fedex sucks

i don't know why i even bother withthem. i go to fedex in lima to send my piece of shit solar panel back to the states and they want $164 to send it not including duties! that's about half its value. i dobt they would have even gotten it there considering half the time they lose thing especially coming from a third world country. guess it wil go back in my lugage! off to the museums

cameron diaz

damn that movie star. cameron diaz was at machu picchu yesterday causing the hike to Wayanpicchu to be closed! she had the whole thing blocked off for security reasons, they usually only allow 400 people per day there anyway. oh well maybe another day. i think i am going to go back with one of the guys from huaraz so i can see areas of machu picchu tourist don't normally see and hike part of the inca trail. pays to know someone

machu picchu

it is beautiful! i will add to this at a later date. sick. even went to the clinic in machu picchu, they gave me 3 shots of god knows what. feeling better but my neck is locking up again, off insearch of a muscle relaxer

oops

it's not gay pride week here it's a ceebration of cultural heritage, the rainbow flags threw me off. rainbows are symbols of gay pride in the states. i spent the morning watching a parade. the local children were dressed in native costums doing native dances. it was beautiful to watch. i walked around town for a while then returned to the hotel and ended up sleeping until 5pm. took a taxi to the train station to get a ticket for machu picchu but they were closed. the hotel told me to get a ticket to another site in the morning and then get one to machu picchu from the other site. if i have to stay another day it will be worth it. can't not see machu picchu. still dealing with business things, yuck. and today i am sick for the first time. yuck. back to bed!

what a day

the day starts out with being in a car accident in lima. yep, my taxi driver rearended another taxi..... crazy peruvian drivers. get to the airport and my flight to cusco is delayed 3 hours. what fun. get to cusco and my bank has frozen my crdit card because there are all these charges from peru. ya think i am in peru. so finally settled in cusco, the hotel tell me not to wear my watch or carry much of anything, high crime. even higher crime this week because it's GAY PRIDE week! off at 6am to machu picchu

moche

i believe this example of moche ceramics says it all....... well after leaving marcajirca, which was the worst experience of my life i spent a few days in huaraz and then flew to lima where i am today. i must say bebel has no business running anything, no epi pins, no medical kit, no organization etc. he left people hiking up to the site with no water and further more they had no idea where they were going. people suck, i learned yet again you can't trust anyone, even my friend who igot into the project betrayed me while i was there. i hope they have fun with no water andthe freezing cold. i'm enjoying taking a nice long hot shower everyday!!!!!!!!!!!!! off to machu picchu tomorrow and then back to huaraz for some serious hiking

Insanity

Today we decided to hike into the Cordillera Blanca's! And I will never listen to another peruvian again. They always say oh the hikes easy just a couple of hours, its flat. Boy did that not describe the hike to Lake Churup! It was a 40km hike that was very difficult, it even included rock climbing. Not my forte. I reached the point i couldn't breath and stopped letting everyone get ahead of me, when i finaaly got to the lake, I was faced with a vertical ascent up a waterfall to actually reachteh lake. I decided aginst it, being I HATE height but Christian, ot Peruvian guide spotted me from the lake. So Christian bounded down the waterfall to convince me i wanted to make the climb and i'm glad i did but it was not fun! The lake is crystal clear and the peak ofthe mountain is white with snow. it was beautiful. We got back at 7pm tonight after leaving at 7am. What a day. Tomorrow we are going to Wilkawauen, an archaeological site to play soccer (watch) with Christian, Fernando and Nelson. Who have been jillian and My guides in Huaraz. they are eating guinea pig, I think I'll decline.