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TRAVEL
Around
the World in 12 Issues
2. INCA TRIAL
July
2002 - Peru
Hello.
The Inca Café where we post JAB is going to shut
soon so I'll make the intro short and sweet this month.
We're still in Cusco, Peru, catching up with the backlog
of work created by our email problems (which seem to be
solved). We're also tweaking the site a little and next
month we hope to produce a special Latin America Supplement
to JAB. Adios.
 August
2002 - Peru
Hello.
We've begun to get off our butts and go places rather
than just eating and drinking our way around the pubs,
restaurants and clubs of Cusco. The cosy apartment with
a heater has been replaced by hostels again and Deirdre
has left South American Explorers but still pops in to
help out and blag lunch.
We
have recently returned from the Inca trail: described,
accurately in our view, in Lonely Planet as "the
Inca Trial." Perhaps the four day trail was a bit
ambitious for our first ever hike. We're hardly ancient,
but we felt as old as the ruins themselves as we puffed
and panted our way up and down the mountains, lagging
behind the eight young, experienced hikers that made up
our group. Next time we hike, it'll be with a group of
fat old people - and I'll leave my cigarettes at home.
 Machu
Picchu is worth it though; It's a fabulous place to poke
around and one could spend days investigating all the
nooks and crannies of the site or taking in the views.
In
an hour or two we will get on a bus to the Bolivian town
of Copacabana, to visit the islands on Lake Titicaca and
get out of Peru before our stamp runs out on Saturday.
 Cusco
is beginning to feel a little like home whenever we come
back from somewhere and we will be back again in a few
weeks to do some much needed maintenance on the website
before heading to La Paz. Speaking of site business, I
had hoped to do a Latin America Supplement this month
for JAB but it'll have to wait now until the September
issue as time has caught up with us again.
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Next >> 3. Lake Titicaca
1.
First Issue / 2.
Inca Trial / 3.
Lake Titicaca / 4.
The Border / 5.
Leaving LA
6. Flush
& Queue / 7.
Christmas Dinner & Bombs in Bali / 8.
Thieving Monkey
9.
Islands / 10.
Cheesecake & Whiskey / 11.
Another New Year
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