperature from cool to hot, and just generally wanting...
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Saturday, February 14, 2009 Posted in Peru
I started this post more than a week ago, but it sat on my computer. I tried almost everyday to finish it, but just could not find the words to express how I was feeling. It is still not complete, still does not accurately express my thoughts and feelings, but if I don’t get this...
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We made it! We crossed the border on Wednesday, two days before our visa’s expired. When we reached our destination of Piura, Peru we were all exhausted from a long week, but we still had a bit more of traveling to do. The trip from Loja was longer than expected, and there were only 2...
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We spent Tuesday nite in Loja Ecuador after a manageable 5.5 hour ride down from Cuenca. We splurged and decided to stay in a “3″ star hotel, apparently one of the finest in the city. Lets just say that everything is relative… Traveling with 4 people we run into unusual circumstances about costs in certain...
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