Maras Salt Mines

September 8, 2024
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On our last day in Cusco, we chose an ATV tour over a cooking class on guinea pigs. Did we choose wrong? We got picked up by a different guide as today was Jose’s day off. Deborah had another tour scheduled on her own but came back early due to the guide not speaking English […]

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Rainbow Mountain (Vinicunca)

September 7, 2024
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Fresh off our Inca trail hike, we opted to wake up later the next day and not at the suggested 0430 time to get more shut eye. We boarded our shuttle for the roughly three hour ride to our destination, sharing the road with sheep on the way. Our van traveling on the mountain road […]

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Inca Trail (Camino Inka)

September 3, 2024
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It was time to embark on our four day adventure on the historic trail that dates back to the 1400s. We got up before the barking dogs, beeping horns and street vendors to be picked up by Jose where we also picked up a couple from Holland and a pharmacist from Argentina along the way. […]

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Houston-Cusco (Cuzco)

August 31, 2024
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Day 1 Our bags were packed for an adventure that was many years in the making, one that was delayed by the manufactured COVID pandemic that swept the globe in 2020. We arrived at the airport that opened in 1969, the year that man first landed on the moon. It is also the only airport […]

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Manoa Falls to Maikiki Valley

August 25, 2024
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Hurricane Hone which eventually dissipated into a tropical storm but was still lashing the islands with torrential rain aborted my KST hike, so I met up with Aida and Roger, Akira and Tessa, David and Susan, and Scott to do a relatively “safer” hike in the rain. Even Chico showed up due to him mistaking […]

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Olomana (Birthday Hike)

August 18, 2024
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It was that time to celebrate another friend’s birthday in the mountains. Group photo left to right: Chico, Jason, Deborah, myself, Merrill, Aida, Scott, Groot, Tessa, Ryan, Amber, Chris, Dale and Akira. Aida securing the birthday balloons to Chico’s pack. Will they make it to the top? Does anybody have a sticker to add to […]

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Mauna Loa Lookout to Red Hill Cabin

August 10, 2024
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Allison, Chico, Deborah, Mari, Val and myself flew over to the Big Island to meet Roger to train on the volcanic landscape for our upcoming out of country trek. No visit to the Big Island wouldn’t be complete without visiting Ken’s House of Pancakes, KTA and Mt View Bakery. Checked. Roger had found out from […]

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‘Iliahi Ridge Loop Trail

August 4, 2024
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Scott pointed out this trail to us when we came down Manana Trail last weekend. Since it was a trail that I had never done before, that is how some of us found ourselves at the trailhead to Manana this particular Sunday morning. Again. Chico burning off excess energy. Missing one from the group photo. […]

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Protected: Poamoho Trail to Manana Ridge Trail

July 26, 2024
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Kuli’ou’ou Trail to Kamehame

July 21, 2024
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In search of more training grounds to hike, we met up on the congested street in East Oahu. Keep your voice down, lest you upset the neighbors. This trail has been called one of the finest hikes on the island by noted hiking author, Stuart Ball. Who am I to argue? Somebody forgot their phone […]

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