I leave for the airport in less than an hour. I have a pretty hellish series of flights…all booked separately in order to save on the airfare. I’ll be traveling for about 36 hours altogether.But on the other side of it, I’ll be back home. I ran an errand this morning and was trying to figure out if there was… Read more →
Month: April 2016
The adventure draws to a close
Well, I sold my bike. I’m heading home in a few days. I have several more entries to post. I need to talk about our stay in Lima, my brush with altitude sickness, Elizabeth’s more serious bout with altitude sickness, and my solo trip to northern Chile. I’ve been pretty homesick for the past few weeks. This has been a… Read more →
Cock-a-doodle-doo
I had trouble sleeping last night because a rooster decided to start crowing, and wouldn’t stop. Not that a rooster crowing is unexpected down here in Peru; things are pretty rural here. However, I’m on the third floor of a hotel and I didn’t expect to have this particular problem because I’m so far from the ground. Apparently, the person… Read more →
Bittersweet
I’m leaving Cusco in the morning. I’ve been here since April 7th, and I’m ready to hit the road. The only issue is that this is the final leg of my trip. Over the course of the next few days, I’m going to be traveling to Iquique, Chile, to sell my bike. Once the bike is sold I’ll book a… Read more →
Catch-Up, Part 4: A Whirlwind Tour of Northern Peru
Elizabeth arrived in Chiclayo the day after I did. She had had an awful time at the hostel in Mancora and left as soon as she could. I told her all about running out of gas and let her know to get fill up on gas well before she thought she needed it. Thankfully she arrived in one piece and without running… Read more →
Catch-Up, Part 3: Out of Gas in the Peruvian Desert
When Josh and I were planning this trip, we encountered a lot of questions that couldn’t be solved with an Internet search. For example, Josh pointed out that we would be in pretty remote places; were we sure we would always be able to find gas? It was a pretty good question, and I thought about it for a minute. I… Read more →
And Then There Was One
Elizabeth’s mother, her aunt, and a few friends of Elizabeth’s mother all decided to come down to Peru and meet up with Elizabeth. Due to some health issues I’ll get into in another blog post, Elizabeth temporarily stopped traveling by motorcycle and traveled via plane with her mother. Elizabeth and company arrived in Cuzco earlier last week; I arrived Thursday,… Read more →
Catch-Up, Part 2: Crash Into Me
We felt that we had learned all the right lessons from our border crossing into Ecuador. Do all the exit paperwork in the country you’re leaving Get your entry paperwork sorted for the country you’re entering Go through the process of importing your bike Do a happy dance, because you’ve crossed the border! It turns out that we were wrong.… Read more →
Catch-up, Part 1: Leaving Baños
So, for the past week I’ve been distracted by some food poisoning, which came hot on the heels of bronchitis. I’ve been a bit of a mess. I’m leaving Lima tomorrow, and I hope to catch up on my blog entries before too long. Friday, March 18th When we last left our intrepid heroes, Josh had just left Baños, and Elizabeth… Read more →
I’m going to live!
My test results came in; the infection I had was not C Diff. It was some other type of bacterial infection…some sort of food poisoning. I try to be pretty careful about where I eat down here, but all it takes is one poorly-prepared meal (or some cook not washing their hands) and you get sick. I’ve since finished my course… Read more →