Back in Peru
Trip Start
Mar 06, 2005
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Trip End
May 27, 2005
Puno,
Peru
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
In the meantime I found a great little gym RIGHT across the street from my hotel - and had a GREAT workout there this morning. (Cost of use of the gym facilities: 40 cents!) I'll spend the afternoon preparing for the bus ride (i.e. - buying food and drink for the six hour ride).
Some thoughts on the subject of packing: Normally when I travel for, say, a couple of weeks, I bring enough clothes to last for the whole time
Me and my bags for this trip
. But this time, since I'll be traveling for three months, I didn't bring very much clothes: Two pair of pants; two shirts; three pair of underwear; three pair of socks; one t-shirt; one long undershirt; and one pair of sweatpants. I can only wear one set of things at a time, and while I'm wearing that one set, the other set can be sent out for laundering in the cheap countries. In the more expensive places, I can do the laundry myself in the sink of my hotel room. For that, I have brought some detergent and a clothesline. It can, however, be dangerous carrying washing powder. Once while crossing a border, a young, male border guard thought that he had caught a drug smuggler. He asked me what was in the bag. The more experienced female border guard answered him for me: "Detergente, dummy!" (I wonder how many drug smugglers carry their wares in Zip-Lock bags?)In the attached photo, you can see all of the baggage that I am carrying with me on this trip.
