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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Started conversation Nov 30, 2004
Looks like I'm actually going to visit Peru next October. Always wanted to see Cuzco and Machu Piccu. I may actually activate my space at my ISP and put some piccies on it 
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Scandrea Posted Nov 30, 2004
Holy cow! Wow, you are one lucky kitty!
I'm so 
! How exciting that has to be! Make sure you get some good pictures, and watch the high altitude.
And don't drink the local water, or get anything with ice in it!
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Nov 30, 2004
Will be buying a digital camera before the trip 
I've never been to that high an altitude before so I don't know how it will affect me and the holiday will involve quite a lot of walking so I may have to get more exercise before the trip (some would be a start 
)
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Scandrea Posted Nov 30, 2004
Definitely! High altitude is hard to deal with! I spent every day at field camp wondering why I felt like I got hit by a truck every night, and the elevation change isn't as great as it is from Great Britain to the Andes!
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Thursday Posted Nov 30, 2004
Take it relatively easy for the first few days to adapt.
After a short while your red blood cell count increases to compensate for the low oxygen concentration, and then you can do more energetic things without getting lightheaded (
). You'll be able to tell when this is because exercise will get easier... 
Also, there may be something you could take if you got altitude sickness (ie the relatively mild kind of altitude sickness), but I honestly don't know about that sort of stuff at the moment.
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DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! Posted Nov 30, 2004
Wow, how marvellous! You lucky 
- yes, do let's see the piccies when you go. 
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Dec 3, 2004
Thanks for the tips Edward and Thursday
Altitude sickness sounds like a great excuse for what is presumably a legal drug in Peru
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Dec 3, 2004
Who are you going with?
(Asda have some good offers on digital cameras atm, I know because I sorted my parents this morning) Fuji - 2/3rds off.
Might be even cheaper in the New Year tho'
So, do you want some company?
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Dec 4, 2004
At the moment only other person going is my mother 
Hows that for un
But we are hoping to get my brother, and possibly sis, bro-in-law and nephew to go too
Can't recall the name of the tour company, they were pricey but we get to stay near Machu Piccu overnight
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hellboundforjoy Posted Dec 4, 2004
Ooh a family vacation. You have a much more adventurous family than I if you can get all those people to go with you.
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Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque Posted Dec 4, 2004
well we all went to Hungary but so far only my 64 year old mother is coming to Peru 
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- 1: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Nov 30, 2004)
- 2: Scandrea (Nov 30, 2004)
- 3: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Nov 30, 2004)
- 4: Scandrea (Nov 30, 2004)
- 5: Edward the Bonobo - Gone. (Nov 30, 2004)
- 6: Thursday (Nov 30, 2004)
- 7: Researcher 556780 (Nov 30, 2004)
- 8: DA ; Simply Vicky: Don't get pithy with me! (Nov 30, 2004)
- 9: hellboundforjoy (Dec 1, 2004)
- 10: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Dec 3, 2004)
- 11: Researcher 556780 (Dec 3, 2004)
- 12: Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor (Dec 3, 2004)
- 13: Blackberry Cat , if one wishes to remain an individual in the midst of the teeming multitudes, one must make oneself grotesque (Dec 4, 2004)
- 14: hellboundforjoy (Dec 4, 2004)
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