Me and the Cow

Warming up to the cow. Later to be bucked a few yards by a young bull. I learned about the Toros on this trip : two days later my adrenaline hit all highs when two bulls came running down our narrow mountain path. They were being trandported by two other men running behind with ropes and throwing rocks. We had no warning and somehow scaled the rock wall with our backpacks on to save our life. uuuhhhh.

To Machu Picchu

December 11th 2010
Our adventure to Machu Picchu ! . By taxi packed with 8 bodies, a truck conducted by a priest who knows how to take every curve with grace, a pully train rattling down the jungle rails, a army jeep full of a Quechua speaking family of 10 stopping in the middle of their constant jokes to pick avocados in the road, and by our very own feet, we arrived in Machu Picchu in a record two days (when the ... read more

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Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces defeated in 1... ... read more

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