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World Vision Visit
After several calls and emails I finally managed to arrange a visit with the child I sponsor through World Vision. The hostel owner advised me not to go as there were apparently road blockades and some sort of strike planned to protest something or ...
Back to the primitive
Villa Rica is my friend's hometown and the town of the finest coffee in the world. After a difficult road trip from Oxapampa we arrived here and the first round was to visit friends and relatives and therefore hang around a lake (called "Oconal"). We ...
Busy day in Peru
Slept in until 9 a.m., relaxed until after the parade ended and then out and about visiting family! Later met up with friends at Homer's Bowling Alley to see former classmates play in their ...
More visiting with family!
Spent a nice couple of hours at Cousin Dea's house in the country with family ...
Hiking in Vermont
Tried to go hiking in Vermont but were attacked by black flies. Still, enjoyed the fungi along the ...
Boarding in VT
Jen and I left Boston Tuesday night to make it to Vermont in time for a full day of snowboarding on Wednesday. We hit some gnarly weather heading west...ice and rain made for slow going. As soon as I pointed the little Subaru north it was like driving ...
Back home again!
... a.m. East St. Louis, IL Pilot: 12.301 gallons X $2.699= $33.20 Hot and muggy at 86°F. Mileage is 33595. 12:53 p.m. Peru, IN 79°F and my mileage is 33908. I drove a total of 2174 miles in 31 hours (Don’t ask about my average ...
A 'brief' catch-up...farewell England-La Paz
... , did some horseriding, walking, saw some awesome nature (including jumping hump-back whales in the wild), back into Peru, northern jungles - pirhanas, crocs, spiders, interesting weeing locations and much more, worked our way south - lots of incredible ...
Great Trip to Peru
... Canyon), and telling me which tourist traps to avoid. My overall traveling and sightseeing experiences were fabulous! I spent too little time in Peru and would like to return to see the Amazon and the North Areqça of this awesome country, and when I do, ...
Indy to Peru
... parking lot. So once I got my luggage (2nd piece out of the shoot!!!), I called them to meet me at the curb. The ride back to Peru was mostly taking up in discussing my trip. Dan called wanting to know if I was going to go uptown when I got home (NO), and ...
Peru, IL
Jun 07, 2009
Hello All So I have been in Arequipa nearly a week now and its been pretty good so far. Today is my first proper shift at the hostel, i'm going to be running it on my own on saturdays and sundays haha which i think is quite funny. I think i shall ...
Assorted past travels
Here are a few photos from my months in Iquitos, Peru and the Amazon, as well as a couple others to make up a grab bag - the Peruvian Amazon is our next adventure for the coming ...
Rise and Shine!
Never fails...once again I awoke a whole hour early before I wanted to get up. I planned on getting up after Naomi showered and got ready at 3:30 a.m. So, I went ahead and got ready before she did, and was able to get us on the road at 4:02 ...
Bob is Born (Sep 19 1967)
... September 19, 1967 at the US Air Force hospital on Bunker Hill Air Force Bace (later Grissom Air Force Base), just outside Peru, Indiana. As soon as I get the opportunity I will be putting my family tree online on the domain I registered ...
Last Stop Before Louisville
... many lakes just riding down the interstate. Our stay was short so not much to report. I'll say the same thing for Peru, Ill. At this point Danny was pretty tired. He'd driven us over 4,000 miles during the past month and was ready ...
Relaxing today!
June 14, 2010 I am so glad that I was able to leave on Friday. If I had waited a day, I would have encountered the severe weather and flooding that Oklahoma City, OK is having today. The severe weather situation is along the whole route I take from ...
Day Four: Where Are the Four-Story Buildings?
... disappointed with the state until we fell in love with the landscape and sky and barns and farmland. Gorgeous. We're staying in Peru, Illinois, tonight. It has a Target. The first Target in a city we've stayed at this whole trip. And the radio ...
Working around the house
Got up at 7:15 in time for biscuits and eggs with mom and dad. Mom asked if I was sore, and I said, "Just a little." Dad figured I had worked on the sidewalk last night after they went to bed. So after breakfast I went to finish ...
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