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Dream Trek to Machu Picchu

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

Machu Picchu

There are two ways to Machu Picchu. One is by train; the other by foot. My lifelong dream has always been to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu – to experience the trek the way the ancient Incas did. This Spring, my dream will become a reality.

Even though I’ve always wanted to visit Machu Picchu, the actual steps to realizing that dream only started very recently. Last summer, Kevin and I decided to choose one place we each wanted to visit most in the world. His choice was Thailand and, you guessed it, mine was Machu Picchu.

We crossed Thailand off our list in October 2007 (and had an amazing time doing it)! Next, it’s my turn to visit the place to which I’ve always dreamed of traveling.

Why did I choose Machu Picchu? Honestly, I can’t quite put into words why I am so drawn there. When I was in second grade, we were asked to create a simple paper book about oneself. To help facilitate the process, there were leading questions on each page, and one of them was “If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go”? (Heh, even back then we did memes). (more…)

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Body Work. So Worth It..

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

While I only spent two days in San Francisco, my best friend and I packed those days full! Right after getting off the plane, we went to drop off my luggage at her condo (which is gorgeous and so metro!). After getting a whirlwind tour of their place, we visited my favorite stop on my trip – a massage and body work facility called PSOAS. My friend and her husband have been going there for several months now. They do all sorts of fancy stuff there, like deep tissue massage, sports massage, joint mobilization, myofascial release, and work with other clinical/sports body issues.

Now, I should disclose that I’ve never had a professional massage in my adult life. Hard to believe, right? Well, knowing this, my friend said she would treat me to an hour-long session of deep tissue massage (yes, I have the greatest friend in the world, and not just because she treated me to a professional massage). I can’t explain in words how amazingly good I felt after that massage. Yes, it was tight and a little painful, though not unbearably painful, in certain places (notably my hips and neck) when he really got down into the muscle, but afterwards I came out feeling like a million bucks. I felt like I was floating on air. Pains that I never knew I had were gone!

So, needless to say, next time I visit San Francisco, Kevin is coming with me and we are both getting a deep tissue massage. Also, if you ever have a chance to get a deep tissue massage – do it. It’s worth it. So worth it.

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Weekend in San Francisco

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Tomorrow I am flying to San Francisco to visit my closest friend. She and I have been friends since high school and we were each others’ maids of honor at our weddings (though, my official title was “matron of honor” – blah).

Her and her husband just bought a really nice condo right near the water in San Francisco. They can afford that sort of thing because he just landed a job in a posh law firm.

Anyway, we talk on the phone often, but unfortunately it’s rare when we actually get to see each other in person. So, I am super excited about visiting her and just being able to hang out. I’ll be there the entire weekend and we already have our days planned out! Though, more often than not our plans usually unwind and we just go with the flow of whatever happens. For some reason it never matters because we always seems to have so much fun that way!

I’m toting my laptop there so I can blog the rest of NaBloPoMo and check my email, among other things. And besides, what would a self-proclaimed computer geek be without her laptop!? 😉

When next you hear from me, I will be up in the chilly* north!

*At least according to California standards!

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Lost in Translation

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

During our trip through Thailand via our plush tour bus, we stopped at several pit stops along the way to use the rest room and purchase a snack. We were lucky if the restrooms had “Western style” toilets; the rest of the time their were porcelain holes in the ground and you had to scoop water from a small reservoir inside the stall to pour into the hole to “flush it”.

Most of the time we had to pay the rest room stewards 2-5 baht (5-15 cents) to use toilet; the money paid for a small wad of toilet paper and for the daily cleaning of the rest rooms. All the stalls (at least for women) had a small trash can to put your toilet paper in, because it could potentially clog the septic system in a lot of the more rural areas.

On one particular stop, I noticed an odd (yet cute) graphic on the trash can in the stall. It amused me so much that I just had to take a photo. I’m not quite sure what else to say about the following photo, so I will leave you to admire the most amusing trash can graphic (art?) I’ve ever seen.

Cat Go Wild on Instinct… Do you?

In case it is hard to read, here is what it says below the title of “black & white”:

“We are very cool and probobly [sic] one of the most composed beings but when we cat we get wild on instinct. Do you?”

I’m not exactly sure what this literally means, but as a cat owner I’m certain that it’s true. 😉

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