http://www.jasondbarr.com Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:34:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We just recently completed a week in Peru.  I wrote up this narrative to avoid having to tell the same stories over and over again. :)  Of course, if you have other questions, you can ask us, but this should give you a general idea of what we did.  Better ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/summary-of-peru-trip/ So, we caught our flights with a minimum of hassle and made it back to Seattle a little bit after 1pm on Sunday afternoon.  From there, we had to hop right into the car and drive home, stopping in Kennewick, WA on the way home to pick up Porter from ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/trip-to-peru-wrapup/ Woke up pretty early this morning, as we had gone to bed early, as well. The checkout time here at our hotel is an outrageous 9am. I had no idea what we would do for the six hours we have to kill until getting on our train back to Cusco. ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/trip-to-peru-day-7-friday/ Okay, so the 1.75km hike is just to the base of the mountain that Machu Picchu is on. This kind of occurred to me as we were headed on the road out of town and it was sloping down, not up. It's another one and a half to two hour ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/trip-to-peru-day-6/ I didn't sleep hardly at all on Tuesday night. I'd been taking sleeping medication ever since we got here because we'd read on the internet that it's difficult to sleep if you're new to high altitudes and haven't acclimated yet. Well, the first few nights I'd slept like a log, ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/trip-to-peru-day-5/ On Tuesday morning, we wanted to go visit Pisac, another set of ruins a little further away from Cusco. We had planned on taking the bus, which only cost s/2 per person. We were walking from our hotel, and were almost to the bus stop, when we were confronted by ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/29/trip-to-peru-day-4-tuesday/ Since we had fallen asleep so early the previous night, I was, of course, wide awake at around 5:30 on Monday morning. I went downstairs to the lobby of the hotel, which also served as the dining room. I took the computer and was reading some articles I had saved ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/27/trip-to-peru-day-3/ When we deplaned in Cusco, I could immediately feel the altitude (around 11,000 feet above sea level). I was huffing and puffing on the walk up the jetway, and I know I'm not that out of shape. We went out front, as we hadn't checked any baggage, and waited for ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/27/54/ The day started off like many do in Seattle; a light drizzle that you can't hardly feel fall, but it makes everything wet around you. We checked in for our flight on American about three hours ahead of time. We hadn't planned on breezing through security like we did, so ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/09/27/trip-to-peru-day-1/ Man, this one is a big deal.  I've heard it said that a business partnership is much like a marriage, and I believe this to be very true.  Not only do you need to enjoy the person(s) you're partnered with (you'll be spending a lot of time with them), you ... http://www.jasondbarr.com/2008/07/16/picking-who-you-work-with/