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Amazon – Part 1 21 Mar 2011 | 10:24 am
(For more pictures of my Amazon trip, see http://picasaweb.google.com/dkm6266 ) My last adventure of this trip was a 4 day visit to the Amazon River. I persuaded Jorge, a friend of a very old friend...
The Amazon – Swam In It…CHECK! 15 Mar 2011 | 10:57 am
I’ve been home for about a week, yet haven’t had the time to post my Amazonia experiences yet. The re-entry into the US of A life has been jarring (more on that next). However, it’s Important for m...
Raging Urubamba 24 Feb 2011 | 02:28 am
Well! Looks like I got lucky. The day after we returned from Machu Picchu and Aguas Caliente, the persistent rain caused a landslide that covered the railroad tracks, cutting off all travel to and f...
Machu Picchu 21 Feb 2011 | 01:29 pm
(Check out a smattering of my Machu Picchu photos here.) 4:30. In the morning. When it’s still dark, and of course cool and raining hard in Cusco. That was the time we had to rise up out of a war...
San Pedro Ceremony 17 Feb 2011 | 07:22 am
The people of the Andes have been using local plants for thousands of years as medicines, and the use of local plans for medicine is still quite popular. For example, coca leaves (from which cocaine...
Cuy! 12 Feb 2011 | 09:31 am
Betty, Dave, Peter, Stacey, Nick - Ready to Feast on Cuy! It was inevitable, of course. When you come to Cusco, unless you’re a “dyed in the..uh..cotton” vegan, you’re going to have to try cuy (pron...
Incan Stone 11 Feb 2011 | 09:48 am
I’ve been doing a lot of touring so far, and if you want to see lotso photos, go over to http://picasa.google.com/dkm6266. What I want to do here is focus on just a few features of Incan and Colon...
Concept of Home 11 Feb 2011 | 08:57 am
I’ve now been in Peru for about a month, with one more to go. The transition to Dave 3.0 is, well, I don’t know, actually. I read James Hollis’ “The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife” ...
Brief, and Probably Wrong, History of The Inca 9 Feb 2011 | 09:12 am
I’m using the Lonely Planet Peru guidebook, and am not going to repeat what they say about Cusco, just my own reflections about it. However, I do want to set the historical stage for what today’s and...
Currency Curiosities 9 Feb 2011 | 08:57 am
So, look at these two bills very carefully. One is accepted very happily from any merchant in Peru. The other is rejected out of hand, with a sneer. Which is the “good” one, and which is the “unac...
