Nov 18, 2009 | Peru
“A man with no expectations is never disappointed.” I wish I would have kept those words from Lao Tzu in mind when I went slightly out of my way to Nazca, Peru, where some bored Nazca people scratched interesting geoglyphs into the desert outside of town...
Nov 16, 2009 | Peru
One of the delights of budget travel for me is wandering a local market in a strange and unfamiliar place. The market in Cusco, Peru, is one of the most interesting I’ve ever enjoyed. Local markets are a welcome assault on the senses. New mysterious smells (some...
Nov 13, 2009 | Peru
My legs were still a little sore from our hike down the tracks when the alarm went off at 4:15 a.m. Those who know me know that there are very few things in this world of ours that will make me leave a warm, dry bed so early. The motivation this time was the extremely...
Nov 11, 2009 | Peru
The words from an old army cadence that we used to sing on long road marches filled my head: I used to date a beauty queen… Now I hold my M-16…. and it won’t be long, …until we get on back home. This wasn’t exactly a forced march that I...
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