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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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Bus Food

Beside the twenty hours the bus wasn´t so bad. Two good meals and a seat that fully reclined help out a lot. We slept thru the really windy parts and woke up in Cusco. A good cheap way to get around

Bus Trip

one of the peaks along the way. scenery was quite spectacular at times, at other times just endless flat dessert

Cusco

Inti Raymi festival in Cusco

We were lucky enough to arrive in Cusco the morning of the Inti Raymi festival, the ¨Festival of the Sun¨ on June 24th. This is Peru´s biggest festival, and the entire city of Cusco celebrates it with dancing and parades. The festival culminates in a reenactment of the Inca winter solstace festival at Saqsaywaman.

Inti Raymi festival in Cusco

check out Toyota Peru´s new eco car. 30 manpower, goes from zero to three (downhill only) in 13 minutes. Whips and battons standard

Cusco

view from one of the many pubs in Cusco. 630 ml Cristal, pretty tasty. beers are served to share here

Cusco

The red and white flag is the Peruvian flag, the rainbow flag is the flag of the Inca, not the Gay pride flag as commonly mistaken

Cusco

One of Cusco´s main cathedrals (theres about ten of them)

Cusco

Altitude wipes you out man! Taking a doze at the hostel, next time I´ll hide the camera

Cusco

view from our hostel

Cusco

view from our hostel

Cusco

Each building has courtyard of sorts behind it. You could spend weeks getting lost here

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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