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Just Do It
I’m sorry to steal your tag line, Nike, but it’s a good one. I’ve struggled quite mightily with blogging about my travel experiences. I struggle with blogging in general. It’s all so much navel-gazing and seems too self important. I … Continue reading
Echoes
I hesitate to tell this story. One, because it’s deeply personal and two, because it might appear that I lost a marble or two in Peru. But I will tell it anyway because it made an impact on me, and … Continue reading
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Into Thin Air
My post on the Westtown School Senior Projects’ Blog When the students saw on our itinerary that there would be an “overnight trek high into the Andes,” they asked for more. “Can’t we do another one?” So before we departed, … Continue reading
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Andes Mountain High
I wrote this post several days ago for Westtown’s Senior Projects Blog The two-hour bus ride from Cusco to Ollantaytambo allowed us to behold the Andes for the first time. Gasps were audible as the kids scrambled for their cameras, … Continue reading
Past Is Present
As I ready myself for the sojourn to Peru, I’ve been thinking a lot about the past. There is history in every location and it’s often historical sites that lure tourists: buildings and monuments of a time long ago, museums … Continue reading
Letting Go
I’m a travel geek of the highest order. When I decide I’m going on a trip I collect and read guide books, memorize phrases in the native language and study maps. I learn about the history and culture of the … Continue reading
One Walk of Life 