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Tue, 11 Apr 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1630]
After a one day delay due to the ever present bus strikes, I head out of Cusco with my friend Joey (whose real name is jose anthony trujillo poma quispe--joey is the hendrix sobre nombre)... on our way to lima. We decide to take the economical scenic ... Read more >
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Tue, 4 Apr 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1045]
Well let´s start by announcing the unsurprising.. I had plans to leave for Lima tomorrow, via bus, passing through Nasca, the desert oasis of Huacachina, drinking Pisco in Pisco, and ending up in the big city by the weekend... all of which will still ... Read more >
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Sat, 1 Apr 2006 | By willlou | Views [1155]
The roadblocks by the highland people, protesting about the free trade agreement with the US, cut off Riobamba for 4 days from the main north-south highway. We went walking on the old Inca royal trail up in the nearby mountains to find it being used ... Read more >
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Mon, 20 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1359] | Comments [1]
I left work early Friday afternoon to start me weekend in the Sacred Valley. The valley, as it is known includes the region to the north west of Cusco, starting at Pisac and ending at Machu Picchu (which I will do next weekend). It´s an area with a slightly ... Read more >
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Mon, 20 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Photo Gallery
sacred valley, outside of cusco
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Fri, 17 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1168]
Second trip out to meet with a community, and coordiante-introduce our project. This time with Laura and Lourdes because the guys had to meet with another community. We took the rover, as laura said, mas duro para manejar, pero tambien mas duro para ... Read more >
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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [2425]
So this entry is preceding the one I started but didn´t make ¨live¨ which talks more about what exactly I´m doing in Cusco, and who is this group called Ayllu Yupaychay (wisdom of the young in quechua) that I am working with (and subsequently living ... Read more >
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Mon, 13 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Photo Gallery
photos from work done in Cusco
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Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Photo Gallery
cusco and around
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Tue, 7 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [948]
After my 13 hour bus ride, I arrived safe and happily in Cusco. For the next month I will based out of the office of this group, Ayllu Yupaychay. For the last 8 or so years they have been working with kids in very remote, rural indigenous communities, ... Read more >
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Sun, 5 Mar 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [4419] | Comments [1]
8am board the Litoral bus to Cusco. tons of leg room, double decker. I´m on the top. Unlike the city, the bus station in la paz is highly organized and calm. 8:30 bought a newspaper, La Razon... includes articles about Bush´s attempt to play cricket, ... Read more >
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Mon, 27 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Photo Gallery
Llachon (peru, near Puno, Copacabana (bolivia), Isla del Sol (bolivia)
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Sat, 25 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1334]
This was a schizo travel day. We sucked up the money, best spent $125 and took a flight from Lima to Juliaca (near lake titicaca), via Arequita. 2 hours versus 24 on bus. It was worth it. So we leave the coast at 6am and arrive in Juliaca, greeted ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Sat, 25 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Photo Gallery
the desert of northern peru... and lima.. and the beach
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Mon, 20 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [887] | Comments [2]
coming soon.. .lima gets a bad rep, but I wish I could stay longer. the smog was much worse in quito (barley noticed it here). We stayed in Miraflores, a nice neighborhood, with oodles of mouth watering food choices... 25 mins from the center of down.... Read more >
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