Mi amiga

This is me with Sabina, the crazy lady who skanked me out of 15 soles for a pair of earrings then sat chatting to me and trying to teach me Quechan (unsuccessfully). It looks like she is giving me a motherly hug but it´s equally likely that she was frisking me for my money belt

Slight change of plan

July 5th 2008
I´ve just been for the briefing for my trek to Machu Piccu which is due to leave tomorrow at 7am. Only, it´s not because there is a train strike and we need to use the train for part of our journey. The organisers have managed to move everything back by a day (although it has cost us quite a bit) so I´m now leaving on Monday 7th and returning to Cusco on Friday 11th. Which would be fine exce ... 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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