Thea: reply Thea, this is the only way I can respond to your comment, I don't have an eMail address for you.
I used a company called Tierra Del Fuego on (Via?)Amazonas in Quito. Yes, I would recommend them. I feel like I got a good deal. Make sure you price the same boat at a couple of places and then push the price down with these guys. They are reliable, there was even a girl to meet me at Quito airport who got me onto the plane, very impressed.
The Angelique. It was most helpful reading your blog in preparation for my upcoming trip to the Galapagos Islands. I've looked into reserving a tour on the Angelique. Would you recommend it? Also, did you use a tour company to arrange your visit? Thanks so much the help!
Well Done Explorer 1 Stainton del South America What a great adventure and how generous of you to commit the time to share it with so many people - it made young and old so full of life and love of life.
remember the spider "thin sticky bungee" only pulls back to allow the spider to launch again and continue to build the web!
Love ian and corrie
Thanks I've read over your entire trip over the last two days, thanks for letting me live vicariously through you. I spent a year packing through Oz and South East Asia a few years ago, and can totally relate to the way the universe seems to conspire to ensure things work out for travelers. (Actually I think things like that happen to "normal" people too, but I think travelers are just more aware of what is happening and so can take more advantage of it.) I've been taking Spanish classes lately, and after reading about your adventures I'm ready to take off for South America myself.
Hope the rest of your trip is as satisfying. (Looking forward to the next installment!) And thanks again for sharing your story.
Robb
safe AND sorry.. alex! home safely, in bed with a bad cold and fever, that I for a moment thought could be malaria or dengue, but I cheked it out and it's not. I got the light version of your shaman treatment - I couldn't seam to find any around here - kanjang, chinese herbal medicin. and it's already working wonders! puss! - mia
leg Hey! Is your leg better? I have a blog here too, and while browsing some pictures I came up with your story... I am peruvian... I am sorry you had to go through all that...
Hi ~ just wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading about your crazy peruvian party at the hostel! My family is from Peru so believe me - i know how very Peruvian it is to squeeze into the mini vans, go to crazy soccer games, and how much doctors like to hand out tablets. Plus it's alway so much fun meeting, bonding, partying with people at hostels - those memories (or blurr of memories) stick with you forever. Glad you enjoyed it. ~V
what is the name of that hostel? Hi, I'm considering taking off on a world tour this fall or something, and I was wondering if you could tell me the name of the hostel you mentioned in this post. It sounds fantastic.
lizbillybob@earthlink.net - Liz
Export Quality article I've not read any of your others (yet) but this one is definitely of export quality. When I go back to Peru I'm gonna have to do some of that dune buggy stuff. It looks ace!!
Keep up the good work,
PeteSarah
p.s. isn't TravelBlog great?
Brilliant Mate, Sounds like your having an awesome time, been following your adventure and am so jeolous.....your blogs are so well written and made me feel a little part of the beauty of Machu Pichu....inspiration for me to go and see it myself!!! - Liz's Brother
Ouch!! I have sore sides from laughing so hard at the biomichanican lama, i so did not see it comming in the sentences before and i have tears rolling down my cheaks, Thanks for the laughs. I am so glad that you do not want to have babies with a fluro-jacket clad senior citizen, :-) - Phil
Export Quality your writing is, that is.
I have just printed off up to here excluding the photos on the bottom of each which i can do if you like. I though i should take them to anna i am not sure if mum is reading them to her, and also so you can have them whe you get back on paper.
Keep them comming - Phil
Great to see you are free wheeling!! Dear Alex,
We eagerly await every issue as we enjoy you writing style so much.
Great to see you playing it by ear as this will bring the greatest surprises.
Nothing wrong with cities but smelling the roses or salt or mountains or sweaty bodies on a crowded bus is good too.
We are on another remedy for frozen shoulder - herbal patches from New York $$$$- so if you come across an ancient South American remedy send it on.
Be safe and well and great to hear the High altitude has not bothered you but I did not think it would as you were Vail trained!!?? 11,000 feet.
Keep the water up and you will be right - how is the small pack going with the water
Love Dad and Corrie xoxoxooxxoxooxxoxoxoxo - Ian and Corrie
Way to go Jeff! Off to a great start - great to hear the angel got on the plane in time as it was very difficult to get a passport - Ha Ha!
Karmic bubble courtesy of gOogle! - loved the Fangio photo.
Say hi to Kirstie next time you link up.
The Blog boiught tears of happiness to my eyes - go for it
Love us xoxoxoxoxoxoxo - Ian and Corrie
Jealous as hell!!!! Hey Al!
Well I am officially jealous as all hell! Looks like you have already seen some amazing thing and you have only been gone for a week!! Keep the entries coming cause they are a great read!
Sounds like you are savouring every moment which is the way to do it!
Have fun!
Sam - Sam
One year ago I decided that I needed to escape from the life that I had fallen into. I was mired in a muddy pond of lost souls at a software company and I could feel myself sinking. After some good advice from just about everybody, I began a bizarre 12 months in which I worked three different jobs simultaneously, slept little, and earned a lot.
Flash forward to now and I am free, ready, packed, cashed up, rested, and curious.
My three months in South America begins here:... full info
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Alex
Thea: reply
Thea, this is the only way I can respond to your comment, I don't have an eMail address for you. I used a company called Tierra Del Fuego on (Via?)Amazonas in Quito. Yes, I would recommend them. I feel like I got a good deal. Make sure you price the same boat at a couple of places and then push the price down with these guys. They are reliable, there was even a girl to meet me at Quito airport who got me onto the plane, very impressed.