Hey everyone, right now im sitting in the sacred valley somewhere close to machu pichu! Arrived in Peru, 3 days ago, and internet seems limited around here. Anyhows, i decided it would be best for me to write something before i start the nightmare tomorrow! Its the walk to Machu Pichu, its starting tomorrow at 8, and we are gonna be walking for 6 hours, which should be fine, but the second day we are walking for 8! and we are climbing a peak that reaches 4200m above sea level. The oxygen is gonna be in high demand there, but im sure it will be fine. The peak is actually called Dead Woman Pass... Im sure it will be fine!
Anyhows, Peru is awsome :) met up with a new group now, and there are alot of cool people here, 2 norwegian guys, an english barrister and a canadian girl. Those are the ones under 30 atleast ^^
Peru seems abit more poverty strikken the Guatamala, but people here are really friendly and i have allready stocked up gifts for friends and family.
Im gonna have to cut this short since its 21:20 here, and i really gotta be awake for tomorrows walk. walking 3 flights of stairs at 3600m is hard in itself, hicking outside will prob be worse!
Hope you all have had a great Easter!
J
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Guatamala City - Atitlan
Well gotta keep this short, not really sure if anyone is reading this anymore anyhows, Spent last night in a nice hotel in Guatamala City, we took a shit awful bus, that left us both aking with knee and leg pains for the day. Checked into the best western hotel, cost 60Usd. So very expensive. This morning we took a taxi to Antigua, where we got slightly crashed into by a random dude in an old car. We are staying in the sickest little room i have ever seen, 3 beds, a lightbulb, 2 holes in the wall, mouldy bathroom, but then again we have a hamock! Who can complain with a hamock hanging outside! Staying here for one night, had a look at a language school earlier, pretty crazy consept really. 30 hours of private tutoring, 21 meals, and a one week stay in someoenes house for 90USD. so for around 50,000Nok you can live here for a year with no extra expenses, being catered and cooked for. Well i need food, fat people need food to you know!
Have a nice easter people.
J
Have a nice easter people.
J
Monday, April 2, 2007
Guatamala - Tikal
So the entry last night, as most of you probably figured, was indeed an aprils fool joke.
We are right now in Flores in Guatamala, the Guatamlian people seem very friendly, and my image of the country as a crazed country has gone. Feel alot safer here then i did in belize. The people here smile alot, and all the kids look really cute. People here dont seem to have a hidden agenda, and dont nag as much as in belize and in mexico. Which does make the whole visiting part better, not having to shake my head and mumble no no no all the time.
We arrived in Flores on the 1st, and at 3:30 in the morning we had to get up again, we took a buss to Tikal in the total dark, and once we arived, we walked for 30 min with torches, until we came to a dark temple lingering over the forrest, we climbed it and sat there waiting for the sun to rise! Unfortunatley tho, it was foggy, and we couldent see much, but atleast i dident have to be afraid of falling down the stairs. We had a verry energic and smart tourguide showing us around, i made sure to take abit of pictures and will post them soon.
After the walk we had still not had anything to eat for 14 hours, we had an hour until the buss arrived, so we thought we would grab a plate to eat at Jaguar Inn. Peder ordered some breakfast, and i ordered a English Breakfast. When the waiter 30 min after we ordered comes with the food, he has bought me an American breakfast, which was nothing like what i had ordered. I told him I ordered an english breakfast and he walks off to the kitchen, then he comes back and tells me; We dont have any tomatos left. We tried to hoplessly comunicate with the missplaced pleb, and we think we got it across that, just because on ingredient from the english breakfast was missing, he dident have to replace all the other ingredients and we thought he understood, so i sat there watching peder have his breakfast, and when he was done, the waiter quickly comes inn and hands us the bill :( He dident get a tip
Well tomorrow at 22:00 we are getting an express night buss to Guatamala City then transfering direct from there to Antigua! Antigua seems like an awsome little multicultural place, and Iam really looking forward to it.
J
We are right now in Flores in Guatamala, the Guatamlian people seem very friendly, and my image of the country as a crazed country has gone. Feel alot safer here then i did in belize. The people here smile alot, and all the kids look really cute. People here dont seem to have a hidden agenda, and dont nag as much as in belize and in mexico. Which does make the whole visiting part better, not having to shake my head and mumble no no no all the time.
We arrived in Flores on the 1st, and at 3:30 in the morning we had to get up again, we took a buss to Tikal in the total dark, and once we arived, we walked for 30 min with torches, until we came to a dark temple lingering over the forrest, we climbed it and sat there waiting for the sun to rise! Unfortunatley tho, it was foggy, and we couldent see much, but atleast i dident have to be afraid of falling down the stairs. We had a verry energic and smart tourguide showing us around, i made sure to take abit of pictures and will post them soon.
After the walk we had still not had anything to eat for 14 hours, we had an hour until the buss arrived, so we thought we would grab a plate to eat at Jaguar Inn. Peder ordered some breakfast, and i ordered a English Breakfast. When the waiter 30 min after we ordered comes with the food, he has bought me an American breakfast, which was nothing like what i had ordered. I told him I ordered an english breakfast and he walks off to the kitchen, then he comes back and tells me; We dont have any tomatos left. We tried to hoplessly comunicate with the missplaced pleb, and we think we got it across that, just because on ingredient from the english breakfast was missing, he dident have to replace all the other ingredients and we thought he understood, so i sat there watching peder have his breakfast, and when he was done, the waiter quickly comes inn and hands us the bill :( He dident get a tip
Well tomorrow at 22:00 we are getting an express night buss to Guatamala City then transfering direct from there to Antigua! Antigua seems like an awsome little multicultural place, and Iam really looking forward to it.
J
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Im Fucked!
Ok... i have no idea what the hell to do! This morning we where going to chetumal on the "7:30" water taxi. Peder had abit to drink last night so i guess he was abit groggy. Anyhows, now im still on Caye Caulker, Peder is not.
The boat was meant to leave at 7:30, or so i was told, I got there at 7, and unloaded my bags, was gonna run get some food and stuff for the boat trip and when i got back the boat was gone. Peder has my bag, and my Passport, and when you read this Peder try and do a collect call to the Miramars Hotel, they are expecting the call. Peder lost his visa card in Cuba, And his travel charger doesent work so he cant use his phone :S i just hope he has enough money to stay someplace tonight. If anyone is to hear from Peder, tell him to come back to Caye Caulker, cause i cant leave without my passport.
J
The boat was meant to leave at 7:30, or so i was told, I got there at 7, and unloaded my bags, was gonna run get some food and stuff for the boat trip and when i got back the boat was gone. Peder has my bag, and my Passport, and when you read this Peder try and do a collect call to the Miramars Hotel, they are expecting the call. Peder lost his visa card in Cuba, And his travel charger doesent work so he cant use his phone :S i just hope he has enough money to stay someplace tonight. If anyone is to hear from Peder, tell him to come back to Caye Caulker, cause i cant leave without my passport.
J
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