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The vow

I can see now that God has unexpectedly led me to this place at the right time to be baptized in a river in the Amazon basin of Peru! At the airport yesterday I was met by Jose, a pastor here and good friend of Alex, the pastor I'll be working with on behalf of A Rocha. Jose just happens to...

permalink written by  cjones on December 9, 2007 from Tarapoto, Peru
from the travel blog: so-journ

A Rocha Peru

Arrived at the airport in Lima yesterday a little exhausted having not slept much on the bus the night before, but met by very helpful members of A Rocha Peru. We had lunch together then Oscar (leader of the A Rocha team in Peru) and his wife Marlene invited me to stay at their house and get...

permalink written by  cjones on December 7, 2007 from Lima, Peru
from the travel blog: so-journ

Crossing into Peru

Arrived here in Piura after another night bus ride from Loja, where I stayed for a day and a half. As I was leaving the bus station in a taxi with 2 others from the bus around 7 AM, we noticed 2 guys running past, then several seconds later we could see that a girl from the bus had been robbed...

permalink written by  cjones on December 6, 2007 from Piura, Peru
from the travel blog: so-journ

Long distance training

Bus.

permalink written by  Alex Kent on November 12, 2007 from Lima, Peru
from the travel blog: On the Varieties of Nature

Pisaq Market

Today just a short trip with local buses to Pisaq. The "theoretical" market is really for tourists but just aside of it you can still see a smaller one with unknown (at least by me) vegetables. A lot of colors indeed. On the top of the moutain surrrounding the village, some ruins. The fact is:...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 30, 2007 from Pisaquil, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

Lucky me! A village anniversary celebration

After taking the train to leave Aguas Calientes, arrived in Ollantaytambo that is, by lucky for me, celebrating its 133rd anniversary. There, I did one of the best picture till now (check the 2nd picture). A lot of costumes, dances, food and no tourists. Great! I don´t want to leave! Eat a...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 29, 2007 from Ollantaitambo, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

Inca trail - Day 4

Wake up at 4:00 this morning to start the last 2 hours of the trek to Machu Pichu. Some very hard steps leads us to where we should have the first view on Machu Pichu. Damned! it is full of clouds! Later on, fully sunny day and Machu Pichu is full of tourists. I don´t know what I prefer...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 28, 2007 from Machupicchu, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

Inca trail - Day 3

Longuest day with 18km and 2 passes. We start from 3640m up to 4000m (Kununakay) then down to 3300m and up again to 3700m to the 2nd pass of the day (Sayaqmarka) where we have lunch Suddenly the rain arrived making the downhill of 1000m more difficult on those very high steps The we...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 27, 2007 from Ollantaitambo, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

Inca trail - Day 2

The most difficult day of the program and I was happy to know they could repair my shoes if needed :-) I still wonder if they ever repaired one size 47. We start at 3100m to reach the highest point of the trek at 4200m (the Warmiwanusca pass), the down to the valley to reach the Pacamayo...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 26, 2007 from Ollantaitambo, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

Inca trail - Day 1

After a bus ride from Cusco to Ollantaytambo, we are ready to start our 40 km trek in 4 days (better said 3 as the last one will be in Machu Pichu) Today is a gentle 10 km trek up from 2682m to reach 3100 for our first camp night at Wayllabamba On the way, the first inca archaelogical...

permalink written by  thetourist on October 25, 2007 from Ollantaitambo, Peru
from the travel blog: No news, Good news! in Peru & Argentina

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