Machu Picchu and Muchos Gracias

Okay okay, I buy the statement, “It’s about the journey, not the destination”, but c’mon! Machu Picchu is one heck of a destination! But I guess it was one heck of a journey, too! After some research, I’d found that taking a the train to Macchu Pichu from Cusco would let you get to walk the […]

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The Other America

My first introduction to Cusco was via a sarcastic-yet-lovable animated llama. After two days in Cusco, Peru, however, I’ll now associate the name with things entirely different. Like with how, while walking to dinner, I met an outrageously enthusiastic Irish girl and was somehow shanghaied into climbing a mountain on my first night in the […]

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