Jessie here-
Holy hell, what a couple of days we have had.
Yesterday started off with the mourning of my accidentally deleted photos... ALL of them. So, for anyone with or without precious photos from South America, never press "format" unless you know what it means. :(
Then began the arduous 11hour bus ride to Cuzco, with the less than impressive stop in Puno. At the bus stop we could not finish our "spaghetti," or whatever it actually was, and we had to pay to use the bathrooms. These bathrooms, or rather, rusted toilets with no seats, no working doors, no soap, and with the extra bonus of crumpled up very obviously used toilet paper to stare into, gave us a bad first impression of Peruvian cities.
The bus ride itself was a bit hellish. Besides the frequent and lengthy stops to gain more passengers, Adam had 2 drunk men standing up that kept crashing into him. Also, one of the men ´directing´the bus ride, took our $50 soles and totally scammed us. He lent us a pamphlet with a beautiful hotel to stay in and said we would have a taxi waiting for us to take us to our already paid room. While the taxi did take us somewhere, it was a crap hostile and we had a huge issue this morning when they expected us to pay again! We paid what we had, because we understood that it was neither of our faults, but whoever that man on the bus was hopefully has bad karma...
So, as a warning to future travelers: avoid paying for places to stay unless you do so at the hostal/hotel itself, or at a registered store that deals with that sort of stuff.
So! Things can only get better now that we are in Cuzco! We had the best breakfast of our lives this morning in our new, livable hostile! We hope to meet up with our British friends sometime while we are here, and we would also like to take a tour of Machu Picchu and possibly hang glide into remote Inca ruins.
I´m glad father´s day was nice for both of our dads! To my dad, I´ll DEFINITELY bring you back something from Machu Picchu! I can´t wait to take a shower! It´s been a while.. yikes! Talk to you all soon, and keep posting!
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Hey Jessie!
I thought it went without saying that you NEVER pay drivers for something other than a ride. Well, you live you learn. I did the same thing with a cab driver in Vegas. I paid for admittance to a club that was free. D'Oh. I'm really sorry that I had to cut you off today. Please call back when you get a chance. The software looks promising. It says it can recover photos that have been formatted. If it doesn't, worst case scenario is that you have an extra SD card. Have fun. Be smart.
Jessie, if it isn't too expensive, why don't you send me your SD card? I can get the recovery software and see if I can get the pictures back. Just a thought, let me know if its possible.
Wow, loosing the pics must really be a bummer. It sounds like this is a real learning experience.
The third world living conditions are sometimes pretty surprising such as restroom facilities and the food.
Have you had to travel by llama or has it all been heel toe express?
You two take care and we look forward to reading more of the great adventures of Jessie and Adam. Heck, this might be a movie someday!
Jessie, I've been looking at your pictures. They look great, with one exception...GET RID OF THAT STUPID LIP RING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is all.
Hey Devin,
This is Adam's mom. Have you heard anything from these two since this last blog? It's been a while since they've entered anything and I was just curious. We enjoy hearing about their trip. Can you tell me how to access the pictures they've downloaded so far?
Thanks for any info.
Last blog entry was June 18. We are patient but would like to hear about Machu Picchu soon before the experience is forgotten. Is the food improving as you head toward the coast.
Hey..... where you two at.
Long time no hear . Are you the people who discovered the 5 ft penguin remains in Peru ?
Ihope your having fun and enjoying this adventure . That's what helps us grow as people and humans . Exploring and searching out what we want to know . Take care.
Hi Adam's Mom!
Jessie called home briefly the day before yesterday and told my parents that they are alive and well in Arequipa (a city of about 600,000 people). They are going to be there for a few more days. I'm surprised they haven't written on their blog (since I too like to read about their adventures).
They have uploaded pictures onto their facebook account. To access them you need to find someone that has a facebook account and lists Adam or Jessie as a "friend." Perhaps a sibling?
To the quixotic adventurers: let us know how you are doing! Stop using your cell phone and write us something.
Devin,
Your information is "greatly" appreciated! Thanks-a-bunch!
My sentiments are the same as yours to the "quixotic adventurers"
Thanks again Devin....!
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