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Last night’s bus trip from Cuenca to Quito was pretty uneventful, but I can’t say as much about my wait at the Cuenca bus station beforehand. Here’s what happened…
I arrived at the bus station around 6pm to catch some dinner before my 8:30pm bus. Apparently, as I made my way down the main hall to […]
Last night’s chili expedition was a huge success. Actually, it was the hugest (is that a word?) bowl of chili I’ve ever had. And good, too. Today, I walked around Cuenca until it started raining, at which point I found a dry cafe blasting cumbia/salsa music. Between the music and the double-strong instant coffee, it’s […]
After a leisurely breakfast and drawn-out goodbyes with the pooches, I bid farewell to my hosts and started the day’s trek. This began with a taxi into town, where I caught a combi (shared mini-bus…not bad if the other passengers have bathed recently) to Tumbes. From Tumbes I caught a bus across the border into […]
After spending the day in Trujillo, I hopped on a night bus to Mancora, a popular vacation spot on the north coast of Peru. Here, since I arrived groggy and grimy in yesterday morning’s wee hours, I’ve been relaxing in a beachside compound. The place is run by a nice Brazilian couple, and since I […]
Yesterday, after a couple days’ quiet rest in Miraflores, I hopped on a bus to Trujillo. Trujillo is an old colonial city that is reasonably well-preserved, though the place doesn’t really call to me. For that reason, I’ll probably take a night bus up to Mancora to give myself a day or two on the […]
This morning, I packed it off to the Cusco airport to make my way to Lima. Now I’m now kicking it in the Miraflores neighborhood, enjoying a peaceful Sunday afternoon. My bedroom window has a great view of the Pacific Ocean, and the supermarket down the street refrigerates their yogurt. Life is good.
I have to […]
As promised, here are a couple shots from Machu Picchu. The rest will be uploaded to my photo album in about a month, when I get home. FYI, the prominent mountain you see in the first two shots is actually Wayna Picchu, the smaller peak. Machu Picchu, the larger peak, is directly behind the camera, […]
Machu Picchu was awesome! I took a couple hundred photos and climbed up and down the steep hills of the ancient ruins for about eight hours straight, today. Though I started out pretty strong, leaping up steps two or three at a time, my finish was less than glorious…but I didn’t have to be carried.
Another […]
There are definitely a lot of gringos here. But it’s understandable…Cusco is the home base for folks planning a trek to Machu Picchu, quite possibly the coolest archaeological site on the continent, and the city is about as pleasant as it gets without being on the coast. The elevation isn’t as tough as La Paz, […]