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Early this morning we caught the train from Cusco to Machu Picchu. It was only about 40 miles, but switch backs up the mountain and winding up canyons resulted in a 4 hour trip. Machu Picchu is amazing. The closest thing I can compare it to is Stonehenge, in terms of a stone structure built […]

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Last post I mentioned in a comment that Derek and Gisele had gone up the mountain and were feeling the altitude. It got worse. They went through a 16,000 foot pass before they dropped back down to about 12,000 feet where their hotel was. Derek got sicker and sicker, terrible headache, vomiting, and they finally […]

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Last night at dinner Devon complained that his stomach was a little uneasy. After dinner he had to hurry back to the hotel. About 2 in the morning he called my room, saying he felt really bad. Diarrhea, vomiting, fever, chills, aches. He couldn’t keep anything down. I had the hotel desk call a doctor, […]

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We are here. Devon almost didn´t make it. Super shuttle didn`t show up, but got a friend to drive him. He checked in too late to make the flight, but fortunately they had another following 1/2 hour behind. I changed my flight too so he wouldn´t be alone. Lima was cool and drizzling all the […]

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We are off to Peru on Wednesday morning. None of us have ever been to South America, so we’re excited about the trip. We will arrive in Lima, and then travel to Cusco and spend a few days there and at nearby Machu Pichu. I’m not sure of all the other places we will go […]

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