Andean Explorations – 1: Prologue
I got up on one Sunday morning with an acute hangover and declared to my roommate that I needed a vacation. Since a couple of months, I have been monitoring flight ticket prices to the following destinations: South America, Morocco and Egypt. Within an hour then, I had booked a flight to Lima.
So all I had at that point was a valid ticket to visit Peru two weeks from then. I was totally clueless about things to do there, and I didn’t have a tourist visa, or an approval of vacation from work or an approval of break from school or any knowledge of Spanish, and finances in jittery… and so on. I discovered that I knew nothing, nothing at all about Peru other than that the Guava fruit was called Peru (पेरू) in Marathi and I like green Guavas a lot.
Obviously, things started falling in place; I got all approvals, arranged for vitamin M and did my research thoroughly. In no time, I was on my way…
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I’m back from Peru now and I had lot of fun and adventure packed into those two weeks spent there, almost like a zip file, which left me craving for more. I also learnt a lot of things about being a better traveler, better citizen and about the infinite world out there that is waiting to be explored. I met several interesting people who had been on the road for as short as a week to as long as over a year – wow. I am barely a beginner in my quest to travel the world.
I kept a journal during this trip and over the next few weeks I’ll post relevant scraps from it. It will, hopefully, give you a preview that’s tempting enough for you to pack your bags and get going.
As always, comments and suggestions are sought and appreciated.
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↵Ha Ha Ha…. so impatient to get a comment ?? But don’t expect to comment on every post of yours.
Arre aage bhi to likho kuch about Guava errr I mean about Peru.
Let us also learn some things from you.
Waiting….
↵tic toc tic toc
oh that was “don’t expect me”
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↵Cuckoo, so, you are the opening batsman and you say you wont score runs on each ball?? basskya!!
↵baba, where r u these days ?
↵good ur posting , i got tired chkg ur blog so i had stopped for a while
remember the travel mail u sent me
prax, sorry man, it took a long time. I was stuck in problems that I thought would never end
↵Hi Priyank! Here I am to enjoy your lovely blog on my weekly visit! Was trying to post a comment at Puno (where my sister-in-law is now, and I’m so envious…), but couldn’t manage, so leave it here. Great shots, and an amazing story: keeping houses in construction to avoid taxes…
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↵Look forward to reading you at Blogtrotter! Have a great week!
Trotter:
↵Sorry to hear that you couldn’t post a comment. My site has unexpected mood swings. I hope your sister-in-law is doing well, ofcourse she is, with a travel freak brother-in-law like you!
Priyank,
↵Thanks! The 70s and 80s blog is not so visited, though it has some incredible pictures… There are some more pics of the 70s that you may see here, I’ve some more recent pics of Moscow on Blogtrotter!
Trotter:
↵Cool thanks, I’ll check.