http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com A World Photography Tour. 2006/2007/2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 18:36:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Day: 417 Wine and Pisco tasting today. You may have never heard of Peru's illustrious wine making history, but that could be because it's not quite as memorable as France, California, New Zealand, Argentina or Chile, instead it looked like a home brewing process and the Pisco (which originated here) ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/vino-y-pisco.html Day: 416 We arrived today in the middle of the desert at an oasis named Huacachina. After visiting 4 places we found somewhere to stay and spent the remainder of the day enjoying the laziness that is required by a town of 200 people (with possibly another 400 tourists). http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/middle-of-the-desert.html Day: 415 Today was a pretty standard day when we are planning a huge bus trip in the afternoon, essentially eating a few meals and some pointless wandering (aka Oreo Buying), before loading on our ultra high class VIP seats on a Cruz del Sur bus, think first class airline seats, for ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/busing-away.html Day: 414   Since our (primarly mine) forward planning skills are slightly lacking, today for our train ride back down the mountain to Cusco we had to take the pricier ¨Vistadome Class¨ train, complete with clear ceiling and a snack which included a very small sandwich, a cookie, a tiny cheesecake tart, ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/train-down.html Day: 413   With the goal of making our Macchu Pichu day slightly different from everyone elses we have seen, Felicia got the great idea of bringing along a friend with a similar name to make it fully enjoyable. We were up on the ruins by a little after 6am and enjoyed about 15 ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/macchu-pikachu.html Day: 412 4:45 We were all awake to catch the "Backpacker Class" train to Macchu Pichu, still an obscene $48 one way for a 4 hour train ride (aka Europe Prices). When we arrived at the station we were stoked that there were only 6 people in front of us in ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/up-and-up.html Day: 411 We all sat around eating, drinking and wandering around Cusco today, stalking up on snacks for the next few days in Macchu Pichu. http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/cusco-lethargy.html Day: 410 So, last night after we got into Cusco after the horrendiously long bus ride we decided the city felt like everyone was just trying to get your money, although it definately is the cleanest and well kept city I have been to in South America . It ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/cleanest-in-sa.html Day: 409 Just for anyone who was interested in knowing; when buying a ¨Direct¨bus ticket in Copacabana, Bolivia to Cusco, Peru, Direct actually means share a minivan with 7 others to the border, walk across both exit and entry points with all your bags, share another minivan for 30 minutes to ... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/back-to-peru.html Day: 408 Still in Copacabana enjoying the sun and the water... http://www.momsaysimrunningaway.com/blog/a-titty-sunset.html