Preview of Mrjoey's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Arequipa, Peru Entry Title: "In Search of the Lost City" Entry: "".... the nearer your destination, the more you´re slip slidin away ..." Paul Simon I was planning on arriving at Machu Picchu almost 2 months ago (in fact I thought I would be home by now). I seem to be distracted and something keeps pulling me towards other places. Machu Picchu is my main reason for landing on this continent. My Holy Grail, the inspiration which set my imagination ablaze. When I will get there, now I do not know. Someone once said to me "it´s the journey that´s important, not the destination". Until I get there I will have to make do with other people´s accounts and Hiram Bingham´s awe inspiring story of when he discovered the citadel in the clouds. Because now I find myself teaching English in Arequipa. Backtracking to La Paz, Bolivia. Abandoned by Fabien, I set off solo out of the bowl, to start the ascent from 3600m to 4000m. And as I climbed out I came across 2 cyclists taking a break. Claude and his girlfriend (my memory for names seems to be getting worse) from Switzerland were on a cycling holiday in Bolivia. It turns out Claude had already completed a 7 year round-the-world cycle tour a few years ago. Which immediately made my cycle trip look like some warm up exercise. Undaunted I carried on towards ...
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