Right out of the gate I am going to mention that the Peruvian cuisine is amazing but that its really triggered what the doctors would refer to as loose bowel movement and for those who are unfamilier with the term its the ¨The Shits¨. It all started when we were in Mancora, Peru: We were excited to finally come face to face with the Pacific Ocean and the many adventures it contained. The first thing on our list was to get surf lessons and through our Canadian friend Matt we were able to hook up and get our first surf lessons [View Full Entry]

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We had anticipated Otavalo for a while as it is known in South America to be one of the best hand crafted markets. We were in for a surprise when once again we got lost and mistook the local market for the hand crafted market. The local market was filled with fruits, vegetables, and meat. We are not talking your average butcher shop meats they had pig carcasses hanging, pig heads on plates, and chickens. All the meat was out in the warm heat and giving off a stench and on top of that there were dogs walking around giving everything [View Full Entry]

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We asked for adventure, and we got it, within the first hour for that matter! So Zack and I said our good byes, checked in and were ready for our long flight. When we heard ´Folkerts party for 2´ on the intercom. So we go to check out what the problem is, thinking we probably forgot something , but it was that we didnt have a return flight from South America. The airline told us that if the Colombians turned us back because we didn´t have an onward ticket they would be fined 10,000. So we decided to try to get [View Full Entry]

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