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August 7th 2008
I had twice tried to buy train tickets to Aguas Calientes, the town closest to Machu Picchu, from the main PeruRail ticket office in Cusco - once mid-morning and once at 7:30AM - and both times had been met with an untidy queue of tourists snaking out of the door. Inside was a further sea of would-be ticket purchasers, numbers indicative of a multi-hour wait to actually get to a ticket clerk. Li ... 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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John McCabe

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I quit the rat race in 2005, after working as an IT project manager for over a decade. I then travelled around the world for 4 years, a period of my life which is covered by this blog. After finishing my trip, I wrote a book about my dissatisfaction with my career, my reasons for quitting my job, life as a first-time thirtysomething backpacker, and finally the lessons learned from being exposed to experiences and people that I would never have encountered if I'd stayed in my office. The book is called "Out Of Office Male" and is available at all the usual eBook outlets. I took a ... full info

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