Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Machu Picchu!!

I leave for Machu Picchu, Peru tomorrow for 8 days! What an adventure, I can't wait!!!

Here's a rough sketch of my itinerary if you care to follow along with me:

Wednesday, Sept. 9th 9:30pm: Bus from Vina to Santiago, wait in airport for a long, long, long time.

Thursday, Sept. 10th 4am-6:40am: Flight from Santiago to Arica (north Chile)
Buses crossing the border, from Arica to Tacna, to Arequipa, to Cuzco, Peru

Friday, Sept. 11th 7am-11am: Train from Cuzco to Aguas Calientes
Bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, hostel in Machu Picchu

Saturday, Sept. 12th: Stay in Machu Picchu, hike it, dance around, recite From the Heights of Macchu Picchu, by Pablo Neruda (look it up, now

Sunday, Sept. 13th: Bus from Santa Theresa to Cuzco, hostel it up in Cuzco

Monday, Sept. 14th: Bus from Cuzco to Arequipa

Tuesday, Sept. 14th-Thursday, Sept. 17th: Live with Indigenous Andians

Thursday, Sept. 17th: 4pm-9pm Bus from Arequipa to Tacna, from Tacna (Peru) to Arica (Chile)

Friday, Sept 18th: 1am-3:40am: Flight from Arica to Santiago
Bus from Santiago to Vina del Mar!

And then we exhaustedly will enjoy Chile's independence day, Sept. 18th!!

For those of you who have no idea what Macchu Picchu is, here are some pictures, soon to be followed by my own, if my camera is not stolen:



Alpaca! Boy oh boy oh boy.

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