Month: November 2013

Tuesday, November 5th I woke on the wrong side of the bed. I don’t know what it was. but I was in a bit of a foul mood, a feeling that lasted most of the day. We all have ’em …

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With my belly full of breakfast and good strong black coffee from The Coffee Tree in Ollantaytambo, we made our way to Urubamba, 18kms to the east. Our map indicated a dirt road outside of town that would get us …

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Leaving Machu Picchu for Ollantaytambo we opted to take the more direct route that follows the train tracks for about 30kms. While the trip in from the west was fraught with midnight adventures, the east bound trek was an absolute …

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Murals, graf & political wall paintings from first two weeks in Peru

Since we left Cusco nearly two weeks ago, I have been dealing with a suspension fork that continually lost air pressure and would blow a seal. Chatting online with Scot at Absolute Bikes, Reilly initially thought it was either of …

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