Alpacas in the street, guinea pigs for lunch, water shutting off at night...just some surprising facts about Cusco, Peru.
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Alpacas in the street, guinea pigs for lunch, water shutting off at night...just some surprising facts about Cusco, Peru.
Almost every traveler you meet in Cusco, Peru is merely “passing through” on their way to Machu Picchu. I really think if you don’t stay and live here for a while, you’re...
How much does a trip to South America cost? In April 2014, I took a three-week trip to Peru and Argentina, and I’ll share all my expenses below! Here is a breakdown of everything I paid...
If it weren’t for my need for food, I would probably never practice my Spanish. While traveling through South America, speaking Spanish is directly tied to getting food. At a restaurant, if...
How bad is it? I wonder as I sit there talking to Betina while she observes me, and in a few seconds her furrowed brow and shaking head reveal the answer before she even says it. Bad news. “To...
It’s 3 a.m. on a Saturday in December, and Stela and I are wide awake, frantically grabbing every piece of winter clothing we can find, giggling at the bulkiness of my borrowed snowboard pants...
My first thought when I see the NASA Ames Visitor Center is, “This is it?” I am standing in an empty parking lot just outside the gate to Moffett Field, where it looks like someone...
Fear is natural. It’s a basic biological response essential to our self-preservation. At least that’s what I keep telling myself as I climb the 400 steep, narrow steps of Moro Rock, a...
We go on a road trip to see the largest tree in the world. Things start off rather rocky...
Since summer is almost over, I decided to go on a spontaneous trip to Santa Cruz last week. I hadn’t had a beach day all summer, and I longed for a hot day spent lazing in the sun and...