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In the Andes |
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I have arrived in Cuzco. I've slept sporadically in the past 24 hours, I got a row to myself from Miami to Lima and had intermittent sleep, I also napped after a hike around the city. I'm pretty tired and will probably go to sleep as soon as the sun |
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Bananarama en Cusco |
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Bananarama - that's right. I'm listening to the 80s classic I Eat Cannibals in the courtyard of my hostal. I bought a small radio before I left that gets shortwave as well as AM-FM. There?s an FM station here in Cusco that plays a combination of new wave hits and their |
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The Inca Trail |
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I've heard the Inca Trail is strenuous, I've heard that it is easy. I've heard that it's dirty and trampled. I've heard that it's pristine and beautiful. It was all these things, but for the most part it was less strenuous, more beautiful and absolutely rewarding. The van picked me up |
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And then there was one |
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I met three friends from Denver who had flown in for a week and we headed to Trujillo. After a couple of grey cloudy days in Trujillo, it became clear that we were not all on the same wavelength and I took off to head up the coast. I thought Cusco |
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Sleepy fishing village |
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I made my way to the fishing/beach town of Pimantel via Chiclayo by a combination of big buses and little vans. Both packed full. My night in Chiclayo was perhaps the best night of sleep I had in Peru. A firm mattress, two thin floppy pillows and NFL football on ESPN |
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The 'best' beach in Peru |
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This is my fourth day (actually third and a half) day in Mancora. Everyday the weather has been perfect. Periods of clouds, but long stretches of sunshine mid day. I sat in the sun, swam in the sea, shot footage, watched the surfers surf and had an interesting mototaxi trip into |
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Monkeys! |
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I wanted to see monkeys and monkeys I saw. At least four different species within eight different sightings. The most exciting was hearing the distinctive sound of a red howler monkey close by, tracking him down and seeing him in the tree. It was just as exciting to see a pair |
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