December 2008
14 posts
And now you are up to date!
Ok! since Cusco(which by the way is beautiful, but ridiculously expensive) Arequipa has been quite busy, mostly with Intiwawa stuff. I can´t believe I have been here for 3 months, especially when I only intended to stay for 6 weeks, but you know, circumstances change and I can´t be time-Hitler forever!
We had 4 christmasses too, 2 with the kids (I put on a nativity play with some of the children,...
“I don´t know, maybe it´s cos it was raining or I don´t know what, I think I just...”
– An Intiwawa volunteer expressing rather a different point of view having returned from visiting Machu Picchu, one of the new wonders of the world.
Pictures of the chu! →
Doing the Chu!!!!
Get up at 4, feeling way better than expected, eat breakfast and head out…so exciting! We have to be there before 6 because that´s when the sun rises and Machu Picchu is at it´s most beautiful! We reach the foot of the stairs that climb all the way up to the summit and I am so excited I feel I will burst!
The climb takes about an hour, serious exercise involved, plus already rising heat...
Day 4 Aguas Calientes
Today we were afforded a lie in, but it turns to rat shit when it reaches such crazy temps by 6.30 that we can´t sleep! We are treated to the hilarious sight of Kimmy being attacked by the monkey, not to mention the blood-curdling screams that accompany it! Soooo funny!(Sorry Kimmy) All we can hear is Neil laughing and Kimmy screaming and the more she screams the more the monkey jumps on her, like...
chu chu part 3 →
More Chu Chu trek pics →
Day 3 -Boy there´s a time delay!!!
We are rudely awoken at 4am by a rooster crowing it´s head off. Not just once but every 4 mintues, on the minute, for a few seconds each time. I tolerate it with a few sleepy mutterings for what seems like eternity until one of the other guys gets out of their tent and starts lobbing stones at it. Now I am veggie, and pro animal rights, as most people that know me know, but this bird? I swear if...
Day 2. Toughest Day On Earth.
We wake up at 6am after the most horrid nights sleep(I am coming more and more to realise that I really complain, a LOT, but this really was horrid!lol) We set off up the following hillside when I realise I don´t have my scarf(considering the other one got stolen by some skank in a club in Arequipa, I really need to retrieve it) so I have to walk back down the hillside(we are at this point about...
First days of the trail.... →
Day 1 Salkantay trail(sorry it´s late!)
Our bus arrives at 4.30 in the morning, so we wake up at 4.10. I seriously don´t appreciate it, but it´s for a good cause lol. There´s already one girl on our bus, called Kimmy from Hong Kong but I´m so tired I can´t be assed to talk to anyone! We pick up another couple(older gringo guy, Martin from Canada with a younger pretty peruana woman, Kelly.) They don´t talk much either, it´s seriously...
Final part of Congresso.... →
Congresso pics part 2! →
Photos of the Congresso in the Mountains!! →