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Peru, mi amor

“Regular maps have few surprises: their contour lines reveal where the Andes are, and are reasonably clear. More precious, though, are the unpublished maps we make ourselves, of our city, our place, our daily world, our life; those maps of our private world we use every day; here I was happy, in that place I left my coat behind after a party, that is where I met my love; I cried there once, I was heartsore; but felt better round the corner once I saw the hills of Fife across the Forth, things of that sort, our personal memories, that make the private tapestry of our lives.”
― Alexander McCall Smith

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Trying to love the Catskills

I spent the summers of my teens and early 20s in the Catskills and have so many fond memories of my time there. These are special mountains, full of trout streams and rolling hills and history.

I wish I could say that I love them.

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The last phase

We’ve hiked. We’ve trekked.

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Trying new things

I am sitting in the sun, overlooking the city of Otovalo and Imbabura (a mountain). We are arrived at the Rose Cottage cabanas today and now everyone is either chilling in hammocks, reading their summer reading (so responsible) or playing table tennis. Life is good....

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What I miss….

I have been back in the states for a little over a month now. In some ways, my life has slowed down a lot. I go to the same place for work every day, I see my old friends. I just got my car back. I do 'normal' life things -- like get my car inspected. But at the same time, I am still in flux. Still very much in transition - sleeping on an air mattress with my sleeping bag as a blanket. Still unsure of where I will go beyond July 27th. Still unsure of what I want.

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8 months in review….

8 months in review.....

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I hate quitting

It rained all through the night. But at least it stopped for a bit when I got out of the tent in the morning. The mountains were not as fully obscured by clouds as they have been the day before. I quickly packed my sopping wet tent and had breakfast, which I finished just in time for everything to change.

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No…. I don’t wanna leave….

Quick update on my plans in my remaining 12 days..... (EEK! how did this happen? why did this happen?! no......)

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Solo trip

Though I have been traveling solo all year, I have never done a solo trip. And by that I mean, a solo backpacking trip. I have done lots of day hikes by myself and I have thought about doing some solo overnights, but I never got up the courage to actual go do it.

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Ausangate Circuit

In the book description of this trek, it reads that you get pretty much everything on this trek - from seeing indigenous villages, alpaca herds, snowy mountain ranges, vicuňas (wild alpaca-llama ancestors), hot springs, and hiking 80km at 3500m or higher. They did not lie. This was one of the better treks that I have been on (and, as my faithful readers know, I have been on some good treks this year).

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