Day 1: April 9, 2013, 11:59 PM
Two months ago, the US Embassy posted the following warning:
The U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, has received information that members of a criminal organization may be planning to kidnap U.S. citizen tourists in Cusco and Machu Picchu. Possible targets and methods are not known, but the threat is credible at least through the end of February 2013. For the moment, personal travel by U.S. Embassy Lima personnel to the Cusco region, including Machu Picchu, has been prohibited and official travel is severely restricted as a result of this threat.
This morning we left our home in Oregon, Wisconsin at 6:30 AM. My dad drove us to O'Hare (~3 hour drive) where we would depart around noon. We stopped at Burger King on our way out of town. That may be the last American food we eat for a while! Here I am at O'Hare. It should be noted that everything you see here (what I am wearing and carrying in my backpack), is all I'm taking for this 16 day adventure.
Two months ago, the US Embassy posted the following warning:
The U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, has received information that members of a criminal organization may be planning to kidnap U.S. citizen tourists in Cusco and Machu Picchu. Possible targets and methods are not known, but the threat is credible at least through the end of February 2013. For the moment, personal travel by U.S. Embassy Lima personnel to the Cusco region, including Machu Picchu, has been prohibited and official travel is severely restricted as a result of this threat.
This morning we left our home in Oregon, Wisconsin at 6:30 AM. My dad drove us to O'Hare (~3 hour drive) where we would depart around noon. We stopped at Burger King on our way out of town. That may be the last American food we eat for a while! Here I am at O'Hare. It should be noted that everything you see here (what I am wearing and carrying in my backpack), is all I'm taking for this 16 day adventure.
Our flight schedule is as follows:
April 9, 2013
O'Hare to Houston, United Airlines, 12:00 PM - 2:39 PM
Houston to Lima, United Airlines, 3:50 PM - 10:25 PM
April 10, 2013
Lima to Cuzco, LAN Airlines, 5:15 AM - 6:35 AM
Here's a couple of photos from the large plane we took from Houston to Lima:
Here's a couple of photos from the large plane we took from Houston to Lima:
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| I'm charging my phone on a plane! Cool. |
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| There's Adam. |
I'm in the Lima Airport at the food court now. People have their dogs in here. I'm afraid to wash my hands because of the toxicity of the water so I've been using hand sanitizer non-stop. Two more hours until our gates are open and we can go wait on a more secure area. This area is open to the public and is loud. I'm exhausted and can't sleep. (I don't have any photos from the Lima Airport because I was too scared to take out my camera -- anything that makes me look like a rich American should be avoided, right? A little paranoid from the travel warnings...)
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