Monthly Archives: September 2017


Five Go to Machu Picchu, via Salkantay Photography / Travel

Day 1: Briefing and Preparation I can’t say that my mind has allowed me to be entirely peaceful about the venture I am about to undertake. Every time and everywhere I read about the Salkantay trek to Machu Picchu, I hear words like “challenging” and “high level of fitness.” Do I have a high level of fitness, even at low altitude, without the effects of...

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24 Hours in Weirdom Thoughts / Travel

To travel is to seemingly cram more experiences, good, bad and downright weird, into 24 hours than you would in your everyday life. Sometimes those unexpected, almost bizarre, moments decide that they will congregate in a concentrated time period.  Let me explain what I mean. What I am about to describe all occurred between 6 a.m. on 6th Sept and 6 a.m. on the 7th...

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