Peru

I had a really great winter vacation. I went mountain biking in the countryside, explored Cusco, climbed around Machu Pichu, ate Guinea Pig, slept on an island on Lake Titicaca, bought some artesian goods, ate lots of potatoes and pizza, explored Arequipa, checked out a lot of Incan ruins and generally enjoyed myself. The only downside was that at the end I got a little sick and thus returned early skipping out on Colca Canyon. But I do have a week of in September so maybe I can return and do a several day hiking trip. The biggest thing I rerealized on this trip is how much I like the outdoors. When I return to DC I do need do more hiking and biking trips. For the record I think Machu Pichu is more impressive than the Taj Mahal (sorry Prashant). If I could redo anything about the trip it would be to rearrange the itinerary to spend more time on Machu Pichu instead of trying to do it is as a day trip. Also I would do it a little bit later in the trip because afterwards for all of the Incan ruins I saw I was like yeah they are nice but Machu Pichu is more impressive.

I have a couple of stories and pictures about my trip, that I´ll try to post over the next couple of days, but I could be busy trying to readjust to life in Antofagasta.