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PERU | Thu, 30 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [26]
WE DECIDED TO BYPASS CERRO SECHIN and Chankillo on our way north and save them for our return to Lima. Photos of Cerro Sechin depicted intricate carvings on real rock, not mudstone, and we figured we would see much more at the site. Not.
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PERU | Mon, 27 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [37]
BASED UPON THE CARVINGS AT EL BRUJO, the Moche weren’t the friendliest people—pretty much what you would expect from people ruled by Warrior-Priests who worshipped a god known as Decapitator at a site called El Brujo (sorcerer) by the Spanish ... Read more >
PERU | Sun, 26 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [32]
AFTER THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS of 5+ hour driving we deserved a little R&R and Wyndham’s Costa del Sol in Trujillo was just the ticket with a quiet location, nice rooms, secure parking, a wonderful restaurant—even a wandering pair of llamas.... Read more >
PERU | Fri, 24 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [56]
THE ROAD FROM HUACHO TO HUARAZ took five hours, had hundreds of hairpin turns and climbed 13,000 feet into the Andean Cordillera Blanca before descending to the sprawl that is Huaraz. Our suite at Villa Valencia was another gem, the equal of many of ... Read more >
PERU | Wed, 22 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [74]
WITH APOLOGIES TO RED SKELTON, we flew in to Lima yesterday and, boy, are our arms tired! The flight was only three hours long but after getting up 2:30 in the morning for the only direct flight from Salta, it’s not just our arms but our entire ... Read more >
PERU | Mon, 20 Jan 2025 | By vagabonds3 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Mon, 20 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Sun, 19 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [29]
WHENEVER CONNIE ASKED CARLOS when we could hope to see a particular bird on her hit list, he replied, “Abra Pampa.” Well, here we are—or as near as possible with decent lodging, restaurants and at a “reasonable” altitude ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Fri, 17 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [29]
CARLOS WENT OUT OF HIS WAY to show us some of his Jujuy (hoo-hoo-ay) Province. Yesterday we drove 300 kilometers from Chicoana to Salinas Grandes, stopping only for lunch in Purmamarca at the spectacular Hotel El Manantial del Silencio, undeniably the ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wed, 15 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [35]
WHILE WE HADN’T PLANNED IT THAT WAY, our time in South America is turning into another birding expedition. Diego, our guide in the Iberá wetlands, hooked us up with a fellow guide in Salta. Carlos is more than just a guide. He spends most ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [69]
Helsinki II - Heavenfloati
Day 1 = Sun 12 Jan
Train
Possible snowplough at 3:30am
Woken up in Tampere
Packed up and off at Helsinki
2 Cabs to accom
Accom
2 level penthouse in Docklands-ish part of town
Emma succeeds ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [35]
Apukka Resort
Day 0 = Thu 9 Jan
Arrived at Apukka
Emma checked in
Kid on phone didn't notice his suitcase was making the automatic door open and close for half an hour
Dropped our luggage and picked up out outer clothes
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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [28]
Day 0 = Sun 5 Jan
Flight (Finnair)
Gorgeous view of Finland from above (daytime flight)
Snow-covered-ice-covered-lakes
Forests in between
Granite boulder fields
Listened to Sibelius 2nd Symphony and blissed out
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AUSTRALIA | Tue, 14 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [34]
Helsinki 1
Day 0 = Thu 2 Jan
Helsinki
Russian capital of Finland, moved closer to Russia than the old Swedish capital of Tuurku
Not the introduction to the second act of a regrettably broad pre-War production of Dante's Inferno by ... Read more >
SPAIN | Sat, 11 Jan 2025 | By jmeh | Views [25]
Quizá debo aclarar que decidí dividir las etapas cuando planificaba mi Camino, imaginando que mis rodillas podrían hacerme las trampas que, efectivamente, me hicieron. Camino Ways, la agencia que usé, hace los arreglos para ... Read more >
Tags: casa baixo, portomarín
SPAIN | Fri, 10 Jan 2025 | By jmeh | Views [27]
Luego de desayunar, salí por el Camino que mé llevó por todos los sitios históricos de Sarria. Temprano agradecí tener mis palos, tener analgésicos y los parches que me compré en Walgreens, porque la bajada ... Read more >
Tags: casa caxigueiro
PUERTO RICO | Thu, 9 Jan 2025 | By jmeh | Views [29]
El 8 me desayuné en el hotel, una buena decisión porque estuvo excelente el bufet. Luego me fui a tomar el Metro, que me llevó directamente a Charmartin, donde tomaría el tren hacia Sarria. Esta fue otra etapa porque esa estació... Read more >
Tags: sarria
SPAIN | Wed, 8 Jan 2025 | By jmeh | Views [28]
Como suele suceder, el avión salió tarde el 7 de enero. Tuve que entregar la maleta por pasarme por un kilo. el vuelo iba lleno, especialmente de españoles regresando a casa. Por consiguiente, llegamos par de hora tarde al otro dí... Read more >
Tags: calle de las huertas, catalonia atocha, madrid
ARGENTINA | Mon, 6 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [53]
WE GAVE SALTA SHORT SHRIFT on our 2013 visit. Our MacBook had died and we were anxious to get to Iguasu Falls and meet with friends from the States who were bringing a replacement. We will be in the area for the next couple of weeks and hope to remedy ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Fri, 3 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [87]
More notes only, though this one loaded with less swearing at least.
Day 0 = Sun 29 Dec
Train to Stockholm
Got to Stockholm Centralen
Tiny old slow lifts that took 2 people at a time
Long distance train station that doesn't ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Fri, 3 Jan 2025 | By graynomadsusa | Views [74]
A DAY MAY STILL HAVE TWENTY-FOUR hours but the years seem to be passing more quickly. It seems like like only yesterday that we were getting haircuts in Bali and it really was yesterday we both got haircuts here in Cordoba. Argentina, that is, not Cordoba ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wed, 1 Jan 2025 | By besoka | Views [58]
More notes only. This blog is really glithcy about some content, so I've had to delete some sections to get it to save without it crashing to an error page. Seriously, the word "names" triggered it.
Day 1 = Thu 19 Dec
Last Scandic ... Read more >