Unfortunately, the arrival home – while appreciated – wasn’t quite pleasant. Monday, my, um, digestive system started to go down hill. After dinner, it was completely shot. I had a 101.5 degree fever, major cramping, dehydration, swollen stomach, and a … Continue reading
Category Archives: peru/bolivia (2007)
Mate de Coca
In the highlands of Peru, I´ve been drinking a lot of coca tea to help with altitude sickness. I think it has actually helped (though I was told chewing the leaves was more effective). I´m in Cuzco airport right now … Continue reading
The Sweet Sweet Taste of Asian Blood
We just spent the last four nights in the Amazon jungle outside of Puerto Maldonado. It was great… but I have to say, the mosquitos were ridiculous. Growing up in Southern California, going to school in Northern California, and now … Continue reading
Animals of the Jungle
After Machu Picchu, we descended down in to the Amazon. We decided on Puerto Maldonado, which has some of the more untouched rainforest. Unfortunately, one of the catches of going to the Amazon during the rainy season is that you’re … Continue reading
Machu Picchu: Postcard Shots
Machu Picchu, in all its glory…. the feet that got me there….
Inka Trail, Day 4: MACHU PICCHU
Arg!! The weather on the entire Inka Trail was *perfect*…. until the very last day. We awoke at 4am to make our way to the Sun Gate, *the* place to see the sunrise…. We really booked it and we were … Continue reading
Inka Trail, Day 3
The third day of the Inka trail might have been my favorite. The hiking was challenging, but not ridiculous. And we started early enough that we were able to see many of the small ruins all by ourselves…. … Continue reading
Inka Trail, Day 2
Day 2 was by fair the roughest day. We started out hiking up to Llulluchupampa. This was a steep 3km and we were all feeling it by the time we got there. From there, we were heading to Dead Woman’s … Continue reading
Inka Trail, Day 1
The first day of was pretty easy. It was about 16km and 6 hours of walking along the Urubamba River But we were at our lowest elevation point of 2380m (7,808 ft), which was even lower than Cuzco. The climb … Continue reading
The Inka Trail to Machu Picchu
I first began wanting to go to Peru a couple years ago. My main motivation was to do the 4 day trek to Machu Picchu. I had heard amazing things about the Machu Picchu ruins. And I just imagined hiking … Continue reading
Cuy (AKA Eating Your Pets)
Well, not actually your pets…. “Cuy” is spanish for guinea pig, which is a high delicacy of highland cuisine. There are two standard ways of getting it: “al horno” which is backed and “frito” which is fried. We had it … Continue reading
Cuzco, Peru
Cuzco, hands down, was the most charming city in Peru. Its old colonial feel is enough to sweep you off your feet. We had two days in Cuzco to wander around before we started in the Inka Trail… Also, if … Continue reading