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A Photo Essay of Cajamarca, Peru By Danielle Krautmann Charlie and I just got back from a long weekend in Cajamarca, where we celebrated my husband’s 30th birthday. Cajamarca is the city nearest to Cerro Corona, the mine where Charlie works, which is about a tw0-hour drive from the city. Although Charlie knew he liked Cajamarca, […]
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The Wheels of the Combi Go Round and Round By Danielle L. Krautmann Currently Lima, Peru has no public transportation. This restricts Limenians to use either taxis, buses, cars, or “combies”. Charlie and I don’t plan to get a car while we’re here because it’s easy enough for us to get from one place to
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By Stephen Bugno Here are some practical tips to improving your travel and your writing. Get the details Write descriptions of the five senses. A big mistake in my past 22 years of travel journaling (I started keeping a journal on a family vacation to the Southwest U.S. when I was seven years old at
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A Visit to the Zoo and Some Cultural Observations By Danielle L. Krautmann Per suggestion of one of my lovely readers, last week I visited Parque de las Leyendas, a zoo in Lima. A quick bus ride from my house and cheap admission, the trip was definitely worth it. But not because of the animals.
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Making friends in Lima Like my Aunt Vicki, I love making lists. To-do lists are my favorite, but I also enjoy making step-by step instructional lists, lists of places I want to travel, lists of potential blog topics, of men I’ve dated, of men my friends have dated, of men I’m currently dating (short list).
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“Don’t go to Gamarra. It’s not safe.” Ever since Noelle, my American friend from Spanish class, suggested we go there, I was told not to by just about everyone I encountered…Limenians included. But the fact of the matter is, if I only did what people told me was safe, I would be staying within a 10-block
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Since I’ve started blogging, many of you have shared with me things you’ve learned about Peru online; some of you have even bought books about Peru! I hope this is because you are trying to plan a trip to come and visit Charlie and I. If not, let’s use your researching skills and have a
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In the summer of 2005 I hiked Mt. Washington with my uncle Flip and lifelong friend Pat as part of my goal to summit all 48 of New Hampshire’s 4,000 footers. At an elevation of 6,288 feet above sea level, Mt. Washington is the highest in the White Mountains and home of the world’s most
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Arequipa and Colca Canyon Photo Essay 1) The Plaza de Armas in Arequipa. Arequipa is also known as “the white city” because many of its buildings are made from a white volcanic rock called sillar. The city rests in the Andes around 7,800 feet above sea level and is the second most populated city
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Culture shock refers to feelings of anxiety, depression, or confusion that often go along with adjusting to life in a foreign country. The process of adjustment can be broken down into three stages: The Honeymoon Stage, The Negotiation or Frustration Stage, and the Understanding or Acclimation Stage. The Honeymoon stage generally occurs when you first
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