January 2007 Archives

A dog peers over the cliff above Machu Picchu

South America 2007: The Last Days

Jan 23, 2007 | No Comments

We made it to Machu Picchu the day after my last email, but unfortunately the site was completely fogged over and it ended up pouring rain all morning. We took solace under a reconstructed house with a group of other tourists, but eventually headed for the snack bar and some hot chocolate. Luckily the weather started clearing up by around noon and we had a few good hours at the site. We never made it back to the first mountain that kicked our A$#, but we did climb Wynapicchu Mountain within the site and still had an amazing view of Machu Picchu from above.

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A midnight view of the Iguassu Falls

South America 2007: No plans, great people, and a lot of luck...

Jan 15, 2007 | No Comments

Sorry I've been M.I.A. for awhile, we've been traveling pretty fast and the Internet has been pretty shoddy if not nonexistent. In Iguassu Falls for example, the Internet actually went down in the entire town for a solid two days. They wouldn't even let us book a bus ticket out of the town until we convinced them to call Buenos Aires and book it over the phone for us on the second day.

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