Archive for ‘Peru’

The opening spread of the Budget Travel story--Gus in the Ecuadorian rainforest.

Extreme Field Tripping–Budget Travel

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Hi: This is a story I wrote for Budget Travel about how to work a homeschooling-and-traveling plan with your kids and how to do it as inexpensively as possible. Please feel free to pass this on to families who might be interested in doing the same. All best and many thanks–Jeannie http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/a-family-field-trip-around-the-world,7375      

My Top Five

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Hi everyone it is Gus. Since this is my last blog about my adventures in South America I will be talking about the five most important things I learned on this trip The first was the secret of Machu Pichu and what it was used for. It really is not understood. No one knows what [...]

What I Know About South America

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

After being in South America for five weeks, I learned lots of new things: 1st How to fly fish. When you have a rod you fling it back and forth till you get enough momentum then you let the line go and see how far it can go.  I also learned how to set the [...]

My Take on Peru

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

I’m not big on writing about a place. But I am big on showing you a place. Here are 5 galleries of photos that include some of the things I liked most in Peru.

The Four Moments I’ll Remember Best

Friday, November 6th, 2009

I have no idea how to fit all the stunning moments of our four-day, 28-mile Inca Trail hike into one short (or, um, relatively short) blog entry. It’s all too much really—the incredible views of the Andes at every turn, the Incan history, the ruins, the camaraderie among our group of hikers. So, I’ll just [...]