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Mon, 10 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [815]
Como a la octava vuelta del bus vi a Machu Picchu. No hay palabras ni fotografía que puedan hacerle justicia. Lo primero que una ve son las terrazas en la ladera de una montaña gigantesca, y al Huayna Picchu detrás, una pared vertical ... Read more >
Tags: machu picchu
Mon, 10 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [637]
Primero que nada, rectifico algo de ayer. El río Urubamba termina en el Amazonas, del que es afluente.
Esta mañana me recogieron a las 5 am para ir camino a Machu Picchu. El viaje es en bus hasta la estación de Piscacucho, que ... Read more >
Tags: aguas calientes, piscacucho
Mon, 10 May 2010 | By rjenkins | Views [745] | Comments [1]
Completed the Inka Jungle Trek to MachuPicchu last Friday (7/5), which was really awesome. the 1st day was cycling down hill for about 2 hours from Abra Malaga at 4350m above sea level, on paved roads and then 2 hours on gravel. The temperature change ... Read more >
Mon, 10 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [863]
Lake Titikaka is 3810 meters high, the highest navegable lake in the world, located roughly half in Bolivia and half in Peru... The tiwanakus considered it sacred for centuries... so did the incas after them... and still today it's considered sacred ... Read more >
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [566] | Comments [1]
Hoy fue un día largo. Me la he pasado subiendo escaleras, y recién mañana es que llego a Machu Picchu. Estos incas eran unos titanes, y sus descendientes también.
A las 8:45 estábamos en un bus de camino a Pisaq.... Read more >
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [703]
Can you imagine 100 mothers gathering to
compete in a soccer tournament on Mothers Day? My mother certainly wouldn’t have considered it. Would yours? But in the Shipibo community of Patria
Nueva in Amazonia that is how Mothers Day ... Read more >
Sun, 9 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [712] | Comments [1]
Bueno, es Qosq'o. Y creo que no le he hecho honor, así que antes de salir hacia los mercados indígenas y algunas ruinas en las afueras de la ciudad, les debo decir algo de Cuzco. Es una ciudad de color crema. Curioso porque, aunque hay ... Read more >
Tags: cuzco, perú
Sat, 8 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [784]
Hoy me fui en un city tour de esos que te llevan a prisa, te dicen mucha información y terminas escocotá. La guía, mestiza de sangre y cultura, reescribió la historia de los incas. Luego de escucharla, ahora sé que ... Read more >
Tags: cuzco
Sat, 8 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [737]
Esta mañana me levanté más temprano de lo necesario, y terminé teniendo que esperar una hora por el taxi. Durante ese tiempo, y mientras escribía mi entrada anterior, me informaron/preguntaron que una pareja necesitaba ... Read more >
Tags: cuzco
Sat, 8 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [439]
Como había escogido este hostal porque estaba cerca del circuito de las fuentes, un parque gigantesco con fuentes sincronizadas, esperé a que comenzara a anochecer para ir a verlo. Caminé media milla hasta la entrada y pagué... Read more >
Fri, 7 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [640] | Comments [1]
Aixa llegó a tiempo, pero tuvimos un contratiempo con mi nuevo climbing pole: no sabíamos usarlo. Luego de aprender y darle primeros auxilios, salimos hacia el aeropuerto. El viaje hacia Panamá fue puntal y agradable, aunque no tanto para los que se ... Read more >
Tags: copa, lima, panama, viaje
Thu, 6 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [870]
Once again
the Shipibo family was camped on the sidewalk outside our hotel selling
bracelets, necklaces and such.
They are so hopeful we will buy and look so pitiful when we don’t. Maybe someday. Peruvians are so polite, offering a
‘Buen ... Read more >
Tue, 4 May 2010 | By robrobjos | Views [12087] | Comments [2]
After a 12 hour rapid speed boat up the Amazon river, skipping along the murky waters as the driver expertly avoided water hazards, such as floating tree barks, lonesome fishermen and suicidal river dolphins, we arrived at our destination, Iquitos.... Read more >
Mon, 3 May 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [346]
Friday :
After
work I go directly to the Healing Nectar Center to talk to a Jewish Canadian
transpersonal and re-organizational healer/ doctor who has been living in Cusco
for over 7 years and been studying medicine for ... Read more >
Sun, 2 May 2010 | By rjenkins | Views [593]
well my dizzyness seems to of gone so that´s a good start was just a lack of water. the tour agency that want to do the trek up to MachuPichu with wasn´t open today so will have to go book it tomorrow which will mean not going till tuesday. Plan to do ... Read more >
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