Equinox to Machu Picchu

Thanks to the generosity of Edler Realty (Thank you Kitty and Rick) I am enjoying a week at the new super fitness club in Palos Verdes. Equinox has it all, and it’s clean, not to mention plush. But it is pricy.

At six times what I pay for 24 Hour Fitness, I wonder if Equinox is worth it. But I know the answer from Evo-Psycho: Of course not, you fool! What does it have over 24 Hour, aside from the salt water pool (which I don’t use)? Well, it is CLEAN and everyone is soooo friendly.

I’m conflicted, so I asked a friend. Angel-Sue said “Go for it, you only revolve once you know.” Turning to my Zoner friends, I checked with TexasJudy (angel-toes) and she was for it too. So I thought I’d do a quickie poll, with a twist. Millie (angel-lips) suggested that all the PalosVerdesBlog readers should have angel names, so if you reply give yourself an angel name. Judy thought up angel-smile, anger-nose, angel-derriere, .. you get the idea.

If any guys reply, which I doubt, you are Archangels, like Michael. Hey gals, don’t blame me. It’s just a rule in the Creation Game.

Should I go for it? Thought I could give up golf to pay for it, before realizing I don’t play golf. Give up skiing? Don’t ski. Tennis? Nope. Photography? Nah, digital. Zone Bridge? It’s free. You see my problem.

Meanwhile, #1 son John and his friend Kate are hiking up to Machu Picchu. "Why?" you ask.Thomas Kostigen in MarketWatch: “How do the very wealthy spend their money? You may not want to know.”

Jet setters spend an average of $98,000 per year on "experiential travel," which includes guided tours, such as photographic safaris, or hikes to Machu Picchu, or eco-tours to the Brazilian rainforest, or kayaking in Baja California during the gray whale migration.

John writes:

Once in Lima we had a 6 hour layover before our flight to Cusco, 11,000 feet high in the Andes. We were dead tired, so after McDonalds and Dunkin Donuts, Kate and I found a place to sleep on pews in a little airport chapel. We awoke to a bunch of locals who work at the airport sitting all around us saying the rosary in Spanish. That was surreal, especially with our lack of sleep!

Now we are in Cusco which is a very old Inca city, apparently the capital of the Inca civilization for a period. This is our home base for visits to Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca. All I have seen so far is the hotel since I napped a few hours after arrival. Hotel Marquesas is very cute.

Here is some info on Machu Picchu; http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html

And our trek along the Inca trail to Machu Picchu; http://www.sastravelperu.com/english/inkatrail.html

We are doing the full four day Inca Trail hike. Should be fun.Well, I am going to get some more coca tea and meet Kate to walk around Cusco. Catch you later.
John

Titicaca, I like that word. Think I may join Equinox.