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On the way to BA

It’s been a busy week and a half…mom’s been running us around the whole country!  First Patagonia, then up to the northeast for Iguazu Falls and now we’re headed to Buenos Aires.  We’re taking the super-cama service bus tonight, so it should be the poshest night of our trip so far.

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Breaking news: Mom made it safe and sound into Argentina last night.  This morning we took a cable car up to the top of the local mini-mountain for a great view, delicious chocolate pie and an overpriced coffee.  Welcome to Argentina.

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~ 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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We arrived in Arequipa on X morning, but not without a few troubles. The overnight bus had once again been difficult. All the buses from Nasca to Arequipa are overnight and they all originate in Lima. After our experience on the cheap bus, we went a few notches up and sprung for [...]

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WOO HOO!

MY MOM IS COMING TO ARGENTINA TO VISIT US!  Mom, you’re the awesomest.

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FSABL Adventure: Nasca

After leaving Lima, our first stop was Nasca. Nasca is a little nothing-town about three fourths down the Peruvian coast. There’s not much to do in the town itself, but there are interesting archaeological remains close by. The highlight of our stay was a half hour flyover of the Nasca lines, giant [...]

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FSABL Adventure: Lima

Our FSABL (Fish, Sue, Alexa, Ben, Liz) Adventure began with their arrival at the Lima airport. Though they got through without problems, their luggage was the very last to come off the plane which caused a bit of delay. The first night we took them back to our favorite hostel in Lima, [...]

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Well, it’s been a good two weeks with Fish, Sue and baby Alexa.  I know we haven’t written up our travels yet, but there’s a good reason…we’ve been busy traveling!  They left us in Cusco today and will be flying back to Ohio from Lima tomorrow morning.
Thanks guys for a wonderful visit.  It really was [...]

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We would like to welcome the Fischer-Tkach family to South America!  For those of you who aren’t in the loop, Chris and Sue were our cycling coaches at OSU for the past few years.  Alexa is their adorable 19 month old girl.
They arrived Wednesday night and we have already begun our whirlwind two week tour [...]

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Tour Guides

Last week, we played tour guides for my Dad and Grandma. It was a blast to have them come visit and it gave us an excuse to go be tourists a bit.

From Dad and Grand…

They flew in to Quito late on Thursday night. We spent most of Friday around Quito. We went to the botanical [...]

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