Ok, so I suck at updating this thing. I landed in Lima late Friday night and took a flight out in the morning to get to Cusco. Cusco is the starting point for most treks and visits to Machu Picchu. When I arrived, I had a terrible head ache due to the altitude and met up with Seb later in the day. It took nearly three days for me to get over the altitude which was just enough time to visit some of the minor sights around the city. We visited some bars, but they weren´t great and since I felt like crap, we didn´t stay out too late (i.e. no drunken escapades).
On Tuesday of last week, Seb and I went on a 5 day tour of Salkantay Trail which involves a 65 kms hike cumulating in a visit to Machu Picchu. This hike almost killed me. Not only was it really really long, but it went up to 4,600 m. If anyone has been hiking before they would know that this is really high. Regardless, at the end of the day, I survived to visit Machu Picchu which was really cool and well worth the effort.
On a side note, the people of Peru are really nice, but unlike Southeast Asia, very few people speak english. Instead, they assume that you speak Spanish. This will pose a problem once Seb leaves tomorrow.
If everything works out as planned, I should be going to Puno tomorrow to visit Lake Titicaca followed by a visit to Bolivia.
PO
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Hey Buddy. I was worried sick about you! I told Gordo that since we hadn't heard from you in over a week, that I should start moving my work files over to your desk! That is a crazy hike you went on, you must be sore as hell from that. Tim and I hiked the gondola in Banff the other day (sulphur mountain I think), then ran down full tilt in 30 minutes, that was a mistake.
My roommate erin (the girl) and I signed the housing lease extention the other day until Dec.31st. then told me august 14th that she's moving to vancouver september 1st...brutal hey? So I have been on a frantic roommate search the past few days. anyways bro, enjoy the trip. Results in 2 days!
-Scotty
I failed.
level 2 pass rate: 46%
level 3 pass rate: 53%
those bastards.
SM
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