Comments for Fugawe http://fugawe.wordpress.com Suz really at large - notes from home and the road Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Only a 3.8 by Suz at Large http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/only-a-38/#comment-26 Suz at Large Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:52:01 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/only-a-38/#comment-26 I was fine there, although we all took it easy the afternoon and evening we arrived. I live in Denver, which is a mile above sea level, and I think that helped me - although Cusco is nearly twice that altitude. The hotel had free oxygen you could use on request. I didn't, but several others did. There was also plenty of mate de coca available to us, and I drank it a few times a day. I don't know if anyone had real trouble breathing. Nobody dropped out of our daily excursions because of health problems. We were in two groups - one which avoided any challenging climbing and took the less strenuous options at some of the sites, and the other one (which I was in and did OK with). Considering I had a sinus infection the whole time (diagnosed just before I left for Lima, and I was taking medicine for it on the trip), I'm feeling lucky. I was fine there, although we all took it easy the afternoon and evening we arrived. I live in Denver, which is a mile above sea level, and I think that helped me – although Cusco is nearly twice that altitude.

The hotel had free oxygen you could use on request. I didn’t, but several others did. There was also plenty of mate de coca available to us, and I drank it a few times a day.

I don’t know if anyone had real trouble breathing. Nobody dropped out of our daily excursions because of health problems. We were in two groups – one which avoided any challenging climbing and took the less strenuous options at some of the sites, and the other one (which I was in and did OK with). Considering I had a sinus infection the whole time (diagnosed just before I left for Lima, and I was taking medicine for it on the trip), I’m feeling lucky.

]]> Comment on Only a 3.8 by fightingwindmills http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/only-a-38/#comment-25 fightingwindmills Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:38:22 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/only-a-38/#comment-25 Did you or anyone in your group have trouble breathing in Cusco? One of my friends passed out when we were touring a church. We drank a lot of mate de coca trying to get our blood to carry more oxygen to our suffering brains! Did you or anyone in your group have trouble breathing in Cusco? One of my friends passed out when we were touring a church. We drank a lot of mate de coca trying to get our blood to carry more oxygen to our suffering brains!

]]> Comment on Souvenirs by Your friend from Iowa :) http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/souvenirs/#comment-19 Your friend from Iowa :) Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:37:05 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/09/souvenirs/#comment-19 #4 I wanna discuss it! I wanna discuss it! #5 That bad, huh? ROFL #4 I wanna discuss it! I wanna discuss it!
#5 That bad, huh? ROFL

]]> Comment on Our Lady by Your friend from Iowa :) http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/our-lady/#comment-18 Your friend from Iowa :) Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:34:12 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/10/our-lady/#comment-18 "You can never have too much love or mercy". So true...so true. “You can never have too much love or mercy”. So true…so true.

]]> Comment on Serendipitous artwork by Your friend from Iowa :) http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/serendipitous-artwork/#comment-17 Your friend from Iowa :) Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:33:00 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/serendipitous-artwork/#comment-17 You used a digital camera for all these photots? NO WAY! You used a digital camera for all these photots? NO WAY!

]]> Comment on Sky by Your friend from Iowa :) http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/sky/#comment-16 Your friend from Iowa :) Sat, 28 Jul 2007 21:31:53 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/05/31/sky/#comment-16 Your pictures are amazing. I'm glad you had such a great experience. Your pictures are amazing. I’m glad you had such a great experience.

]]> Comment on They are serious about the vaccination by Richard Havers http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/07/22/they-are-serious-about-the-vaccination-2/#comment-15 Richard Havers Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:46:26 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/07/22/they-are-serious-about-the-vaccination-2/#comment-15 I was in Lima in the 70s lying in my bed in the first floor of an old hotel. Suddenly the dressing table started to shake, a movement that was accompanied by a rumbling sound. I thought blimey! It must be a quake. As I was making my way to stand in the doorframe I glanced out of the window and saw the cause of the trouble. It was a tank, or rather a string of tanks rolling down the road! Thanks for adding Airline Confidential btw.... I was in Lima in the 70s lying in my bed in the first floor of an old hotel. Suddenly the dressing table started to shake, a movement that was accompanied by a rumbling sound. I thought blimey! It must be a quake. As I was making my way to stand in the doorframe I glanced out of the window and saw the cause of the trouble. It was a tank, or rather a string of tanks rolling down the road!

Thanks for adding Airline Confidential btw….

]]> Comment on Diversions by Sean http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/diversions/#comment-3 Sean Wed, 04 Jul 2007 09:06:01 +0000 http://fugawe.wordpress.com/2007/07/03/diversions/#comment-3 Well done, it certainly sounds like you interfered with their nefarious plan. People should be more vigilant unfortunately they rarely are. Well done, it certainly sounds like you interfered with their nefarious plan. People should be more vigilant unfortunately they rarely are.

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