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                    <title>Ollantaytambo back to Cusco and Lima</title>
                    <description>We woke after a comfortable night sleep to a delicious  breakfast of some sort of banana  french toast pancakes.   We slipped out afterwards for a coffee as Peruvians only really grow coffee but dont drink it. Tea is the hot beverage of choice and they do have some amazing herbal teas.We returned to the home after some shopping at the artisan market for some last minute souvenirs and bid fa</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Ollantaytambo/blog-770726.html</link>
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                    <title>Ollantaytambo Day 2</title>
                    <description>I had scheduled a homestay with the Awamaki organization in Ollantayambo before the trip.  I went to their office and met with their helpful staff who introduced us to our homestay mother Tina.  Awamaki is similar to Sacred Hearts in mission but they also provide local weaving classes and homestays where all the money goes to the local families thus creating a meaningful cultural bridge and also</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Ollantaytambo/blog-770448.html</link>
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                    <title>Ollantaytambo Day 1</title>
                    <description>We slept in for the first time yet on this trip which felt wonderful and was much needed.  After a leisurely breakfast we caught a shared taxi to Ollantaytambo our final stop for this trip.  Ollantaytambo is about an 1  hr. drive from Cusco in the Sacred Valley lies at 9186 ft. and has a population of about 2000.  It is designated as a UNESCO world heritage site and is considered a livin</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Ollantaytambo/blog-770440.html</link>
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                    <title>Machu Picchu</title>
                    <description>We were up and out of the hotel at 0530 after a great breakfast prepared by the daughter of Sara. We hopped on one of the first buses to drive us up the 8km switchbacked dirt road to Machu Picchu. The weather was thick fog and a light mist that we hoped would burn off later in the day.Machu Picchu is one of the only intact Incan ruins that did not suffer any destruction by the Spanish conquistador</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Machu-Picchu/blog-770212.html</link>
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                    <title>Cusco to Agua Calientes</title>
                    <description>We took at taxi to the town of Poroy and boarded the 0745 Peru rail train to Agua Calientes 68. Agua Calientes aka Machu Picchu Pueblo is the town at the foot of the mountain below Machu Picchu. There is no road to the town because of the extreme terrain so there are only two options to getting to Machu Picchu hike the Inca Trail for four days or take the train. We would have loved to hik</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-770073.html</link>
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                    <title>Onward to Peru</title>
                    <description>We flew out from the Galapagos this morning at 0945 and back to Guayaquil for a 6  hour layover. We initially thought about sightseeing in the city but decided to just relax in the airport and for me to catch up on some journaling. We caught our 2 hr. flight to Lima and slept in the terminal at the airport as our flight to Cuzco was at 0520 hardly a long enough night to justify a hotel. Tur</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-770063.html</link>
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                    <title>San Cristobal Day 3</title>
                    <description>Today we had our first day of rain even though this is considered the rainiest month of the year. It actually came as somewhat of a relief as we had suffered some painful sunburn at the beach the other day. We went on a full day snorkeling tour nevertheless and boarded the boat at about 0900.  We had another fantastic national park guide Raul who gave us a multitude of information throughout t</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/San-Cristobal-Island/blog-769550.html</link>
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                    <title>San Cristobal Day 2</title>
                    <description>We awoke early yet again and found a real coffee shop with free Nescafe refills that was open before 8 a rarity We headed out to the Galapagos Interpretation Center just a 15 min. walk outside of town and walked through its fascinating displays. I learned many more surprising details of the history of the island that were not covered in my Lonely Planet travel guide or in my internet browsing</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/San-Cristobal-Island/blog-769341.html</link>
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                    <title>Santa Cruz to San Cristobal Island</title>
                    <description>We awoke at daybreak again stalked the elusive early morning cup of Nescafe and decided to run out to  Tortuga Bay again. The beach was as beautiful as ever  and we cooled off In the lagoon alongside the iguanas. Unfortunately checkout was at 11 and our ferry at 2 so we only stopped at another swimming hole the Las Ninfas lagoon on the way back and swam with the young local schoolchildren w</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/San-Cristobal-Island/blog-769333.html</link>
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                    <title>Bartolome and Santiago Islands</title>
                    <description>Today we took a day boat trip to Bartolome and Santiago Islands which are a two hour boat ride northwest of Baltra Island. There are several islands that are accessible by day trip each unique in their own right by terrain and which species of bird or animal you wish to see. I decided on Bartolome Island because it is home to a very small and elusive colony of penguin which originated in Antarc</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/Santiago-Island/blog-769084.html</link>
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                    <title>Puerto Ayora Day 2</title>
                    <description>This morning we woke up at about 0630 ate a quick breakfast and ran to Tortuga Bay about 3 miles from the center of town. There was a beautifully cobblestoned running path that lead through a forest of Giant Cacti trees filled with several varieties of Darwin finches. Tortuga Bay beach is a beautiful wide stretch of sheer white sand with numerous marine iguanas basking in the sun on the beach</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/Santa-Cruz-Island/blog-768864.html</link>
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                    <title>Guayaquil to Galapagos</title>
                    <description>We caught a flight to the Galapagos Islands at 1005. To our surprise confusion and sheer delight we were issued tickets in first class. I could fly all day like that but sadly it was a short 1  hr. flight to travel the 600 miles off the shore of Ecuador to reach the islands. We arrived on Baltra Island which is a small uninhabited barren island which basically only has the airport on it and n</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/Santa-Cruz-Island/blog-768702.html</link>
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                    <title>A Journey South of the Equator</title>
                    <description>Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by things you didnt do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bow lines sail away from safe harbor catch the trade winds in your sails explore dream discover.    Mark TwainAnd so Dennis and I are off again on another trip of a lifetime. This time we are headed south of the equator to Ecuador and Peru. We namely plan to visit the</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Ecuador/Galapagos/Santa-Cruz-Island/blog-768558.html</link>
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                    <title>Back to Kathmandu and to India</title>
                    <description>Back in Kathmandu wrapping up the remainder of the trip. The original plan was to spend the last few days in India however I came to find out we were not able to obtain a visa at the border and needed to go back to Kathmandu to the Indian Embassy. I went into a panic mode for a bit because visas sometimes take a week to obtain it was the weekend the embassy was closed and we needed to fly out</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Pashupatinath-Temple/blog-712335.html</link>
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                    <title>Chitwan National Park Safari</title>
                    <description>Chitwan National Park lies in southern Nepal in the grasslands along the border of India. It is home to several endangered species to include one horned Rhinoceros Bengal tigers Gharial crocodiles Asian elephants and Sloth bears. The rhinos and tigers have been heavily poached to satisfy Chinese appetites and the number of animals dwindled to depressingly low double digit numbers during the M</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Chitwan/blog-711380.html</link>
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                    <title>The Trisuli River Nepal</title>
                    <description>We left Pokhara on a comfortable tourist bus and headed to the Trisuli River which is about 3 hours away on the road back to Kathmandu. We met up with our river guide to go on a whitewater rafting trip.  It was a really hot day and Dennis had been vomiting the night before so we were both looking forward to getting into the cool river after sweating it out for hours.The river is graded as</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Trishuli-River/blog-710874.html</link>
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                    <title>Annapurna Circuit Trail</title>
                    <description>Today we started our trek to the Annapurna sanctuary which is a circuit of trails comprising hundreds of miles at the foothills of the Himalaya mountains. We were informed that we could not take a bus to the trailhead 2 hours away because there were large scale government protests to include the bus drivers. There was a noticeable increased police and military presence in the streets carrying r</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Annapurna/Annapurna-Circuit/blog-710224.html</link>
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                    <title>Pokhara Nepal</title>
                    <description>We arrived in Pokhara after a very comfortable tourist bus ride for about 7 hours. The tourist buses are about 10x the price of the local buses but the seats are much more comfortable and there is only  space available for those with assigned seats well worth the extra money.Pokhara is a beautiful laid back lakeside town which has a lively tourist downtown area filled with more hash smok</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-710208.html</link>
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                    <title>Kathmandu Day 2</title>
                    <description>Today was our first full day and last in Kathmandu. It is a hard city to describe it is truly the 4th world. However there is something utterly magical and fantastic about this place and the people more than make up for it39s filthiness. We are greeted at every turn with Namaste and a half bow.First we met with a travel agent named Ram who comes from a long line of Ghurka soldiers.  He h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-708365.html</link>
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                    <title>Kathmandu Nepal Day 1</title>
                    <description>I woke up today saddened by the fact that we are leaving Tibet and chances are I will never return. These people have touched me and their plight and oppression will haunt me forever.We arrived at the Nepalese border after going through 4 Chinese military checkpoints within 8 kilometers.  At customs I was told that my Lonely Planet book would be confiscated due to its accurate depiction of h</description>
                    <link>http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Kathmandu/Thamel/blog-707883.html</link>
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