FSABL Adventure: THE Machu Picchu

~ We’re going to go to Machu Picchu, they’re going to take all our money ~ (A song I sung to Miss Alexa to keep her happy one day)
As many other travelers, Macuh Picchu was the culmination of our trip with Chris and Sue. Many would argue a trip to Peru is not complete [...]

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Huayhuash Day 6: Evac to Queropalca

After the night before, we knew we wouldn´t be trekking that day.  We also knew there would be an important decision to make soon: do we wait out the sickness or do we evacuate?  We had a few things working against our will to wait it out:
1) Lodging.  It was Thursday and the biggest holiday [...]

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Huayhuash Day 5: Carhuacocha Rest Day

Our rest day at Carhuacocha started out innocently enough.  We slept in a bit and then made breakfast (instant coffee with oatmeal and raisins, just like every other morning).  Unfortunately the calm of the morning was broken pretty early with the arrival of the ¨Community Representative¨.  The lovely man in Queropalca who had taken our [...]

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Not a good week for the furry ones

Well, bad news on the pets front. Last week Minstrel, the lodge trekking dog, was accidentally poisoned. So long Minstrel, you were a great dog, even if you were racist (he hated all Peruvian men) and begged for food constantly.

Another sad note, Blaid the new ridgeback was hit by a bus and broke [...]

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Waiting

Well, it´s been another non-exciting week highlighted by…you guessed it!  Stomach problems.  Right now we´re actually waiting at an internet cafe across from the clinica for some tests to come back.  After a nasty dose of anti-parasite meds I´m feeling much better.  However, some of my new mates have been feeling worse and worse, so tests [...]

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