http://www.davebushe.net/words Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:42:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Alright so with the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu over and done with we don't have any time to relax or anything like that. The next morning it's up and off to the Sacred Valley to visit a number of Inca sites. Now this should really be done before the ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/16/we-got-fun-n-games/ Okay so, Machu Picchu. So we've arrived around 7am and we are waiting for the checkpoint to open at 07.30. We gather without realising we are already inside the city and we are at the "classic spot for photos" but of course it's cloudy. There are many unhappy people but ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/16/machu-picchu/ I had just come back from the pub with the intent of typing however I have just watched (thanks Ted!) the trailer for 24 season 7 and I'm now totally distracted!! I'm trying to figure out a few things but foremost (well almost) is when to finish travelling. I had been ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/16/how-you-gonna-go/ Today is Saturday and there is *nothing* going on. It's an entirely free day and this of course means only one thing. We went out last night. I woke up about 30 minutes ago and felt pretty good...that's now changing. I was surprised to be hangover free but it's slowly catching up. We ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/15/no-solo-para-gringos/ Alright so when I last sat down to type we were heading towards Cuzco. We flew there from Arequipa getting us into the hotel around 10. I took a quick wander around to get my bearings and was hugely impressed. It's a beautiful city. The main squares are absolutely gorgeous ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/14/the-inca-trail/ Wordpress has the lovely feature to allow me to backdate posts so I've put in a few posts from back in October when I had a few saved on my desktop waiting for net access. This means the feed goes a little screwey and not everything makes it through to ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/14/quick-admin-note-for-feeds/ Alright, I'm so far behind in everything that it's not funny. I am pleased to report that I do not have any broken bones (so far). I have net access for the next couple of days and I hope to get photos and blogging up to date. I've got some ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/13/flume/ I am alive and mainly well. I have net access for the next few days so mucho updates to follow. I was knocked off a bike by a car...another new experience for me this year. 16.54 Potsi, Bolivia Wednesday whatever day it is. http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/12/alive-mainly-well/ So..good news and bad news today. Good news: I´m back on my laptop! A somewhat more helpful guide/translator and an hour with an electrician and for two pounds I´m back. It´s not perfect but it´ll last a month. Some photos going up now and I hope to get more up tomorrow. ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/08/good-news-for-people-who-love-bad-news/ Alright so, backing up! After Pisco and the Huacachina oasis, (posts to follow, it's saved on my laptop) we reached Nazca. http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/06/nazca-lines/ Fucking hell. I don´t know what´s going on but I can´t get any of my photos of my cameras. I´ve got the afternoon free and the plan was to sit here and sort some stuff out but I´ve spent the guts of an hour trying to get some photos posted ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/05/grah/ Okay. Sunday afternoon and I'm sat in an internet cafe in Cusco. It's not a bad place but for some reason my camera won't connect at all and so no photos. Annoying. I've spent about an hour fighting with the machine but of course it's in Spanish and it's locked ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/11/02/blue-sky-cracking-and-it-makes-me-believe/ I am alive and well and *way* behind on my updates. I am back in Cusco and in a shitty shitty internet cafe. I´m going to take the unusual step of skipping a few days ahead so that I can tell you that I conquered the fuck out of the Inca ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/31/im-fractured-from-the-fall/ Oh yes. Found Guinness in Peru today :) http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/25/and-i-hold-you-close-in-the-back-of-my-mind/ I am alive and well and in Cusco/Cuzco/Qusqu in Peru. Tomorrow morning I start a trek from 82km over 4 day trek along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. After spending the past four days at high altitude (3200 - 4900 metres) I'm alot less worried about this as the ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/25/ill-be-forever-blue/ http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/22/nazca/ I'm really not in the mood to be wiriting at the moment, I have no idea why. However things are moving pretty swiftly along here and I'm going to be laptop less for most of the next week and a bit and so I best get it down now. So the ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/22/when-i-saw-you-kicking-dirt-in-my-eye/ I have just flown over the Nazca Lines and fuck me that was beyond awesome. I have some photos to follow but a certain amount of shooting from a plane and a certain amount of just enjoying the moment and a certain amount of glare and I'm not sure how ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/21/the-wheels-are-turning-but-you%e2%80%99re-upside-down/ http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/21/sweepin/ 1 Swiss army knife+ 1 roll of electricians tape = 1 working power supply. It's a little dodgy so not something I can leave to be charging when I'm not there but I've not really been doing that anyway. I've a few one hopefully coming to me middle of next week ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/20/just-call-me-macgyver/ Good evening. It's just past 10pm and I'm sat on the roof terrace of my hotel in Pisco which is about 3 1/2 hours South of Lima in Peru. Today is my 29th birthday although as I understand the timing of my birth it was in the early hours and ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/19/i-hope-the-wind-changes/ Argh, it strongly looks like I'll be computerless within the next 24 hours. I have been to 4 Apple resellers with no joy. Aside from the lack of net access it fucks me royally for my cameras. Shit shit shit shit shit. http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/19/arrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhh/ Alright clean slate time. I have three posts typed up and I'm not happy with any of them and so I'm going to try and bundle the three of them into something I can post here. [By the way if anyone knows how I can use the More tag without it ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/18/and-im-going-going-baby-im-gone/ Actually the thought struck just now, that makes two years running I've done well in 24 Hours Of Flickr. Last year was a book, this year is postcards! Next year?? http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/18/999/ Patrick has just emailed me with the tip that I made my debut on the Flickr Blog today!! Hurrah!! Now if I could only get a photo of mine that I really liked included up there!! http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/17/roos/ I'm amazed that I actually missed a flight, I'm even more amazed that it all worked out so well in the end. I have never even been late for a flight before. I'm *always* killing time at airports. I'm amazed by how well I took it too. Once I realised ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/16/one-breaks-my-body-and-the-other-breaks-my-soul/ I am alive and well in Lima in Peru(!). A massive 'gracias' to LAN who laughed at me and then laughed at me some more all the time pretending not to speak any English (bastards!) but then simply gave me a ticket for their next flight and didn't charge me ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/16/ah-the-nighthere-it-comes-again/ Let me tell you how awesome yesterday was. I'm currently sat in Santiago airport on standby (I think) for a flight to Lima as I missed my flight this morning. I have never missed a flight before. That doesn't even begin to cover how awesome yesterday was. 11.02 Santiago Chile Wednesday 15th October http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/15/soul-i-hear-you-calling/ [ETA I've taken a chunk out of the middle of this to rework so it may be a little disjointed (...more than usual)] So it's Monday evening. I'm sat in a little pub just off Avenue Brasil. It's called Comics Pub and is decorated with various bits of promo artwork for ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/14/ill-think-of-something-later/ It's 15.22 on Sunday the 12th of October. I boarded my first flight at 15.33 on Sunday the 12th of October. I'm now sat down in a little cafe on Plaza Brasil in Santiago drinking a beer and watching the world. The beer is some sort of honey ale. The reason ... http://www.davebushe.net/words/2008/10/13/fight-the-break-of-dawn/