August 13, 2006 – Day 319
By the time I woke up on the bus this morning, we were pulling into Indianapolis. I made some phone calls and arranged for my aunt to pick me up from Chicago. A few hours later, my bus ride ended. For the entire trip, the bus stations got nicer and […]
August 12, 2006 – Day 318
Greyhound buses suck. There’s no TV, no radio, not much legroom, and they don’t give you food or drinks, even for rides of more than a day. The cheapest buses in Chile and Argentina give you all of those things, and they cost way less. Getting on a Greyhound bus […]
August 11, 2006 – Day 317
I was able to sleep in the airport until about 6:30 this morning when the noise of people coming and going got to be too much. It was still too early to start making phone calls, so I got a cup of coffee and worked on my computer for a […]
August 10, 2006 – Day 316
Today was my big day. Time to fly home. In many ways, it snuck up on me quickly. Maybe I was just mentally putting aside the fact that my trip was about to end. Or maybe it was the knowledge that the next week in the US would be as […]
August 9, 2006 – Day 315
Today I took the last bus of my trip from Mancora, Peru to Guayaquil, Ecuador. The trip lasted over eight hours, so I got over halfway through my new book, Prey by Michael Crichton, a scary look at nanotechnology gone bad. I was happy when I scored it at a […]
August 6-8, 2006 – Day 312-314
Fransisco, Robyn, and I took a bus to Piura and had a look around. The Lonely Planet says that it’s a small colonial city centered around a plaza with a large church, but most of the old architecture was destroyed in an earthquake. Gee, that could describe just about any […]
August 5, 2006 – Day 311
This morning, Robyn, Fransisco, and I met up to go on a tour of the ruins near Trujillo. A bus first took us to a few Huacas, which were ancient temples and living quarters. Most of the architecture was original, including the painting. The fact that painted adobe could last […]
August 3-4, 2006 – Day 309-310
Not much happened for two days, and it was great. I got into a new book, Trapped by Greg Iles. It’s a thriller that plays out like a cheesy action movie. Not the greatest of reading, but it’s way better than the boring science fiction book I had last time. […]
August 2, 2006 – Day 308
After leaving my hostel, I jumped on a four-hour bus to Lima, where I started my trip over 300 days ago. It would be a short reunion though: I wanted to get to Trujillo by morning. One annoying thing about Peru is that unlike every other country I’ve been to […]
August 1, 2006 – Day 307
I had some extra time to spare in my quest to get to Guayaquil, but not enough time to go off an any major adventures, so I figured I’d stick around Huacachina for another day. It’s a great place to relax with hot, sunny weather every day, beautiful scenery, and […]