http://www.mattrubens.com/peru Fri, 02 Jun 2006 21:59:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Celebrating the end of a long trip with a return to the Gran Hotel Bolivar, home of the best pisco sours in Peru. I'm also enjoying the "Pistons" hoodie -- it was a tough choice between that and a bright green Stanford T-shirt. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/28/pisco-sours-in-the-gran-hotel-bolivar/ Neron's 15 minutos of fame. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/28/neron-closeup/ This was the funniest thing I saw in Peru -- even better than when the woman fell down the stairs in the bus and knocked herself out by falling into the bathroom and hitting her head on the toilet. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/28/neron-and-handler/ You knew this caption was coming, right? http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/como-te-llamas/ I wouldn't have made a good Inca. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/narrow-doors/ The terracing was pretty impressive at all of the Incan ruins. And yes, I didn't know what terracing was until the Kates told me. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/terraces-at-mp/ It's even more impressive in person. We met up with Kate's friend Kate (heretofore referred to as Other Kate) in Cuzco. After spending a day or so bumming around the markets and letting Other Kate introduce us to various Peruvian street food (no stomach problems yet!) we began our journey ... http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/machu-picchu/ I realized that I didn't post any street photos yet -- this picture from Puno is a good example of the general chaos. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/streets-of-peru/ Kate and her friend Kate hiking at some Incan ruins in Pisac. Sucks that the sky is blown out... http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/kates-at-pisac/ Pretty impressive ruins -- given that we saw them before Machu Picchu. http://www.mattrubens.com/peru/2006/05/20/pisac-valley/