Eyes Right …or, South America on the Up and Up

img060 This is not necessarily like looking at visitors’ photograph albums from their vacation to Machu Picchu, Peru, although the story does take place there. And, indeed, Machu Picchu is an amazing, famous, breath-seizing place.

This story is more about observations and experiences made between Machu Picchu and Cuzco on the way back to civilization after our awe-inspiring ascent and descent where the top of that mountain meets the Inca Trail. It is a recounting of an unusual encounter that really happened.

No it’s not a “touristing-type” story at all; rather, it’s about the impact of meeting Ernest Hemingway on this narrow, curvy, mostly-paved road high in the Andes. You may know this road. It’s that precarious twisty one without guardrails; you know, the one where you can look straight down from your bus window! Wait a minute! Except for a hiking trail (like the Inca Trail), tourists must use the train; it’s the one and only means to get to and from Machu Picchu. What roads? Ernest Hemingway?

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