October 25, 2005 – Day 27
Tom, Henry, Lisa, and I got up early today and boarded a bus to go to the Urubamba river for our two-day rafting excursion. Another group of four people who had chosen to go for only one day went along with us. After riding the bus for an hour or […]
October 24, 2005 – Day 26
To start the day today, I got together with Tom, Henry, and Lisa to plan our rafting trip. We decided to do a two day trip down the Urubamba river. We will camp overnight after day 1, so it should be a good time. The only problem is that I […]
October 23, 2005 – Day 25
I wanted to see more of the sites that my ticket I bought yesterday covered, and according to my guidebook, the main cathedral in town was one of them. When I got to the cathedral, I saw the sign that said that it wasn’t covered by the ticket anymore and […]
October 22, 2005 – Day 24
My overnight bus got to Cusco at 5:00 AM today. I paid more money for a good bus company this time, but I’m still not sure it was worth it. The private waiting room, included dinner, and televisions on the bus that actually worked were nice. Still, even though there […]
October 21, 2005 – Day 23
I had been traveling so fast and doing so many things that I thought I should rest for one day in Arequipa. For the most part, all I did today was chat online with friends and take a walk around the city.
Between my relaxation sessions, I went to the Casa […]
October 20, 2005 – Day 22
I had a hard time sleeping last night. My room is right next to a busy street with constant horn-honking, and it starts to get light at 4:30 AM here, so by 5:00, the entire room was lit up. I got up and walked around like a zombie for awhile, […]
October 19, 2005 – Day 21
After getting a good night’s sleep, I was able to wake up rather early this morning. Yanque is in the middle of nowhere, so there was no city noise to deal with. Morad and I got breakfast, packed our stuff, and hopped on the bus back to Arequipa at 11:00 […]
October 18, 2005 – Day 20
There was only one early bus out of Yanque, and Morad and I had to get up at 4:30 AM to catch it. It actually wasn’t too bad getting up that early because there was absolutely nothing to do last night other than feel my head throb and listen to […]
October 17, 2005 – Day 19
I decided that I hadn’t seen enough dead bodies lately, so this morning I went to the Museo Santuarios Andinos to see the frozen corpse of “Juanita,” who was sacrificed 500 years ago. Before seeing the body (I was told not to call it a mummy), I got to see […]
October 16, 2005 – Day 18
This morning, Morad and I moved to a different hostel. It’s nicer than the other one, but I still can’t do laundry here, and there are still no power outlets in any of the rooms. I’m trying hard to conserve batter power in my cameras and computer, but I use […]