I got a case of the traveler stomach this day. YIKES! I had hoped to do many cool things in Nazca on the first day, but instead I spent it mostly sleeping. I caught a bus from Lima to Nazca at 430am, arriving at 1130am. I checked into my lodging and fell asleep. I stayed close to the facilities! and slept on and off until 7pm. At long last I was able to move and had some matte de coca. Basically, matte de coca is something that is prescribed here to help with any and every ailment. And, it actually has seemed to fix altitude sickness and now travelers stomach. Impressive. It is a tea made from the coca leaves, the same leaves that when processed and condensed make cocaine. But, at a leaf and tea ... read more

Well, I am out of the rainforest...BEAUTIFUL. I have some great pics but they will have to wait until I get to a computer I can use for more than a couple minutes. I must get truckin to the airport to fly back to Lima and then head down to see the Nasca Lines. Hopefully I will have some time in Lima to properly post photos. Until then, here is one to get started...... read more

Day 1 in Machu Picchu So today began with my much anticipated trip to Machu Picchu, one of the most seculded Incan cities. I awoke at 430am to get ready, eat, pack up my bag and get to the train station for a 6am train. The train was way more confortable than i thought it would be. I actually met a pretty cool professor from Ft. Lauderdale. She and her hubbie run tours for pharamacology students living doing medicinal studies in the amazon. very interesting stuff. I arrived at Machu Picchu at about 9am and was just struck dumb by the views. It is completely unreal that people built this place with their hands. The pictures speak for themselves. I will be heading back tomorrow to tour the ruins some more and just relax and take ... read more

ok...so it is flippin freezing!!! i´m not kidding. it is freezing! were you aware that it could be flipping freezing this close to the equator? obviously i didn´t. i actually bought 2 scarfs and a sweater. i´m now really regretting now buying the rediculous looking hat and gloves set a street vendor was trying to sell me. it is FREEZING FREEZING FREEZING. i fell like i´m in connecticut at xmas...ok, not that bad but close because i don´t have the clothing for it. i´d love to post a lovely picture of me in my alpaca yes, alpaca sweater and scarves but this computer doesn´t have a usb drive, so can´t upload. well, i guess i should have known considering i´m now 11,000 feet above sea level. god, i knew it would be cold but not this ... read more

So, i did catch my plane on june 15th, which is actually a sunday. i, unfortuantely, had been thinking that the 15th was a monday and did not realize i was mistaken until late friday afternoon. talk about a rush trying to get everything packed and ready before leaving. i bought some new sneakers but when i took them out of the box, the lady at the store had put the wrong sneakers in the bag. that was late saturday so there was no time to exchange. they´re actually pretty great sneakers so it probably worked out well. my 1st flight when from tampa to ft. lauderdale where i had a 5 and a half hour layover before my flight to lima. i kept trying to decide if i should stick it out in the airport ... read more