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(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
Posted:
Right,
since I couldn't find my old post in this section of the forum, heres a new one!
Probably best to start at the start (I mean really, where else can we?)
Name: Martin
Location: at the moment? Peru
DOB: 4July 1976
Age: 27
Sex: manly .
Occupation: Intrepid explorer
Favorite Food: Anticuchos (at the moment) Yumm!
Toys: Poi, flashy glowy things and anything that does something interesting when lit.
Hobbies : Hiking, metal work, inventing crazy whirly things,biology, reading, traveling.
Education: B.S. Bioanalytical Science, I.T. Tallaght 2000 (I think)
Favorite Author(s) E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaffery
Well?
how many of you manage to get arrested/ beaten up/ water cannoned over the Mayday weekend? Hope you're all having a good time, and I'm sure that the water cannon helped keep you cool after a busy day marching!
Lots of protest marches in Lima and Pisco as well but the cops took a decidedly low key approach to the whole affair, and seemed to spend most of the time talking to the marchers about the local football league, which seems to be more violent and passionate than any march in Dublin, by about a factor of 10.
Pisco is abou 20 times more fun than Lima, everyone's very relaxed and seem to have more time to relax into the day, rather than going at it full tilt with their hand on the horn.
Tried the "Pisco sour" which is a drink made from the local liqour egg white and lemon juice. "Meh, not great", I thought, so I went on to PISCO PURA! the good stuff, which seemed to put me a good couple of steps above the others in the hostel according to the locals. They were especially impressed the next morning when I was fresh as a daisy had a big ol' breakfast and went off on a boat trip at 6:30, just as everyone else was dragging their sorry asses out of bed, with many a groan and whimper.
The boat trip was to "Guano Island" I can't remember the proper name in spanish. Anywho it was to a huge island where about a gazillion birds live
, pelicans, peruvian terns, turkey vultures, penguins, cormorants and a whole load more that I can't remember at the moment.
That was followed by a trip to the Paracas nature reserve, one of the most desolate places I've ever seen. The landscape seemed to be there just to hold up the rocks, and the rocks were there just to be turned into sand.
It was very beautiful though, and the first time since I arrived in Peru that it's actually been quiet. I can see why it holds such an attraction for some, the sand looks like the sea, complete with waves and sometimes rocks poking above the surface.
Beautiful, and not as barren as at first glance, little foxes, lizards and grasses manage to survive here, as well as the turkey vultures, always waitng at the end of the road.
Life always finds a way.
We also saw the "Candellabra" a great big design etched into the rock on the side of a hill facing the sea, various theories abound as to its origin from pre-inca sun worshipers to masonic stonecutters and alien space craft (those little gray dudes get everywhere don't they?)
Had a few beers with some folks doing volunteer work last night, lots of fun up on a balcony over the street, I was the only one not smoking.
Normally thhis wouldn't mean much, but as it happened I was the only one to notice the strange smell, and then the smoke.
More smoke than there should be.
And the smell...sort of fiery...
And the people below, shouting, "fuego!, fuego!" --fire! fire!--
Hmmm......
Oh look, here comes the fire brigade...and another fire engine...running in next door...with hoses...
So we spent the evening getting beers in beside a full-on blaze that took the fire department two hours to put out, good beer though....
I'll be off to Nazca tomorrow, spending the night there and seeing the lines the next morning. Decided to splash out on a flight over the lines, had to be done, had to be done.
Talk to me folks!,
Martin
And yes, I do like pink!
Right,
since I couldn't find my old post in this section of the forum, heres a new one!
Probably best to start at the start (I mean really, where else can we?)
Name: Martin
Location: at the moment? Peru
DOB: 4July 1976
Age: 27
Sex: manly .
Occupation: Intrepid explorer
Favorite Food: Anticuchos (at the moment) Yumm!
Toys: Poi, flashy glowy things and anything that does something interesting when lit.
Hobbies : Hiking, metal work, inventing crazy whirly things,biology, reading, traveling.
Education: B.S. Bioanalytical Science, I.T. Tallaght 2000 (I think)
Favorite Author(s) E.E. "Doc" Smith, Arthur C. Clarke, Anne McCaffery
Well?
how many of you manage to get arrested/ beaten up/ water cannoned over the Mayday weekend? Hope you're all having a good time, and I'm sure that the water cannon helped keep you cool after a busy day marching!
Lots of protest marches in Lima and Pisco as well but the cops took a decidedly low key approach to the whole affair, and seemed to spend most of the time talking to the marchers about the local football league, which seems to be more violent and passionate than any march in Dublin, by about a factor of 10.
Pisco is abou 20 times more fun than Lima, everyone's very relaxed and seem to have more time to relax into the day, rather than going at it full tilt with their hand on the horn.
Tried the "Pisco sour" which is a drink made from the local liqour egg white and lemon juice. "Meh, not great", I thought, so I went on to PISCO PURA! the good stuff, which seemed to put me a good couple of steps above the others in the hostel according to the locals. They were especially impressed the next morning when I was fresh as a daisy had a big ol' breakfast and went off on a boat trip at 6:30, just as everyone else was dragging their sorry asses out of bed, with many a groan and whimper.
The boat trip was to "Guano Island" I can't remember the proper name in spanish. Anywho it was to a huge island where about a gazillion birds live
, pelicans, peruvian terns, turkey vultures, penguins, cormorants and a whole load more that I can't remember at the moment. That was followed by a trip to the Paracas nature reserve, one of the most desolate places I've ever seen. The landscape seemed to be there just to hold up the rocks, and the rocks were there just to be turned into sand.
It was very beautiful though, and the first time since I arrived in Peru that it's actually been quiet. I can see why it holds such an attraction for some, the sand looks like the sea, complete with waves and sometimes rocks poking above the surface.
Beautiful, and not as barren as at first glance, little foxes, lizards and grasses manage to survive here, as well as the turkey vultures, always waitng at the end of the road.
Life always finds a way.
We also saw the "Candellabra" a great big design etched into the rock on the side of a hill facing the sea, various theories abound as to its origin from pre-inca sun worshipers to masonic stonecutters and alien space craft (those little gray dudes get everywhere don't they?)
Had a few beers with some folks doing volunteer work last night, lots of fun up on a balcony over the street, I was the only one not smoking.
Normally thhis wouldn't mean much, but as it happened I was the only one to notice the strange smell, and then the smoke.
More smoke than there should be.
And the smell...sort of fiery...
And the people below, shouting, "fuego!, fuego!" --fire! fire!--
Hmmm......
Oh look, here comes the fire brigade...and another fire engine...running in next door...with hoses...
So we spent the evening getting beers in beside a full-on blaze that took the fire department two hours to put out, good beer though....
I'll be off to Nazca tomorrow, spending the night there and seeing the lines the next morning. Decided to splash out on a flight over the lines, had to be done, had to be done.
Talk to me folks!,
Martin
And yes, I do like pink!
GOLD Member
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
playing the days away
7,263 posts
Location: The Middle lands, United Kingdom
Posted:
Hello Squarefish, good to see you made the journey back into HoP.
Sounds like you're having a wicked time on your travels, you got any piccies we can look at?
And you've got to tell us the may day story or there'll be trouble my lad!
Hello Squarefish, good to see you made the journey back into HoP.
Sounds like you're having a wicked time on your travels, you got any piccies we can look at?
And you've got to tell us the may day story or there'll be trouble my lad!
Let's relight this forum 
BRONZE Member
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
Posted:
I was reading the whole post going "surely he must put that he likes pink in here somewhere". 
Sounds like you are having a great time travelling.
I was reading the whole post going "surely he must put that he likes pink in here somewhere". Sounds like you are having a great time travelling.
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
SILVER Member
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
All the neurotic makings of America's lesser known sweetheart
9,831 posts
Location: body in Las Vegas, heart all around the world, USA
Posted:
'ello!
'ello!
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
SILVER Member
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
(...trusty steed of the rodeo midget...)
403 posts
Location: the state of flux, Ireland
Posted:
Well,
no pics yet cause I can't find an internet place that will let me hook up my camera to their precious, precious machines.
May have to wait until I get up the coast a bit more, oh well.
How many pics can I upload to the gallery anyway? or is it based on total space used?
Got to Nazca today and I'll be taking a dawn flight over the Nazca lines tomorrow, lets see if I can't find any alien landing sites, eh?
It's hot, damn hot, hot and dry I can feel it up in my nose and sinuses (maybe my head will shrivel up like a raisin)
Anywho, off to bed soon,
early start in the morning,
martin
Well,
no pics yet cause I can't find an internet place that will let me hook up my camera to their precious, precious machines.
May have to wait until I get up the coast a bit more, oh well.
How many pics can I upload to the gallery anyway? or is it based on total space used?
Got to Nazca today and I'll be taking a dawn flight over the Nazca lines tomorrow, lets see if I can't find any alien landing sites, eh?
It's hot, damn hot, hot and dry I can feel it up in my nose and sinuses (maybe my head will shrivel up like a raisin)
Anywho, off to bed soon,
early start in the morning,
martin
SILVER Member
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
wow sounds like your having an amasing time!! Welcome to hop land!!!
wow sounds like your having an amasing time!! Welcome to hop land!!!
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
SILVER Member
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Running hippy spinning lemming
15 posts
Location: Scotland
Posted:
wow you went to peru!
i've been to ecuador, loved it!
thank you for 2nite
x
wow you went to peru!
i've been to ecuador, loved it!
thank you for 2nite
x
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