We just completed a two day run from our last stop, Ollantaytambo, Peru, to what we hope is our last obligatory tourist activity in Peru, Nazca, home of the famous Nazca lines. On our trip here we covered…
Weavers 2.0
The 22 highland weavers of Patacancha, Peru received payment for goods sold today. Their efforts to revitalize and maintain the skills of the ancient craft were rewarded with a small percentage of the millions of tourist dollars that annually…
Ride Your Own Ride
The tourist walked up to the restaurant, stopped, glanced at the exterior, looked over the menu on display and smiled, apparently finding something he liked. He started to enter but then stopped. He pulled his travel guidebook out and…
Salinas
The hunter-gatherer bent down to the bubbling spring. The water was clear like the other springs he knew. The water was warm like some other springs he knew. He cupped his hand into the water and tasted it,…
Photos Posted: May, June & July 2008
Photos for May, June & July 2008 are now posted at: http://www.hackneys.com/gallery/v/travel/ .
Photo Gadget of the Week
Photo gadget of the week is Steph’s Gorilla Pod made by Joby http://www.joby.com/ It enables support/mounting of our pocket cameras and Steph’s Canon 30D or 40D with a short lens just about anywhere. It is a great device and it…
Updated Conversions Spreadsheet
I updated the conversions spreadsheet and added it to the main travel site. The conversion spreadsheet automates conversions between U.S.A. and metric measurements for: Length Weight Pressure Volume Liquid Volume Area Power Fuel Effeciency Temperature The spreadsheet is located under…
Llama Breakfast
This was our view this morning. Cusco, Peru. .
Angels 12
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is one of the largest flying birds in the world with a wingspan of up to 10.5 feet / 3.2 meters and weighing up to 33 lbs. / 15 kg. It is a soaring…
El Ojo
I went down to the market and sat down on the curb. I asked around about who was holding but no one was talking. Click here for the rest of the story: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/peru/docs/elojo.pdf .