- salkantay ("wild mountain") trek, the backdoor path to macchu picchu. 85 km but with horses, horsemen, cooks, and a guide. camped between snow-capped mountains, descended into the cloud forest and jungle, bathed in hot springs.
- altitude sickness, toenails falling off, and mosquito bites.
- rafting-paddling in cold-tame water.
- bargaining lessons from bonnie, gavin, and hanson. smile, flirt, take off your sunglasses, beg, make up a story.
- more incan ruins: pisaq, q'enke, saqsewaman
- crossing picket lines and blockades, in attempt to get to ollataytambo. mixed feelings.
- reprimand from terry -- don't let boys and careers become tradeoffs. i reacted with the usual defensiveness about my life choices.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
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4 comments:
holy llama!
you drink the coca tea? i loved that stuff. i lived in bolivia! never went to macchu piccu (boo hoo)
yah! coca tea and all the other coca stuff i had was grrreat :)
i bumped into tons of people who were traveling from bolivia in peru!
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