http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Chasanaski/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Chasanaski en-us Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:54 UTC Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:14:54 UTC And so starts the end of our journey. We are actually writing this in Australia having returned safe and sound. Some of our friends find it amusing to be receiving travel blogs from Peru when they know we are in their livingroom but we would really like to finish them as much for us as for you. We estimate that there are only two more blogs after this one. So all of you that we see regularly jus http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Ucayali/Pucallpa/blog-236299.html So we sadly said goodbye to Home Sweet Home and the beautiful city of Cusco. Our luggage was a little heavier after all our shopping and Rachel and Delia also had ornate walking sticks that helped them through the Inca Trail. Mine Ana's reeked of vomit and Chas and I were too cheap to buy a prettily designed one thank goodness Chas says so I decided to leave it behind. A brief stopover in Lim http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Ucayali/Pucallpa/blog-236041.html A selfish decisionWhen we first started this blog I Chas made a decision to be honest about what happened to us and what we were feeling. I wanted the blog to be more than just an update on the beautiful places we were visiting but actually letting you the readers know about us personally. Notice all the 'I's in this paragraph this was an arrogant and selfish decision. It has drawn much crit http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Cusco/Sacred-Valley/blog-231793.html Enforced vacationhellip health reasons you understandOur time in Cusco started off pleasantly. We had planned to have two days of rr without much sightseeing before embarking on the Inca Trail despite Cusco being the former capital of the Incan Empire Qosco meaning bellybutton of the world and jampacked with sites of extreme historical interest and beauty. This is because within two days we http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Cusco/Inca-Trail/blog-228175.html We began our voyage south with a seven hour bus ride. I tell you Australian bus companies if both Argentina and Peru can have 10 times better service at a tenth of the price you had better shape up More movies more food more service... and we played bingo It was a great way for the spanish learners to practice their numbers and you had a chance to win a bottle of Pisco the national grape sp http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Ica/Nazca/Nazca-Lines/blog-226884.html Merry Christmas and Happy New Years everyone Lots of love from Ana and Chas Sorry about the lack of blogs but we have been really busy by lax Chasanaski standards anyway and have not had enough time to go into all we have been doing. This month in Peru has had us explore the capital city the coastal desert region the Southern Andes and the deepest canyon in the world the capital of the Inca http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Peru/Lima/blog-226872.html Rachel arrives so we get off our fat bottoms and do somethingThe second half of our trip to Argentina was marked by Rachelrsquos arrival. Ana and I had done a lot of the tourist side of Argentina last time we visited together and so stored up all the trips and sights for Rach. We were to start with a cracker one of the eight natural wonders of the world and something I had never seen before http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-225778.html Fear of ArrivalThis month in Argentina has been a truly welcome mix of homecoming and new experiences. When Ana and I started planning this trip it was to be a combination of volunteer work visiting exciting new places but also to visit old friends and family around the world for the first time as a married couple. So coming back to Argentina where my family Chas lived for 6 years and where I http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Argentina/Buenos-Aires/Buenos-Aires/blog-223435.html Ana and I arrived in Rio having begun the journey without pause 30 hours before. We left Lisbon on the overnight train to Madrid said goodbye to Rachel who we will see in a few weeks in Buenos Aires and went straight to the airport to check in for our flight. Then flew to Brazil. Iberian air is a bit of a misery. I do not want to use this blog as an endorsement or name and shame forum but this http://www.travelblog.org//South-America/Brazil/Rio-de-Janeiro/Rio-de-Janeiro/Copacabana/blog-215302.html Sorry guys we are writing this from Argentina and are catching up on a pretty hectic month. So this is going to be a long blog but please give it a read and check out the photos it's worth it I promise.Leaving Alicante sobOur return to sightseeing in Spain after beachbumming was becoming addictive had a tough start. We had to catch the bus to Alicante to then catch the train to Madrid. So we http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Lisbon/blog-212453.html Barcelona has been traveller's dream. First of all I am trying to resist gushing about the city although there is much to fall for what has happened to us is not the usual falling in love with the city but instead we have fallen for fellow travellers.We caught the overnight train from Paris in a happy mood. What surprised us is that the sleeper trains in Europe are pretty similar to the trains http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Spain/Catalonia/Barcelona/blog-208571.html Getting to St JustWe touched down in Charles de Gaulle with extremely heavy packs. Damn. But we were excited to be going to St Just again. As renting a car for five days was cheaper than two return TGV tickets to Redon and gave us a lot of freedom in between we had rented a car over the internet. So it was with excitement that we went to the Hertz counter to pick up our Fiat Panda. After waiting http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-206666.html The very week after we got back from London after Chas had worked another incrediblely long and hard weekend we went to EdinburghEdinburgh... post FringeA very good friend who studied medicine with my mum in Peru Apolos and his wife Pillar have been living in Edinburgh for a year whilst Apolos has been studying medical theology. So when they invited us to Edinburgh for a few days we said ye http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Edinburgh/blog-203902.html It all started with my parent's silver wedding anniversary. Congrats Geoff and Leigh FisherBy some quirk of fate this year we have been able to have two weddings four birthdays and a wedding anniversary together as a family for the first time in four years. The party held at Crown Cottage was great fun with many family friends attending giving us all an opportunity to catch up. Even my dad was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/blog-203286.html Hello dear friends and family After numerous complaints from avid fans of the Chasanaski travel blog we have succumbed. Please do not be alarmed our long absence from the web after our twoaweek schedule can be easily explained simply through busy schedules and limited internet connections. Hence why Sof and Zac are beating Chas at Arrested Development trivia on Facebook. Anyway here is our http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Dorset/blog-199047.html UntitledAna Chas Fisher For those of you who know Luke and Molly missed our Oz wedding due to their selfish desire to volunteer as healthsocial workers in rural Uganda. You can read up on their adventures prior to Europe by searching for Luke and MollyCeleste on this website. But now we have joined forces We are writing this in our second last day in France. It is a beautiful day which onl http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Rh-ne-Alpes/Grenoble/blog-183540.html Welcome to St Just the only continuous building in my life since I was five years old and hence my only home and source of many many happy memories. It was here that I wanted to get married but let it be clear that I am so grateful for that wonderful day in Port Fairy simply because it symbolises almost everything about me. Cherry orchards coffee and fresh baked croissants frisbees lost in http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/France/Brittany-/Ille-et-Vilaine/blog-175795.html Chas is going to bookend this blog with our travelling stories. I know that Father Steven would not stoop to cursing us with his sermon at our wedding ceremony but his sermon contained many prophesies. The first being simply that Chas and Ana make or find their lives inordinately complicated and rarely simple. After one night in Bombay where we attended Lolrsquos housewarming party a wonder http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-171493.html I have decided that the picture I painted of India was too negative. I love the place. Hence this is going to be a positive description of how we started our honeymoon. Day 1 We arrived at the stunningly beautiful Trichy airport at 5am where the extemely helpful security guards asked us to line up to get in to the airport itself. Then the extremely efficient staff had to Xray all of our bags b http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Sri-Lanka/Colombo/blog-165088.html This is an interesting blog to write. I feel compelled to apologise for how long our blogs have been but we really want you to know what India is like and not just what Ana and Chas have been up to. Also it is hard to be excited about India when we waiting to fly to Sri Lanka for a one week honeymoon finally no thanks to you British High Commission and then on to Copenhagen to spend one week http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/India/Tamil-Nadu/Madurai/blog-163356.html