Back in Quito today, after a grueling day of travel yesterday, a three part flight from Cusco to Lima to Guayquil to Quito. My last few days in Cusco were amazing, I love that city and will have to return. The hostel I stayed at was called the Yanapay, which is run by a man named Yuri who uses his profits to support a local childrens shelter he runs, for street children. Went dancing and partying several times with various volunteers who were staying there and working. Did a ton of dancing and a dash of drinking.
One night I went with a German girl from the hostel and met a guy who took couchsurfers at the Plaza Del Armas, and we went to a British style pub and played pool, and then went to a bar and say an amazing live reggae band, and then went to a hopping dance club and danced until four am. Fun night.
It was tough to leave, I would have liked to volunteer at the Yanapay for a while (highly recommend it to people interested in volunteering in an amazing city.)
Haven't been able to post pictures for a while, so heres a couple from the last few weeks.
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| Monkey Reserve in Puyo, Ecuador: Let there be Monkeys! | 
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| This Guy had only one hand and would only play with me | 
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| One of the Hippies I met in Pailon Del Diablo, he made money by being a statue of Jesus in Quito | 
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| Epic Waterfall in Macas, Ecuador, where shamans take people on Ahajuasca to be ritually cleansed | 
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| Me being cleansed (not on Ahajuasca...unfortunately) | 
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| The walk to the awesome cave in Macas with a couple of Peace Corps volunteers, Leah, Darwin, Brian, left to right | 
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| The Road on the way to Aguas Calientes, Peru | 
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| More Road, more Rivers, past Cusco, Peru | 
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| Standing above an Epic view at the Entrance to Machu Picchu, Peru | 
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| Ruins reaching out through the mist, early morning in Machu Picchu | 
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| Llama chillin in the Mist in Machu Picchu | 
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| Standing by another epic view, Machu Picchu | 
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| Me and Stuart (from las Tolas, who I ran into 5000km south randomly in Machu Picchu) | 
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| Machu Picchu from Huayna or Wayna Picchu, after an insanely hard climb | 
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| Me and David smoking a cuban cigar on top of Wayna Picchu | 
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| The Trail down from Huayna Picchu (the easy part) | 
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| Machu Picchu from Wayna Picchu | 
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| The Yanapay hostel in Cuzco, amazing little place | 
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