Monthly Archives: June 2017

Back to Cusco for the final leg of our vacation. I had planned on us taking the train from MP back to Cusco since going back the way we came just would have taken another full day of travel.  Good planning … Continue reading →

The journey continues… Well to get to MP from Ollanta, I had read about taking several buses or taxi collectivos culminating with a 2 hour hike along the railroad tracks.  This was the cheap way to get there.  It would … Continue reading →

These amazing little creatures produce the most amazing colour when squished and yes then killed – sorry little buggers.  Found on these huge cacti – huge prickly pear cactus. You just scrape up a tiny lump, looks like a white … Continue reading →

Rant time:  I am absolutely disgusted by the phenomena of the selfie. I had already noticed and commented on the narcissism that is rampant on f b and the selfie just adds to this.  (See my blog entry recounting our … Continue reading →

I had read about these salt ponds, ones that weren’t near any ocean or sea.  I had also read that you could walk there thanks to the blogs of some decent budget travellers.  The journey took us three separate buses … Continue reading →

Just a short blog entry this time.  I had no intention of writing an article about this topic but then this morning while on f b I read an article by Vibe (an interesting news source) that made me really … Continue reading →