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FatherSonJourney - Juan P Ocharan

Father taking his 16 year old son on a journey of his choosing; although I think he did it for me.

I've dreamed for a number of years that before my son turns into a man I wanted one last chance to experience something we will never forget - 1 month, anywhere in the World...

We started with a blank page and choose different regions of the world (Asia, Europe, Africa), he happened to choose Peru. I'll let you in a little secret - I was born in Peru, came to the US when I was 3 and although visited once when I was 7, I haven't been back since.

We are both very excited to spend a month seeing the country! OK, maybe I am more than him...

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By FatherSonJourney
August 23rd 2009

Back home North America » United States » Florida » St Augustine

Home So, we had to make a red eye flight over to Atlanta and catch a connecting to Jax, where we would finally be re-united with the famous chef and the little retarded orphan child... I mean my mom and my brother. OH YOU GOTTA LOVE AIRPORT PROCEDURE! It was my favorite part of the whole trip! Lines and lines and hey! Lines. After waiting in line for the equivalent of waiting for space mountain, we got to our gate just in time for boarding. You know? You gotta love flying International. Cozy seats, personal screen filled with free movies, music, [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 9th 2009

Day 22-24 blarg South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

Lima Day 22, we woke up late as usual over here and came down stairs. Our cousins offered to take us out for some Lomo Saltado and we were all cool. We headed back to the house and the day would have been a dud had we not gone to the water park. 17 degrees celsius and we go to the water park...hmm. No, it was actually a water show so to speak. I´ve seen disney´s water shows, but this one just blew disney right out of the water! (no pun intended) It was a dazzling display of water and lights. [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 7th 2009

Day 21 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Miraflores

Miraflores So we woke up today around 10 and came down at about noon. Went over to the bank and then came back to the house for some lunch. She made some sort of dish that I´m not sure what to call. It was rice with some sort of freezed dried potatoe. It was alright. We decided to head over to the zoo today. My dad has become quite the negotiator over here in Peru, you see taxi rides vary on the drivers. To get to the zoo, my dad wanted to pay 7 soles while the cab driver wanted 15 [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 5th 2009

Day 20 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

Huacachina So we got up at about 8:30 so I can go more sandboarding. Dad didn´t want to go, so he took a vineyard tour instead. So he left and about a half hour later, I left for the dune buggy/sandboarding tour. Before going into the dessert, we all have to sign a manifest, as I looked down the list, there were 2 Americans, 2 spaniards, 1 french, 1 german, and 1 dude from Japan! I was so impressed I said ¨Hola! Bejour! Gutentag! Konichiwa! Hey whats up?¨ The tour before was pretty nice, but this guy knew how to use [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 4th 2009

Day 19 Nazca lines South America » Peru » Ica » Nazca » Nazca Lines

This place never ceases to amaze me. We got up around 8:30 in order to enjoy our breakfast buffet. Wasn´t a huge buffet with bustling people like you would imagine. Then we decided to chill in the hotel room till noon because our flight wasn´t until then. My dad decided to put his peruvian phone chip in his phone about 2 minutes before the airlines told us our flight could leave about 2 hours early. The conditions and wind patterns were perfect for our cesna (small plane, seats 8) plane ride. We took plenty of video and pictures in our cramped [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 4th 2009

Day 19 Huacachina/Ica South America » Peru » Ica » Huacachina

Huacachina So, we caught a local bus for about 10 soles (3 dollars) versus the 35 soles bus company that we have been riding with for a 3 hour ride to Huacachina. We stayed in a very interesting hostal. I´ve noticed a pattern of complaining in my blogs, so I´m gonna try and be positive about this place as much as possible. Creeky wooden floors make it fun to walk across the room, my dad calls it rustic. The abscence of a roof over the bathroom leaves a natural sky light. The giant gaping hole in the bathroom gives you something [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 3rd 2009

Day 18 South America

Ballestas, Nazca So we had to wake up at about 3 am again, I rose but I didn´t shine. Caught a 4:30 am bus to Islas Ballestas. I barely got any sleep because the roads were so noisy and some comedian decided to leave the lights on the bus on. They served us ¨breakfast¨ which consisted of a fruit cup, an unknown substance, and an odd looking sandwhich. I was hungry so I took a huge bite of what looked like a jelly sandwhich and gagged it out in front of my neighbor to find out it was an olive sandwhich, [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 2nd 2009

Day 17 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

Lima Day 17 wasn´t much for me at least. I woke up around 1 pm and immediately got dressed for a house party at some family´s house. After getting full dressed and ready, it was such a dire emergency for me to take a shower at that very moment, so I went back up and showered even though we were kinda already late. There were plenty of people there to talk most of the party, we had to make a 2 hour toast to the couple who were having a baby. My soda was flat by the time we actually toasted, [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
August 1st 2009

Day 14-16 South America » Peru » Lima » Lima » Lima

Yeah yeah mom, I´m alive. I´ve just been busy. Day 14 wasn´t much. We woke up late contrary to what my dad wanted to do. We left and found on nice restaurant on a balcony and ate some chicken. My dad caught what I had and doesn´t look good. Barely felt like eating. We came back to the hostal and played chess till it was time to go. My dad played the sick game and gave me the big backpack. We took an earlier flight again and arrived in Lima around 7:30. Did the same thing as last time, arrived and [View Full Entry]

By FatherSonJourney
July 30th 2009

The rest of Day 13 South America

Arequipa-where the hot Peruvians are at So after I finished blogging this afternoon, my dad and I decided to pick up and head on out to a movie theater here in Peru. We got there and most of the movies listed were movies we had already seen. They don't have some movies already released in the U.S. and they still have some old ones like 12 rounds and milk. We ended up seeing the proposal. Not the movie I would've chosen but it was alright, it was pretty funny. We had 3 drinks, 2 adult tickets, 1 medium popcorn, and a [View Full Entry]

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