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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By jchesters | Views [496] | Scholarship Entry
In hindsight, falling down the stairs just days before I was to leave for Peru was not my finest hour. But the strange thing is, after 5 days hiking on bruised and blistered feet, when I stood at Inti Punku and looked down on the "lost" city of Machu ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By lyndseywhale | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By samkat | Views [236] | Scholarship Entry
The views, the cliffs, the towns, and the weather were constantly changing as we went up and down the mountains in a tiny one-lane road. I close my eyes now and I can see the Sacred Valley and the ruins in the distance, I can smell the rain and feel the ... Read more >
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Tue, 19 May 2015 | By dwt | Views [351] | Scholarship Entry
Barefooted children stomped in the street’s deep mud as our taxi crept by in the town of Oropesa. The tallest of the bunch, gangly and wearing a dirty Yankees cap, carried a mischievous grin, like at any moment he might splatter us with a glob of the ... Read more >
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Mon, 18 May 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery
Vendredi 15 mai 2015 est le jour du Machu Picchu! :-) Mais quelle aventure pour y arriver, nous l'avons bien mérité.
Voilà l'histoire en résumé: juste avant d'acheter les billets de bus pour aller de Cuzco à la station de train qui va à Aguas Calientes, ...
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Sat, 16 May 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery
Well, well. Finally we took the airplane instead of a bus. While the 24 hour bus to Cuzco was tempting, we were still recovering from some altitude sickness. And don't forget we still did the overnight bus from the Cordillera Blanca back to Lima to catch ...
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Sat, 16 May 2015 | By joeynash | Views [303] | Scholarship Entry
As I sat on the bus unable to sleep due to the sheer drops and erratic driving, I felt a mixture of emotions. I love the great outdoors, but I don’t consider myself an experienced hiker. The highest mountain I had ever climbed was Ben Nevis, its peak ... Read more >
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Fri, 15 May 2015 | By parker-john | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry
Set aside to the backdrop of dreary London morning, the day begins, much like the previous one, uninspired, devoid of colour, baron to the concepts of culture and the biggest question pressing on any of our lips presently, is 'what to have for lunch? ... Read more >
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Fri, 8 May 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery
1 week down, only 39 more to go! :-) Lima, Trujillo and the Cordillera Blanca ... check. Honestly, the pace is a bit too fast. Especially with overnight buses and the 4000m altitude (12,000 ft) here in the Cordillera. We need some R&R. And either way, ...
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Tags: altitude sickness, caraz, cordillera blanca, huaraz, lima, peru
Mon, 4 May 2015 | By michellea_olsen | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
By the time my team woke on our final day of hiking the Inca Trail I had spent many an hour imagining the moment we would descend the stairs to the Sun Gate to watch the sun rise and slowly illuminate the stone city of Machu Picchu below. The hard part ... Read more >
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Fri, 6 Mar 2015 | By brit808 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 1/2 lb lean sirloin, cut into small, thin strips salt, to taste 1/4 tsp cumin black pepper, to taste 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 red onion, sliced into thick strips 1 large bell pepper 1 large jalapeño, seeded & chopped 2 cloves garlic, crushed ...
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Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By calibasednomad | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients - 1.5 pounds potatoes - 2 tablespoons vegetable oil and more for frying - 2 garlic cloves - 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin - 1 pound beef tenderloin - 2 red onions, cut in to fourths - 1 hot yellow pepper, sliced 1.5 inches thick - 1 large red ...
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Thu, 5 Mar 2015 | By suitcasefoodist | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 2 lbs Lean Steak - like a skirt steak; sliced into narrow strips 3 large Potatoes, cut for French Fries 2 tablespoons bacon fat, duck fat or oil 3 Cloves Garlic, Minced 1 medium Onion, sliced 1 Red Pepper, seeded, sliced thinly length-wise ...
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Wed, 4 Mar 2015 | By miscela | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients Main: 1 whole welsh onion (Japanese bunching onion) 7 green olives 1 tomato 5 or 6 White mushrooms (as in http://goo.gl/YO2i6b ) Sauce: 2 cloves of garlic oregano salt 4 lemons 1/4 Ají amarillo (yellow ají or yellow chilli pepper as in ...
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