http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp Enlisting the help of others as we embark on the adventure of a lifetime Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:54:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Like what you read on Kindness of Strangers?  Follow Elizabeth to her new blog, Life in Pencil, at www.lifeinpencil.com http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/06/27/life-in-pencil/ Sunday, March 15, 2009 I'm feeling a little like my tennis shoes these days: completely worn out. My shirts are sprouting holes, the circles under my eyes have dug a permanent trench, and I'll scream if I have to plan one more detail. But I also feel a ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/15/homeward-bound/ I've uploaded the last batch of Ecuador photos, complete with captions.  Enjoy! http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/14/new-photos-19/ In 72 hours we will be home, something that is difficult to fathom as I sit eating a thin-crust pizza with a fork in Quito, Ecuador, this evening. In preparation for our journey home, I have created a new page, which you will notice as a tab on the ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/13/thank-you/ Our first batch of photos from Ecuador are now posted. For once I had time to add caption, so enjoy! http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/09/new-photos-18/ Monday, March 9, 2009 "The last time I was in this airport it was a lot dumpier and I was drunk," said Maikael, as we cruised, stone-cold sober, towards immigration at Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito. He visited the city as a 16 year-old boy on a spring break ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/09/lets-do-it-again/ Sunday, March 1, 2009 When we arrived in Ollantaytambo, an ancient village nestled in the Sacred Valley that's been continuously inhabited since Inca times, we noticed a white station wagon ambling down the road. Its windshield was crusted in flowers, and it left a plume of toilet paper and colorful ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/02/the-wedding-crashers/ Hello, Faithful Readers!  I've just finished posting photos to the follow albums: Machu Picchu: A new album with some cool shots from our recent trip up to one of the most expensive archaeological attractions on the face of the earth! Lake Titicaca: There are new photos at the end of the Lake ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/01/lots-of-new-photos/ Friday, February 27, 2009 Going to Machu Picchu, especially for a budget traveler, is a very expensive undertaking. Unless you are hiking the Inca Trail, your only option is to take a round-trip PeruRail train, the one and only company offering such services (read: outrageously priced monopoly), to Aguas Calientes, ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/03/01/mucho-machu-picchu/ Tuesday, February 24, 2009 Setting sail from the shores of Lake Titicaca feels like passing through a veil into another world. A series of small islands, just minutes from the mainland, awaits, with their own language, culture, and traditions. Scads of tour operators from Puno run daily tours to ... http://www.kindnessofstrangerstravel.com/wp/2009/02/24/island-time/