The galapacos is a great place for wildlife. I will post pictures at the end of the week but I also had an amazing snorkel trip. We left our boat on a dingy and headed to the snorkel spot. On the way we passed 4 manta rays swimming around. I of course jumped in. I […]
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Best snorkel (maybe dive) ever
November 24, 2008Galapagos
November 19, 2008The galapacos are a 1.5 hour flight off the coast of south America. They are in the Midwestern time zone. I arrived on my boat. It’s the second of 4 classes with the first being the most expensive. This is supposed to be a great place to dive, but those are book up months early […]
More fun facts
November 17, 2008– they don’t spell Ecuador with a q – in 2000 they had a financial crisis and a run on the banks. To stabilize the economy and money they moved to usd as there currency. They do still make their own coins except for the dollar coin (which they like and use, I have had […]
Ecudore
November 16, 2008Arrived in ecudore today. The best fact so far is that the national currency of this country is the USD. I was walking along and saw a bunch of people buying stuff with twenties. I thought maybe I had wondered into a bad district where black market ruled. Later when I walked by mcdonalds they […]
Peru
November 15, 2008I have currently been in Peru for the last 2 plus weeks. I had the extra joy of being joined by my sister shannon and my friend Mike Mast and girlfriend Kathy. We spent 2 nights in Lima (winds would not let us land in Cusco, we actually flew all the way there and after […]
Inca Trail? Check
November 7, 2008So I now am the proud owner of the picture everyone else seems to have. Me standing and Machupichu in the background. Shannon, Mast, Kathy and I are all now showered and sitting at the end of the 4 day trek. It is the rainy season but we had PERFECT weather. It rained only when we were […]
Beer of Cusco
November 3, 2008Even though we are not there yet, we could enjoy their beer.
There Goes My Carbon Footprint
November 2, 2008After a quick night in Lima we headed to the airport off to cusco. After flying to cusco and trying to land twice we returned to Lima. As you can tell from reading this blog, I am very concerned about my carbon footprint and I am trying to keep my flying to a minimum (see […]
Off to Peru
November 1, 2008Shots of Nepal
October 30, 2008Here are some shots from my recent travels:
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