My heart pounded as I followed the dirt trail and climbed the stone steps up through the high Andean tundra and its slopes of golden grasses towards Dead Woman’s Pass.…
Tania
Altitude sickness: symptoms may begin to occur during a rapid ascent to an altitude above 8,000 feet. Most commonly it is characterized by shortness of breath, dizziness, a pounding headache,…
Although Lima is not one of the most beautiful cities I have ever been, with a seemingly constant shroud of mist blocking it from the sun and the heavy odour…
I was wondering how long it would take me to play my flute in a public area in Peru, although I didn’t think it would be this soon. It certainly…
From a comfortably hot BC Summer to a mildly cool Peruvian Winter…thank God I brought my down sweater jacket! This place doesn’t have heat and the kitchen and one of…
This wasn’t the view I planned to have of Ladyslipper today, a sparkling azure mountain lake cradled against the bare, rocky and snow-patched Cathedral Rim, but this is definitely one of…
What is it that finally pushes one past their comfort zone and off the beaten track, that smoothly paved road that leads us through our sane, or comfortably insane, lives…
Today, I leave Santiago with a mixture of emotions. Not only am I leaving the place or the destination I strove to reach for so long, but I feel like…
The band had the crowd hopping to the beat, dancing and screaming. It was nuts! I have never seen a bar this packed – standing room only. No fire code…
The last 20 kilometers An 800 kilometer physical journey near complete and an inner one just beginning. As I walked, I began to notice that the yellow arrows now had a…
It was a blustery, stormy day today. The sky moved and changed so fast – billowing dark clouds surged across the sky occasionally breaking apart to reveal the sun before…
Last night after I posted, I went back upstairs to the restaurant in the same pilgrim fashion I had earlier except this time my hair was dry. Sue and the…