Peru here we come....

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October 25th 2009

Published: October 25th 2009

Hola! Which as I’m sure most of you know is hello in Spanish. Sorry it has taken so long to update our trip to South America. We've been non stop since we got here, but finally after many trials and tribulations we're in Peru. We spent a very quick week in Vancouver which seemed to pass in no time. Then before we knew it it was time to head to the airport. I met up with Peter a fellow Dere... Read Full Entry

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Scott & Penny

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We were both travelling in 2006 when we met in Japan in March, we ended up travelling together for a few more months, lived in Scotland for 2 1/2 years, and left Scotland on May 17th 2009 for a little more travelling. The rest of 2009 is about us getting married in Hawaii and travelling this big wonderful world of ours before moving back to Vancouver. It's going to be a very interesting year for us!... full info

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Tradition in the Market

Another market with a Quechua woman making a blanket in traditional weaving ways.

Friendly locals

Again, on the bus we passed them, we waved, they waved back...cool.

Plaza d'armas

The main square, and our hostel was just a short walk from it.

Just Life

Ignoring the tourists is one way some people cope, this woman was walking through the tunnel with her baby on her back. She never even gave us a look.

Gerroff me turf

These two dogs owned the patch in front of one of the shops near our hostel, we called them Buck and Roger.

Hard Work

Pen struggling to get up the stairs to the hostel, out of breath and feeling a little worried about 4 days of hiking up a mountain?

Running Mad!

I can't believe that these kids were running across the court yard when we struggled to go up the stairs!

Sales Girls

These two girls got me to buy a little pin with a Quechua man and woman on it. No idea who the girl behind them is??

Kids

That's one way to hold a baby

This is a common means for Quechua women to carry their kids.

the plaza d'armas

and hte large cathedral

Fountain

The plaza with the fountain and cathedral

Protest!

There was a wee protest, as far as we can understand over pay for blue collar workers.

Managing The Protest

Police presence just in case things got out of control.

Differing points of view

A protester and police officers on different sides of the banner.

I'll have a large beer

The rather large beer...it was good though.

Coca for the non local

We drank a lot of this coca tea as it's supposed to help altitude sickness.

Mmmm

One of the many good meals we had in Cuzco, a veggie restaurant and a mountain of rice and veg I couldn't get through and Pen had the broccolini

Whoooo fancy tea

Pen with a funky tea strainer thingy, and in a cool funky tea room where we had a waffle for breakfast before going to find out about the Inca Trail

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