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June 25th 2008

Published: July 2nd 2008

A 5 hour flight gets you from South America´s lush green Atlantic coast across the Andes to it´s dry dessert-like Pacific one. I guess the Andes stop the clouds from coming over and sending all the water back into the Amazon, and leaving little for the sprawling, busy, dusty likes of Lima. Walking out of the airport we got an immediate sense that we were someplace very different than either of ... Read Full Entry

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Lisa & Andy

Exodus

Lisa Sciambra Andrew Steyn Two New Yorkers (one native, one South African) who decided to put our ¨normal¨ lives on hold for about a year and see the world. Without much of an agenda, we quit our jobs, gave up our apartment, and left behind all but what we could fit into two backpacks in hopes of expanding our minds, broadening our horizons, and possibly creating a new sense of normal for ourselves. We hope you enjoy reading about our travels. ... full info

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Pisaq

regretting those last two empanadas!

Pisaq

Pisac

The still-functioning irrigation system led to this bath that had stone steps going down into the water. It was a little chilly that dy to try it out, although I bet the guards would have stopped me first.

Pisaq

Urubamba

one of the many little taxis you see around the transit hub of Urubamba

Ollantaytambo

The Inca ruins here mark one of the few places where the Spanish conquistadors lost a major battle. The exquisite architecture seen here shows that it was a temple as much as it was a fort.

Ollantaytambo

The masonry at these ruin is also incredible, had to be perfect.

the face of OIlantaytambo

there is what looks like a face in the side of this mountain. You mostly see just the eye and brow, and the nose.

Ollantaytambo

These stones were carved with bumps on them to symbolize, in the words of our tour guide, ¨the titties of the woman,¨ as a symbol of fertility.

Ollantaytambo

another example of the magnificent architecture

Ollantaytambo

snow capped mountains on the way from Ollantaytambo to Chinchero

Chinchero

called the ¨city of rainbows¨perhaps because this is where we learned how the wool threads are dyed using natural materials such as seeds, flowers, herbs, and even the blood of a bug.

Chinchero

How this turns into an intricately woven blanket I´ll never know

Chinchero

The weaver tried with great patience to show me what she was doing, to be honest i left feeling like an idiot, it still boggles my mind.

Chinchero

the first supper

3rd July 2008

kevin
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belize
how about some company in Belize...i promise i'll try the skype soon. glad you guys are having a great adventure...thx god for you beer is global.

7th July 2008

Fitz
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peru
Cusco is a fantastic place glad you found the Irish pub.

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