Awesome!!! You two are having the most awesome trip anyone could imagine. I feel like I am there with you (sans the touts). Great descriptions and all. My nephew just got a contract to film in India for the next three months and I showed him your blog site and the packing info has been perfect as he leaves in two weeks. Very cool!
Towel Oragami Love the towel swans. I never got past "drinking cup" in oragami, so I don't think this is a career option for me. As for the contents of your packs -- well, last time Uncle Nick and I went on vacation, we took the last row of seats out of the van so we'd have more luggage room. I have great respect for you both, and I know I could never travel the way you do! Love to Sean and his lovely wife Shannon from us both.
packs down to 28 lbs, very impressive as a hiker i know. I used to cut the handle of my tooth brush in half to save weight.
Happy new year! I look foward to phase II of ATW with the dynamic duo.
Kudos,,Bravisimo!!
Great blog ... ... but do you really need the listerine? (Ok, so I guess I've replaced personal hygiene with camera gear). Wish we'd had this to read before we set off. Cheers.
My Retirement Plans I was very interested in your hotel picture. I've decided that when I get too old and stupid to do anything else (next year possibly), I will learn to make towel animals for hotel beds--practical, yet artistic!
Thanx for the packing advice. I notice you didn't pack evening clothes. What do you wear to embassy receptions?
Tim
How different from Aussie can you get ? We are a continent plus an ocean away from Peru, so it was great to read about your journey. Thanks from Ken and Barb, Perth, Australia. 1 day.
Enjoyed the photo tour/ blog I hope to someday visit Bolivia, and the Beni region ,recently I was steered away by the warnings posted on CIA world fact pages. Its good to read someone recently had a pleasant experience there. I wonder now if CIA world fact pages are facts.
Caldelabra (o) The "Caldelabra" shown on the side of mountain could very well represent an extraterrestial type vehicle (UFO)I observed. I have an artist's representation I will submit upon request.
email: cabaum20@verizon.net
blown away Ok, we/I get to enjoy all of this from our lazy-boys, but we don't get the awe struck, full sensory, absolutely blown out of your socks expereince you guys are in the middle of. Breah it in through every sense organ you own.
Forever grateful.
Love, Sisti family
Beyond Words Just caught up on you blogs, absolutely incredible. Peru has been a diamond on your trip it seems. La Plaz sounds outrageous.
Thanks again for showing us the world, while I sit on my lazy..a_ _. Though seeing is no match for what you guys are experiencing. Breath it all in for the Sisti family.
Off the beaten track? Sean, your food priorities are close to my heart. I can just smell the photos of dough covered meats!
Love your piece on the touts. Now we're getting to he "film noir" feel of your trip. Question, how do you know how far off the beaten trail to go? Being in the middle of nowhere to begin with, how much further is it prudent to go without escort? Guide books are the last work I guess? Keep up the great reporting, truly inspiring. Have a great trip home for Christmas.
Love
Mark
Awesome adventure It is so cool you two are leaving these comments and photos. This is such a fun trip to follow you as you discover the world... Thanks for the updates... really great! I would have loved to check out the reed islands and the other "eye candy".
do they have alpaca jerky? i want.... that catamaran is amazing. i'll be sure to show rodney. the water and air looks so clean (reed island). that altitude must be great for crisp photography. not all that smog and humidity.
soon I'm going soon to macchu picchu and i'm collecting useful info so thanks for make it enjoyable.. By the way, it is candelabro which means candlelights in spanish. Be well.
:)
Thanks! Wow! I'm thoroughly enjoying your blog! Thanks for keeping us updated, I wish I could visit such places.
Hope your travels continue to be great experiences.
Take Care, Steve
chinchillas? Y'all are doing a great job of describing the little things that make a trip that can't be portrayed in pictures as easily--the smells, the touts, the napkins, the aches and pains, etc. I love the food details, especially (I guess I'm my brother's sister). The vizcacha pic is great...did you see any chinchillas up there in the Peruvian mountains? They look like bunny/squirrel mixes, too, and must be related to the vizcacha somehow. love and miss you both.
Amazing You two are doing an amazing job of taking us all along on your around the world trip. The photos are just amazing. But, Sean -- why don't you take some pictures of Shannon???
cuzco will change your mind cuzco will change your mind, yes Pisco is a very poor town and for that reason people behave like that, like wolves, I can tell you because I have traveled a lot in my country. I'm sure cuzco can helps to forget those not so good times and in the end I'm sure you will come back home full of very good memories.
just enjoy the ride
Goodbye central america Enjoyed your rambles through central america.
Congrats on your celebrity signature status, sort of surreal actually??
Sean, your practically hanging ten, excellent!
Surfin in panama, you coudn't make this stuff up.
Looking foward to SOuth America.
Mark
Still very impressive Nice to know about the American greenbacks. Roosevelt implied to Panamanian rebels that if they revolted the US Navy would assist their cause for independence. Panama proceeded to proclaim its independence on November 3, 1903, and the U.S.S. Nashville in local waters impeded any interference from Colombia. Sly foxes they were. So are you using wifi to post or are you using phonelines? Inquiring minds want to know...
¨Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.¨ Mark Twain... full info
Grace Kiernan
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You want camel ride?
Hehehe. I truly enjoy the pictures...