Peru Adventures you must Plan for your Visit

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Peru Adventures you must Plan for your Visit
Hurricanes can be destructive, obtrusive, and
incredibly intimidating. But for us there was no
stopping us from exploring the beautiful country
of Peru in early October 2009. Not even in the
eye of a hurricane. We packed up our entire
luggage and survival gear and our pal Mike drove
us from our home base of Kitchener-Waterloo,
Ontario to the Hilton in Buffalo, New York the
night before our flight. Expecting a very early
morning and an extremely long 2 weeks, we hit the
sack right away. Our Manu Jungle Expedition in
Puerto Maldonado. Eventually we got on the jet
before daybreak and started our flight. We had a
brief stopover in Atlanta.
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Now, for those of you who haven't been to the
Atlanta airport, you've most definitely got to
check it out. It's huge! Not only is it a big
airport but all of the terminals are connected
using a subway system. I guess if you're from a
large city where this is common, it's not such a
big deal, but for us it was really cool. It was
stormy outside so we just travelled on the subway
between terminals taking a look at all of the
cool displays while waiting for our next
flight. We arrived late that evening in Lima,
Peru and our first order of business after
getting through all of the security and luggage
checks was to go pick up our vehicle. We rented a
small manual Suzuki SUV. Technically it could
seat 5 people. But realistically, after we packed
it up with our gear, it could only seat about 2
persons. Luckily, there were only two of us.
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The airport parking lot funneled us into a very
eerie part of town. The roads were all gravel and
the there was no distinction, aside from random
elevated dirt piles and grass, between the road,
the boulevard, the sidewalk and the adjacent
buildings. Speaking of the adjacent buildings,
most of them were closed and boarded up. Those
that were open were extremely well accented with
neon lights and surround buy loitering hoodlums.
It was definitely a place that we needed to get
out of. As Pat sped through all of the red
lights, I guided him out of the city using the
GPS on my Blackberry. How perfect. At this point
it was 2am. Our Manu Jungle Expedition in Puerto
Maldonado started quite awesome.
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Eventually we made it onto the main highway.
After driving for about an hour, and passing
through some not so welcoming towns (at least
that is what they seemed like at night), we hit
our first toll booth. We paid the toll with
whatever soles our friend from Canada passed on,
and were on our way. When we arrived at the
second toll booth, well, we didn't have enough
money. We offered to pay in American dollars, as
that was typically okay in South American
countries, but the clerk wouldn't accept. He said
that there was no way that they were going to
accept American dollars and that this "wasn't
Columbia". So what did we do? We couldn't drive
backwards because we were too low on fuel to look
for a place that was open late. Those that were
close enough were closed. So we just pulled over
and slept until sunrise.
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