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Rimini: how to find the best hotel

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:56:11 +0000

Official guide to Rimini Hotels. We provide an original guide to Rimini and a selected list of hotel rimini and others italian destinations.

San Diego Vacation Rentals

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 07:39:47 +0000

Everyone from United States has thought of visiting San Diego at some point. Tourism is blossoming in San Diego lately with tourists arriving across the country as well as from countries abroad. Vacation rentals San Diego are numerous and you can find excellent variety and price ranges. There are many vacation rentals san diego which also offer very competitive packages for groups with magnificent tours around the city. More information you can find on vacation rentals san diego

Book your Hotel Online and Pay When You Stay with CRSHotels.com

admin — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:04:52 +0000

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Budget accommodation & Backpacking in Sydney

admin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 11:01:35 +0000

Manly Backpackers is the largest and most fun-filled manly beach accommodation on Sydney`s Northern Beaches. We’re located right in the heart of Manly beach.
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Go Healthy At The Ayurveda Resorts In South India

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 23:21:45 +0000

Go Healthy At The Ayurveda Resorts In South India

Get introduced to the beautiful you to the healthy you after the rejuvenating experience of Ayurvedic massages in South India. This Indian destination is popular the world over for offering amazing Ayurvedic massages and treatments leading to physical relaxation and mental well being. Whether you want to relax or want to cure yourself of some kind of disease this region of the country is the place to head for.

Ideally located in beautiful and natural surroundings the Ayurveda Resorts and Spas Of South India have highly skilled and well trained professionals to pamper you with blissful Ayurvedic sessions. Relax under some shady coconut grooves in Kerala and experience a refreshing massage. Kerala Kovalam Alleppey Kumakom Trivandrum Cochin and Calicut are some of the best destinations for Ayurveda.

Leave behind the fastpaced daily routine noisy environment and worries of daytodaylife and let yourself loose into the revitalizing massages at the backwaters and beaches of South India. Enjoy the perfect combination of natural beauty and heavenly comfort at the resorts and take back home a ‘healthy experience’ which you will remember for long. A wide variety of packages are offered by these wonderful resorts such as packages for weight loss depression stress and beauty enhancement.

Some of the best Ayurveda Resorts In South India are:

Kerala Ayurveda Resorts

Keraleeyam Heritage Home and Ayurvedic Resort
Kairali Ayurvedic Health Resort
Somatheeram Ayurvedic Beach Resort
Coconut Holiday Resorts
Somatheeram Ayurvedic Beach Resort
Kovalam Ayurveds Resort

Cochin Ayurvedic Resort

Tamil Nadu Ayurveda Resorts

Lukmaania Vaidhyasala
Cholayil Sanjeevanam
Le Royal Meridien
Sukhada Ayurveda

Karnataka Ayurveda Resorts

Ayurvedagram Health Resort
Soukya Health Resort
Windflower Resort
Kairali Om Beach Resort
Golden Palms Resort
Pondicherry Ayurvedic Resorts

Rosema Ayurveda Resort

About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Plan a South India Tour to experience the bliss of Ayurveda. The various Ayurveda Resorts in South India offer a variety of packages to cater to the needs of different tourists. Established at the scenic locations offering sheer natural beauty and peace the Ayurvedic beach resorts in South India beckon you for a lifetimeexperience.

Globalhotels-24-7 Increases Availability In Europes Trendiest City – Barcelona

admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:39:30 +0000

Globalhotels-24-7 Increases Availability In Europes Trendiest City – Barcelona

Barcelona has exceptional weather but its so much more than just a suntrap. Culture pours out of this street in a respected nurtured way. Imagine Rome where the locals like their history and respect their antiquities. Youd be forgiven for thinking that Barcelona is a newboy on the block compared to the capital of the Ancient Romans but Barcelona predates Rome by 200 years in Greek culture.

So what brings people to Barcelona? Depends who you ask really its a financial capital a manufacturing capital a tourist magnet and a business hub. Like its always been Barcelona is a merchants paradise and a travellers treasure trove. Why? Because unlike most of stalwart Europe Barcelona got it right despite its history traditions and culture Barcelona actually bothered to embrace others.

So if youre going anywhere get yourself a flight a car and hotel in Barcelona!

But what about a quick trip and a nice hotel stay in Paris I hear you say? Or say you what about a classic hotel and a lively night in London? Glitzy Monaco with its Casinos and luxurious hotels? Or maybe other cities with their distinctive styles and 10000 year old city limits. Barcelona breaks with tradition by doing what we all love history food and better. It infuses the best of current European by letting live alongside its old myriad of historic buildings and culture but sharing its respect and enthusiasm for both equally.

Dude wheres my hotel in Barcelona? Thats up to you. If you want a sun holiday with a little culture on the side why bother staying in the middle of nowhere when you can base yourself here and enjoy the 4.5km of beaches on the Med just like you have anywhere else in southern Europe. But you get so much more I like to call it the history of the new. Barcelonas tribute to our shared history but just done now. Food Music museums architecture all Spanish but all distinctively Europeanly Spanish!

What you waiting for get yourself to Barcelona?

About the writer: David is a Search Engine Optimisation consultant. Online Marketing

Global Resorts Network: You Guide For Luxurious Travel

admin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:39:28 +0000

Global Resorts Network: You Guide For Luxurious Travel

Everybody loves to travel once in a year or even a lot more than we usually do. But to be frank the prices of resorts air tickets and food makes it very difficult for us to even think of traveling.

Now a day you will notice many travel agencies that can help you in a firstclass travel to anywhere round the globe. You will also find plenty of online travel sites that help you in all your travel requirements. Talking about travel agents the first thing that comes to my mind is Global Resorts Network.

Global Resorts Network is a travel related home based business that is hugely attracting attention in business opportunity areas. It has newly obtained the exclusive rights to market a very high end travel association membership for people of all kind.

Global Resorts Network offers you plenty of deals and discount offers that you would probably not find anywhere else in the world. You will be able to relax knowing that your GRN agent will keep you updated with all the new offers and the best deals. With GRN you will be able to make all the arrangements without having to deal with the hassle but still get the best prices.

Global Resorts Network helps its travelers find some awesome deals on weeklong condo stays. Not only this its members also profit from the sales of travel memberships by allowing its affiliates to market for the main company where they can earn huge money just for telling people about the discount membership.

If you are a travel freak and always love to travel then whats better than GRN. Being a member of GRN you can have a life time membership and have an access over 5000 luxurious 4 and 5 star resorts and hotels all over the world. All these facilities with no blackout dates or restricted weeks. No matter where you want to go to a beach a mountain or even visit The Disney land with your family you are in total control travel anywhere round the world with GRNs platinum membership.

One of the more services that Global Resorts Network offers is a budget holiday packages cruise vacations specialty holiday packages all these and lots more at a reduced rate. Talking about the business side this is one of the best home based business opportunities available right now. The compensation plan that GRN offers is just so powerful that you will make huge profits just while traveling. I know and am sure that it has already created a few millionaires and there will be many more in the near future.

When it comes to GRN you are going to travel with flexibility. You will be taking a vacation that is not just a regular family holiday but also a perfect and luxurious vacation of your life time.

About the writer: Author BIO: Peter Myers is a team leader mentor and homebased business coach with GRN Team Platinum. He spent 20 years in real estate and investment property sales lending buying remodeling and selling homes. He now devotes all his work time to the Global Business and enjoys skiing scuba diving traveling and spending time with his sons. You can reach him at pmyersglobalresortsfacts.com or 800 9353280.

Global Resorts Network : Lifetime Membership Compared To Owning A

admin — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:25:46 +0000

Global Resorts Network : Lifetime Membership Compared To Owning A Timeshare

This article looks at Global Resorts Network lifetime membership compared to timeshare ownership. A timeshare typically costs between 7000 and 45000. A lifetime membership to Global Resorts Network costs 2995. Timeshares also have yearly maintenance fees of between 400 to 1200 per year. Global Resorts Network has zero yearly maintenance fees.

Timeshares typically give you one or two weeks per year. Global Resorts Network gives you up to fifty two weeks per year. With a timeshare your destinations are limited. Global Resorts Network has over five thousand resorts worldwide in the member registry. Many of the properties are Marriott Disney or Sheraton. Very high quality with private beaches multiple swimming pools great restaurants golf courses tennis every thing you want in a luxury resort.There are great locations in Hawaii Mexico Australia Europe Canada just to name a few.

Platinum lifetime members can vacation at these properties for as little as 298 for the entire week. That’s not per person but for the whole family. The maximum charge is never more than 799 usually Hawaii. Some of these resorts charge 300500 per night to non GRN members. You can literally save 10002000 on a one week stay!. With timeshares the quality of the resorts varies with location. The destinations with Global Resorts Network are all three to five star resorts the vast majority being four and five star. Timeshares do not have direct online booking or last minute booking. Global Resort Network has both instant online booking and last minute booking can be made less than 48 hours before check in.

The lifetime membership sells for 2995 and the 3 year membership is only 1495. Some of the great advantages over other vacation clubs or memberships is the simple ease of use.

You have online access to all the properties and available dates with clearly marked prices. Easy to book on line or use the full service travel agents. No Blackouts No restrictions No Coupons No yearlyFees No Maintenance charges No Hassles.

All of this is backed up by a world leader in discount luxury vacations who has marketed this membership for over 20 years at 10000 or more. Now with the internet and independent affiliates marketing the memberships the price has dropped by 70!

Timeshares do not pay you a referral fee if you tell someone else about it who purchases a timeshare. Global Resorts Network has a referral compensation of 500 for Gold to 1000 per platinum membership. Timeshares also do not have a income opportunity connected to it. Global Resorts Network has a business model that gives the possibility of creating financial freedom.

Timeshares do not give you major discounts on cruises and hotels. Global Resorts Network gives you deep discounts on any cruise or hotel worldwide. The following is a true story. A man wanted to go on a honeymoon cruise. He had already booked a cruise for 4695. The room he really wanted was the honeymoon suite which was 7095 but he could not afford it. He found out about Global Resorts Network and contacted a member. The member took down all the information on the cruise: dates location ect. and called to see what kind of discount the man could get if he was a lifetime member. He called the man back to let him know that he could get the honeymoon suite for 695. The man joined as a lifetime member of Global Resorts Network for 2995 booked the honeymoon suite for 695 and only had to pay a total of 3690. He saved over a thousand dollars over what he had booked before and saved 3405 off the price of the honeymoon suite. Plus he got a lifetime membership with Global Resorts Network.

To sum it up the benefits of a Global Resorts Network lifetime membership clearly outshines the benefits of owning a timeshare.

About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Jeff Goodman is a Coach for Abundant Wealth. He is committed to the long term ongoing success of his business partners. He lives with his wife and son in a beautiful spot in Hawaii overlooking a waterfall. Global Resorts Network Membership Info: http://www.superiortotimeshares.com
Global Resort Network business info: http://www.tropicalabundance.com

Gibraltar – The Finest Caves In Europe And Its Natural

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:32:25 +0000

Gibraltar – The Finest Caves In Europe And Its Natural Preserve Makes It Perfect For Bird Spotting

Gibraltar is a city on the Mediterranean near the southern tip of Spain. Gibraltar is city fought over for 1200 years by Moors the Spanish and the British. Today Gibraltar is selfgoverned by a legislative assembly but is a British territory. Gibraltar has dutyfree shopping the climate is mild and tourism is an important industry. The best way to get to Gibraltar is walking across the border from Spain. Tourists do not need a ticket to cross the border but need their passport.

The town of Gibraltar sits on northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar enclosed by fortress walls. The Moorish Castle and its buildings are in the town of Gibraltar. Narrow passages and long steep steps provide the paths through the town and lead to its churches and other historic buildings. The Gibraltar Museum houses both military and archeological artifacts and the rare remains of a Neanderthal man. Among the sites in the south end of the town is the bay where the HMS Victory brought the body of Admiral Nelson killed in the Battle of Trafalgar. Catalan Bay the fishing village is in the east area of Gibraltar along with several other historic sites.

Cave explorers visit Gibraltar to search what many call the finest caves in Europe. The upper rock of Gibraltar is a nature preserve and a perfect spot for birdwatchers and botanists. Dolphin watchers enjoy visiting the Bay of Gibraltar as divers practice their diving skills among the sunken ships in the seawaters of the Bay.

About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;StigArne Kristoffersen
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Gianni Truviannis Bus Trip From Tacna Chile To Lima Peru

admin — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:56:59 +0000

Gianni Truviannis Bus Trip From Tacna Chile To Lima Peru

It happened in late September of 92 while I was in Buenos Aires that I decided to go back to Lima Peru from where I knew I would go back to the United States but only after having captured that part of Peruvian life I had yet to really see.

The part I make reference to is those shanty towns which in Spanish or at least in Peru are referred to as pueblos Jovenes which if literally translated in to the English language would be young towns. This an expression which to a certain extent is kinder then the one coined in English which implies more or less extreme poverty. While the one in Spanish or from Peru I am not aware weather or not this expression is used in every Spanish speaking country suggests that the town is young and by virtue of which is still in stages of early development; justifying a lack of certain facilities such as running water or electricity. Of course from a technical point of view we could say that every major city at one point was a settlement that eventually turned in to perhaps a metropolis.

By then I had been in South America a little over a year and decided after having visited places like Curacao a Dutch island located off Venezuelas coast Chile and Argentina that it was time to head back to the States but rather then catch a flight directly from Buenos Aires to New York I would take the bus from Buenos Aires to Lima. From Lima I would catch a flight to Miami and go the rest of the way by bus me being short of money at the time. However this only after having spent sometime in Lima; getting all those shots I had not during my first few months there this the time in my life in which I was involved heavily in photography.

It was in early October that I entered Peruvian territory actually not by bus but in a shared taxi with five other people as strangely enough or perhaps not so much so there is no bus or at least not at the time which actually goes from Santiago to Lima but one that limits itself to taking passengers across the boarder which means from Arica in Chile which at one moment in history was a part of Peru to Tacna in Peru. This last city being one that actually changed hands twice; first being Peruvian and then Chilean then back to Peru again. All of which happening after the war Peru and Bolivia lost against Chile which lead to both countries loosing a good deal of their land. Bolivia arguable having more taken away as they were forced to give up their connection to the Pacific ocean.

Once in Tacna I hooked up with a blonde man from Argentina who happened to be on his way back to Venezuela. This the place he and his Venezuelan wife had come to call home given it was where he had found a job in that countrys ever lucrative oil industry. Tacna as many may know is a city in a providence of Peru which also bears the same name that in all truth has very little to offer anybody specially a tourist however this city does receive a lot visitors given its being what is commonly known as a Free Port. This being a place where goods are sold cheaply given they never really entered the country meaning import taxes were never added to their price.

It is this factor that lends cause to many Peruvians travelling a whole day by bus to an otherwise small dirty city in the middle of the desert for it is there that they fill up with goods to take back and above all sell in Lima needless to say at a higher price. Of course there are those that travel by plane from Lima to Tacna as I had done on my way there but these would be tourist which this place does not really attract all that many unless they wish to catch a connecting flight to Bolivia or Chile or Argentina. There are even those who make the trip by car but these are few for I found out that it is actually cheaper for those Peruvians seeking to do business in Tacna to travel by bus then by car usually from Lima.

In all that concerns travel between Tacna and Lima or vice versa one can discard the train option for it simply does not exist not only between these two cities but any in Peru; save Lima and Cuzco. Though I imagine the train would not have been all that more comfortable or faster even if there had been one.

Once in Tacna and seated next to each other on the bus bound for Lima my newly acquired traveling companion from Argentina and I were able to see clearly what this trip; which I was taking for the first time though not he was going to be all about. I having flown from Lima to Tacna when time was what I had less of while money more of was saved the experience. Naturally it would not have been the same. This because when people went from Lima to Tacna they did not take much in the way of luggage with them but it was the other way around. It was the TacnaLima trips were the busses were loaded to maximum capacity given that all these travelling merchants brought back with them all their goods which literally filled the bus to the point where one could not take two steps in the aisle without having to go around or over somebodys luggage.

This being the case since the bus companies set no limits on how much one could actually transport on these busses which resulted in the roofs of the busses being stacked almost two meters high while the carry on compartments were also jammed pack as well as the overhead ones. There were some who even travelled the whole way standing; as they preferred to volunteer their seats so there Pioneer stereo might travel in comfort. Fortunately in all this I was spared from having to travel with any livestock given that Tacna did not really offer any.

Naturally as always Peruvian bus companies; always in an attempt of being considerate to their passengers tried to install as many seats on the bus as possible which was awfully descent of them in wanting to take as many as possible even if it meant removing the toilet so this might be accomplished. Yes the toilet was sacrificed from these types of busses that normally have them so two more paying passengers could make the more then 24 hour trip. For all things considered even in Peru it would be hard to find someone willing to pay for a seat in the toilet.

Once however the bus started on its way my Argentine traveling companion by the name of Jorge last name I do not recall and I got seated and even comfortable well more or less and got to talking about the many curious aspects of our journey. One of them being that the roads in Peru were simply nothing that could even be compared to either Chile or Argentina; as at least these two countries had paved ones. The road we were traveling on; which could not be called a highway by any stretch of the imagination was a dry dirt road which made it specially dusty for us in the bus when we were overtaken by any faster moving vehicle which was not all that difficult given the limited speed our bus had to travel at due to all that had been packed on top.

During our trip Jorge and I talked about our lives me telling him about my career as a photographer while he told me about his life in Venezuela; though our topics did include historical ones like Eva Peron. It was on this aspect that he told me that my understanding of this subject was that of the typical American which I asked what that was to his reply that my view was like all Americans who believed in a simplified version of Eva Peron. The one that she and her husband led a government which was perhaps generous to the poor but very corrupt to which I asked if that was not the case to hear that all was not that simple.

Our bus trip however would be interrupted at the borderline between the province of Tacna and the rest of Peru. This because though Tacna is a part of Peru it is treated because of its status as a free port as another country; where one is in fact required not only to show ones passport but go through customs and even pay duty on what one has purchased in Tacna. This however not a process one is not required to under go when one enters Tacna from the rest of Peru.

As one can suspect with all those people on the bus who were full up with goods customs would be an issue which would take a great deal of time specially since there were several other busses in front of us on line to get across the boarder. Many busses however more often then not would take up a collection amongst its passengers to pass on to the custom officer who in turn would not look too carefully or at all for that matter and even let busses that paid go through without having to wait online. All of which making life easier but with my travel companions fortune and mine on that occasion we just happened to get on a bus of passengers; who apart from being loaded with goods were not really willing to shell out any money to bribe the customs officer. All of which meant Jorge and I; who had nothing on us apart from our clothes and personal belongings would have to wait ten hours or perhaps more at the boarder before we would be let through simply because we were on a bus that was apparently carrying contraband with people who were to frugal to pay what would have amounted to 10 dollars a piece for the bus to go through or perhaps five would have done it. As a matter of fact Jorge and I even offered to put in five dollars each to the collection that would have gone to the customs officer only to find out that we and another woman were the only ones willing to sacrifice money for the sake of saving time.

It was when confronted with the options of having to spend ten hours at customs or put up a lot more then five dollars to pay a customs officer to ignore contraband we did not even have that Jorge and I did the only sensible thing we could do which was to take another bus to Lima. This we did first by getting off the bus with our luggage me helping Jorge carry his as he had more then I did and walking across the border which only included customs and not passport control.

Once across the boarder after having shown the customs officer that we had nothing other then personal belongings; as neither of us had made any purchases in Tacna we got on a bus that had also passed customs. Naturally we had to pay the price of two more TacnaLima tickets given that in Peru; one bus is not required to take passengers from another bus even if it is the same company or to the same destination simply because they could or would not wait to get through customs. Jorge and I; however did not mind paying as it was not really all that much and we were able to get going faster.

Once inside what was now our second bus; we continued chatting away and our topic after having discussed Eva Peron whom I labeled as demigod much to Jorges protest to the contrary ; turned to the recent arrest of Abimael Guzman. This the man considered to be the leader of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso Shinning Path who many in Peru wanted to be tried in a military court though he had never been a member of the military for of all things treason. This a charge which in most countries Peru included is usually reserved for those in the military past a certain rank or those with security clearances neither of which applied to Guzman. There were those in Peru who were even calling for his death though Peru did not have this penalty at the time and would not have it till President Fujimori currently serving a prison term in Peru imposed it on the constitution later that year.

Sendero Luminoso a group which since its formation in 1980 was responsible for the deaths of over 20000 people and a car bomb which in that very year killed 27 people in Limas district of Miraflores. I must confess I did not know much about what was happening in connection with the arrest of Guzman other then what I had heard on television in Buenos Aires which was that he had finally been captured. This after many years of eluding the police; in a house located in Lima in the district of Surco where he was being hidden by a couple running a dance school from the very house. I even remembered hearing that the lady of the house who was a devout supporter of Guzman was also the niece of famed Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa who had run and lost in a runoff election against Fujimore President of Peru at the time in Perus 1990 presidential election. This after actually having won the first round.

With the trip being long Jorge and I got to sleep but not before chatting up some local Peruvian girls; whom I even took photos of some of which included myself in the shot which Jorge took with my trusty Minolta. Indian girls from Peru I must say were not unattractive or at least the ones we met on the bus. This perhaps the reason that despite all his dedication to the USA actor Marion Morrison a.k.a. John Wayne married two Peruvian women while Polands presidential candidate Tyminski took one of his own for his first wife though he is presently married to a lady from China. It was through our conversations with these Peruvian ladies that we got to know more about our host country in exchange for which I gave them some of the photographs I had on me taking in places like Rome Paris and London.

As for the bus it was much dirtier then the one in Chile and went slower but it did perform its function though I was afraid that I would have to go to the toilet which made it that I did not drink or eat much; for what should be obvious reasons. I for my part did not take long to fall asleep since I had been traveling from Buenos Aires and I figured I could get some sleep since we probably would have no more problems however one slight one did come up. After having traveled on the bus for what must have been two or three hours we went through a police passport control which was only intended for nonPeruvians and since Jorge and I were the only ones who were; it was us who were required to get off the bus and show our passports.

Somebody actually shouted out something which struck me as being rather funny while Jorge and I were on our way off the bus to get back on of course that when translated to English went all those from Arequipa get off. This a reference to how Peruvians joke about those who came from the province Arequipa not being real Peruvians given their independent stand from the government in Lima that goes to the extreme of them having their own passports which in Arequipa are used to get discounts in some hotels and restaurants. As a personal matter; my sisters husband at the time who she would go on to divorce came from this part of Peru.

Night time eventually fell on what had been this long day and journey and the bus made a stop near a restaurant in Arequipa which saw everybody get off the bus mainly to get something to eat or go to the toilet. Of course the reality was that we in fact had no choice but to get off the bus while it was being fueled this because since everybody but Jorge and I had very expensive goods so much that they had to leave them on the bus. It created a situation that nobody was trusted on the bus with so much value merchandise specially while most were a way from their seats and contraband goods.

Jorge and I got of the bus not really minding that we had to and I must confess that unlike most of what I had seen on that road; this restaurant in Arequipa though humble gave an appearance of being clean or at least enough that I ordered something to eat which did not even come wrapped in plastic. A large chicken and rice meal was what I had in spite of my being a vegetarian in those days while Jorge had the same and I would even add that the food in its simplicity was not bad.

The break finished which I also used to go to the toilet after which we got on our way and I figured wrongly of coarse that I would sleep through the night and we would get to Lima early so I could take a much needed shower. This was what I planned but like most plans it went slightly astray as did the bus actually. It happened well in to the night that the bus driver who did not have anybody to relieve him ended up falling asleep at the wheel while going quite fast; especially for the kind of road we were on.

The bus went off the road though fortunately not off one of the many high cliffs some over 20 meters but just the road and in to a sort of sand trap which we required all the passengers to get off the bus while the men were made to push the bus. We had dogged a bullet one could say as things definitely could have been worse as the bus might have fallen from a great height or turned over but luckily no one was hurt. Most on the bus even took what had happened in stride as it was not uncommon.

I for my part however found it hard to get back to sleep spending much of the night awake in fear of the same thing reoccurring which however did not. The night however was a beautiful one despite it all; traveling under a clear desert sky that displayed the wonder that is the Southern Cross which I could not help but admire in my sleeplessness.

Morning eventually did come to find our bus still on the road and making its way to Perus capital of more then six million inhabitants I however had not managed to get much sleep after what had transpired but did not feel all that sleepy despite it. Jorge and I continued our chatting till we finally got to Lima where we exchanged addresses and said our good byes after what had been a most memorable trip for many reasons. One of them being Jorges pleasant personality and interesting comments on the many topics of mutual interest we hit upon. Jorge and I however would never meet again and it is unlikely we ever will though I in later years took his personality and looks and put them in to the fictional Polish speaking cab driver from Argentina who appears in my first New Yorks Opera Society.

About the writer: My name is Gianni Truvianni I am an author who writes with the simple aim of sharing his ideas thoughts and so much more of what I am with those who are interested in perhaps reading something new. I also am the author of the book entitled New Yorks Opera Society which is now available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/YorksOperaSocietyGianniTruvianni/dp/0595500161/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1226938874sr=82