October 9, 2007
09 Oct Aug 2007 - Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
We just finished our 2 day trek to the Summit of Kota Kinabalu, the tallest peak in SE Asia. Every single muscle in my body hurts. While walking down the street, I look at curbs and immediately think to myself, "if I step down here, I'm going to have to step up on the other side." I think my fingers even hurt -- which I didn't know was possible.
August 7, 2007
07 Aug 2007 - Minneapolis, MN
I've been grounded for a while. I took a short trip to Mexico over spring break, but it wasn't really blog worthy. Not that it wasn't a fantastic time, it was just short and it was really just a nice long weekend away. I've been meaning to update the site, but have avoided it . There are a lot of things to clean up. Perhaps I should start soon so that I'm ready for an around the world trip. Yes, it's in the works. We're planning right now.
December 5, 2006
05 Dec 2006 - Lima, Peru
Just got back from a nice meal in the city. It's not the best place in the world toe explore, but an interesting experience. Lima is no different than NYC or any other large city -- including the prices for meals and taxi service. The flight leaves very very late tonight, which means I'll be able to get some sleep on the way home. I'm looking forward to it. Home that is.
December 4, 2006
04 Dec 2006 - Machu Picchu, Peru
Just finished the second day at Machu Picchu by hiking up to the top of a mountain. What better way to ensure that every last bit of energy was drained from my body. The rest of the trip is easy. We take the train back today at four o´clock to Cusco, do some shopping and then it is off to Lima for the flight home. That means I will need to re-focus on other things like work and side-projects. Oh ... and the holidays.
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03 Dec 2006 - Aguas Caliente, Peru
Just got back from the first day at Machu Picchu. I´m a little tired because we had to get up at four o´clock in order to get our tickets at the train station. Due to some very pushy Peruvian tour operators, there were only about 4 legitimate tickets sold to travelers that showed up in person. It made me mad and rather disappointed that PeruRail wouldn´t recognize this problem and do something to please the real customers. That aside, the train ride was wonderful and Machu Picchu lived up to her billing. Photos to follow.
December 1, 2006
01 Dec 06 - Rurre, Bolivia
There is a strike today in Bolivia. Transportation is stopped, food is stopped, tours are stopped. We took the last flight out today, which was operated by the Bolivian military. While the strike might only be a day long, there was already a 4 day backlog of flights coming out of Rurre and most of the roads were washed out.
November 24, 2006
24 Nov 2006 - Coroico, Bolivia
I think I have used every kind of keyboard known to man on this trip. The one I am using now is German - which for some reason loves to switch the place of the Y and the Z button. Why? We are looking at options to get into the jungle. We are either going to try to catch a boat out of here in the next few days to head down the river to Rurrenbaque, or go to Peru and visit the Amazon via Iquitos. In the meantime, I am sunburned and crabby. I want my normal Y and Z back!
November 21, 2006
21 Nov 2006 - La Paz, Bolivia
We were lucky to have arrived in Uyuni on the day we did. There are only a couple of trains to the north coming from this dusty frontier town. It's a nice little place which pretty much caters to those leaving or returning from the Salar de Uyuni tours. That being the case, it wasn't hard for us to order a pizza, drink a beer and have plenty of time to catch our 1:30 am train to the north, eventually ending up in La Paz about 11 hours later.
November 20, 2006
20 Nov 2006 Uyuni, Bolivia
Just finished a 3 day, 2 night 4x4 trek across the mountains and salt flats of northern Chile and southern Bolivia. We´re tired and dusty. That pretty much says it all.
November 17, 2006
17 Nov 2006 - San Pedro, Chile
We got into Santiago early in the morning and didn´t waste anytime finding a bus to head north. We had a grand plan to see some trains that did´t exactly work out, but we did have the most comfortable 19 hour bus rides in our life. What better way to follow up a long bus ride than with another one for 4 hours. After 2.5 days, we finally slept in a real bed last night and had a shower.
November 9, 2006
09 Nov 2006 - Minneapolis, MN
I'm getting ready to go to Bolivia for three weeks. Lots to do. I'll spend my weekend dusting off my pack, which hasn't moved since I came back from Guatemala. It's a good thing they confiscate fruits and vegetables at the border, otherwise I probably would have had some interesting specimens in my bag. I'll try to get the gallery updated before I leave, but I can't promise anything. I also have to winterize my car and clean out my garage. I doubt I'll be driving it when I return to snow and freezing temps.
