Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com Think it’s a cake walk to take a day trip to Machu Picchu? Check out this timeline.
1-22-2007 Touring Cuzco
January 26, 2007 By 1 Comment
Photo Credit: TrekHound.Com Haven’t made it to Cuzco yet? Here’s a breakdown of how our initial visit shaped up.
1-21-2007 Lima to Cuzco
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Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com Adjusting to the altitude when you first arrive at the gateway to the Sacred Valley can be a challenge. Our advice? Pace yourself.
1-20-2007 Sightseeing in Lima
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Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com We squeezed in quite a bit of Lima, Peru on this day. The national museum, the Museo del Larco, the national cathedral and finally, the Monasterio de San Francisco with its catacombs. Here’s a run down . . .
1-19-2007 Pachacamac
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Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com A fairly large site thirty minutes outside of Lima, this set of ruins is only about fifty percent excavated.
1-18-2007
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Photo Credit: McPig After overnighting in Tumbes, we found out there was a small local airport with an airline we had not found online.
January 17, 2007 Getting from Guayaquil to Lima
January 24, 2007 By 5 Comments
Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com This was quite a project. Issues to be considered? Price, logistics, and trying to do it without pulling an all nighter.
Restaurant Review: Si Senor in Miraflores – Lima, Peru
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
When we heard there was an authentic Mexican bar and restaurant just down the street from Inkawasi in Miraflores, we were stoked. Would it be all we hoped for after several weeks on the road?
Hotel Review: Cabanas La Tortuga in Ayampe, Ecuador
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
These little cabanas were not in the Lonely Planet guide book for South America. In fact, the little town of Ayampe was barely mentioned at all.
Hotel Review: Inkawasi in Miraflores – Lima, Peru
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: TrekHound.Com Miraflores is a section of Lima, Peru that runs along the waterfront and is home to a fair number of expats, from what we’ve been able to tell. Inkawasi is a backpacker’s hostel in this same district. Our experience?
Dave’s Packing Ideas from the Road
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Tomeppy As we’ve been on the road test driving our packing lists for a bit now, Dave wanted to write up this list of observations.
Travel Tip: Luggage Tags
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: NinjaPoodles What information do you want on your luggage identification tags? While it’s true you certainly want to be found if separated from your luggage, there are a few things to consider.
Travel Tip: Multiple Uses for a Travel Padlock
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: LizJones112 These things come in handy more often than you might think. Here are some of the ways we’ve been using thus far:
South American Travel Lessons:
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: TrekHound.Com It’s been awhile since we’ve done a hard core road trip. A couple of lessons we needed to relearn?
Book Review: Not So Funny When it Happened, Edited by Tim Cahill
January 24, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Traveler’s Tales This book is basically a collection of brief, humorous travel essays from various writers, edited into one finished work.
Restaurant Reviews: La Canoa in the Continental Hotel in Guayaquil, Ecuador
January 17, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: TrekHound.Com Directly across the courtyard and street from the front door of the downtown cathedral in Guayaquil is a great little restaurant in the Continental Hotel called La Canoa.
1-14-07 Hanging out at Cabanas La Tortuga in Ayampe, Ecuador
January 15, 2007 By 1 Comment
Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com How did the stay start out at our little beach paradise? Read on to find out.
1-13-07 Semi – Travel Day from Hell
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Photo Credit: J. Hull Lots of problem-solving and information checking with no time left for internet before catching the last bus out to Puerto Lopez from Guayaquil. How did the day progress from there?
1-12-07 Our One Day Stomping Session Through Guayaquil . . .
January 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com After hanging out at the Dream Kapture travel office for a while, socializing with the staff and gathering information, we ventured out on our own to see what we could see.
1-12-07 Waking up at Dream Kapture
January 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credits: TrekHound.Com Our first night in-country, and a late arrival at that. How would we feel about this place in the morning?
1-11-07 Off for Ecuador
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Photo Credit: Burning Image Up before dawn to dress, pack and hit the road before 6:30, this day was mostly about navigation and aggressive traffic dodging.
Restaurant Reviews: The Great Lost Bear on Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine
January 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Pointnshoot If you ever find yourself on Forest Avenue in Portland, Maine and suffering from an attack of the munchies, you may want to check this one out.
Restaurant Reviews: Jenny´s Taste of Thai in Munich, Germany
January 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Rick Around the corner from the Quality Inn in the Turkish section, a short distance from the Glockenshpiel, is a fabulous little Asian getaway known as Jenny´s Taste of Thai.
Catch Up Post 1/10/07
January 15, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Jan Tik Since our last posting, we have been busy digging out last minute necessities for the trip, spending winter holidays with family, walking the back roads for winter photo shots, squeezing in business meetings and driving up to check on the lake house . . . phew!
How to Be a Road Warrior: The Cyberpower Car Charging Adapter
January 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: Cyberpowersystems.Com Last May for my birthday, my parents sent me a Cyberpower car charging adapter.
How to Be a Road Warrior: Options for Portable Solar Power
January 6, 2007 By 1 Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Tiago Celestino This is an area we’ve been looking into for a while now. While the technology has definitely come a long way in terms of portability, it has been a bit of a quest to filter through the information on which items can be fully charged, and which can only be [...]
Carving Out the Cash: Reflections from a Holiday Travel Discussion
January 6, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Ebifry Before leaving Tucson to drive across the country to Maine, we attended a holiday open house hosted by our Tucson State Farm Insurance agent, Rebecca. In addition to fabulous food and entertaining conversations with her young and energetic staff, David and I also had a lengthy and very interesting travel conversation [...]
How to Be a Road Warrior: The T-Mobile Dash
January 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: T-Mobile.Com After months of trying to decide between palm pilots, Blackberries and other similar devices, we were told about a newly released product from T-Mobile . . . the Dash.
Slopes in Presque Isle, Maine
January 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Photo Credit: TrekHound.Com Looking for a bit of winter sports atmosphere or a yummy microbrew by a roaring fire?
Il Latini in Florence, Italy
January 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: Jon Rawlinson Looking for an authentic Florentine meal while you’re in town? Not in the mood to play the quality lottery?
Paddy’s Pub in Wolfville, Nova Scotia
January 1, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Flickr Photo Credit: S.P. Cummings I went to this restaurant on a trip to Nova Scotia with my parents last summer. They’ve been going there whenever they pass through for some time. My take?
