Category Archives: 秘魯 Peru

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Crap Insurance

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Just wanted to post an unfortunate story of having our stuff stolen and the insurance (purchased via worldnomads.com) looking for ways to avoid payment rather than doing their job of providing protection. Please be aware of this as having insurance doesn’t mean you’re protected, and just because your bags are locked and checked in with a reputable company doesn’t mean they can’t be broken into stealthily. Continued 繼續看…

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Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Snapshots: 秘魯 Peru

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Woman from Colca Canyon and her hand made doll 

Woman peering out of a stone house in the Sacred Valley

Charlotte and her red balloon

Traditional handicrafts in Cuzco
Floating reed islands of Lake Titicaca

Plaza de Armas, Cuzco

Arched walkway in Cuzco

Cuzco bathed in morning light

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Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Day 80: Stuck in Puno!

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Floating Islands of the Uros people – everything built from reeds!

Buses aren’t running today because the road to Bolivia is blocked by a strike. We have no option but to stay another night and leave tomorrow instead. Not a bummer because I have a lot of admin stuff to catch up on anyway (tax returns from a past life!! Shit!). Continued 繼續看…

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Saturday, May 1st, 2010

第八十天：還在秘魯…

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用蘆葦搭成的島嶼、房子和小船

或許馬丘比丘實在太震撼，激動過後，她的餘暉在我們心坎中久久未能散去。對於新的事物，如的的喀喀湖，我們並非刻意充耳不聞的，只是實在心不在焉；是這個湖不吸引那些蘆葦島不夠留著我們的注意力嗎？ Continued 繼續看…

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Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Thoughts From The Road: 家在那裡？

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看着巴士外的風光，想起家卻不知在何處

路途走了這麼遠，踏遍萬多公里的土地，也只不過是過路人。很喜歡中南美，但總不能把這地方稱得上家吧。雖然感覺到大地在我腳下，過去幾年都是四海為家的生活模式，但終有一天要落地生根，到底這地方會在哪裡呢？ Continued 繼續看…

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Thursday, April 29th, 2010

Day 78: Quite literally a pain in the ass…

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Views from bus window as we cruised through the landscape…

On the road to the world’s largest high altitude lake – Titicaca. We decided to take the 7 hour journey during the day than roughing it at night, had enough nights on buses for now. Continued 繼續看…

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

第七十六天：天空之城

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我們終於來到馬丘比丘，破曉時分進場看到吞雲吐霧的空中城堡，我只可以說她美得不著邊際，很 surreal. 我和黃Glenn 有點被她的震撼攝呆了 － 背靠兩座山、東西兩邊的山下都以河川相伴，而且城鎮規劃井井有條；由城門開始，沿途有廟宇、祭祀的浴場、皇宮、廣場、天文台，遠處有坐西向東的民宿和收納戰俘的監牢，當然少不了綠油油的梯田讓以務農為主的印加族幹活。 Continued 繼續看…

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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Day 76: City of Heaven – Machu Picchu

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After 15,500 kms and 76 days of travel, we finally made it to one of our most anticipated destinations – Machu Picchu, ‘lost’ city of the Incas. We arrived a day late for KF’s bday…

By 0500, there was already a long line waiting for the first bus up to MP. We got on the 7th bus for the 0530 departure, making us the 200th or so in line! The uphill ride took about 20 minutes but felt like eternity. For some reason, I was really nervous – it felt like Continued 繼續看…

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Monday, April 26th, 2010

第七十五天: 生日、想家

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Ollantaytambo 的廣場

昨晚吃飯時忽然覺著可憐，那雞餐、那餐廳外大馬路傳來的無限廢氣、那簡陋的旅舍、那破落的鎮中心廣場、我的身體狀況、大暗瘡、眼皮上的乾紋、全身如龜裂的粗糙皮膚，還有想到未來大半個月都在邊緣的衛生質素和環境下旅遊，而且玻利維亞跟秘魯一樣危機四伏，我的心就更累了！ Continued 繼續看…

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Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Day 74: Where’s our money??

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POLTUR – Tourist Police in Cusco

Bad news.

We were repacking our bags for a side trip to Machu Picchu when soon enough things didn’t seem right.

My cash stash envelope disappeared. Well, it must be in the backpack somewhere… “look carefully” I thought to myself. Continued 繼續看…

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