Just a quick update. Tomorrow I will be venturing into the Cordillera Blanca for a 4 day trek with Laia, German and Tom. Believe it or not, I´d felt the negative effects of the altitude (headaches, shortness of breath) until today. Thankfully, the locals turned me onto the wonders of mate de coca (a tea made of Coca leaves) as well as chewing the coca leaves themselves. While this is the very same plant that cocaine is made from, it is still very much not cocaine. Anyway, you can rest assured that I will be bringing along a small stash of leaves for the trek.
Once I return from the Cordillera Blanca, it will be 2 days of rest and then a 12 day trek into the Cordillera Huayhuash. This is what I´ve been looking forward to the most on my trip, so it feels great to have the plans made.
It is looking more and more like I might end up spending all of my time in Peru, with a small side trip into Ecuador. It just seems that my time would be better spent soaking up one country as opposed to bouncing around all over the place. Still, my itinerary is quite flexible, so we´ll just have to wait and see what happens. That was the royal we by the way.
I´ve also made some new friends here today, including a guy from California named Tim who runs a cafe in town and is very active in preservation and mapping efforts in the area. In fact, when I walked into the cafe today he was working on an agricultural development proposal with an indigena named Gustavo. Tim works with the Quichua on a frequent basis and was able to shed some light on their lives. He also traded me one of my books for one of his on the lives of these people. He also told me to let him know when I want the hell out of New York and he´d help me get a job on a sustainable development project in the area. We´ll see about that one..
So, I will be absent on the blog and email fronts until the 19th. Sorry for the incomplete nature of the last blog entry, but I will be finishing it.
I hope all is well with all of you my friends, as I am feeling great and loving life these days.
Hasta luego!
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Nothing positive about Lima on this blog:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,297145,00.html
Way to get your network on in the Southern Hemisphere, dude.
Also, never, ever be ashamed of using the royal we. That's what we always say.
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