darragh murray

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Archive for July, 2008

..And we’re back.

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

I had to take dm.com offline for a bit. Spam was becoming a bit of a problem, and I had upgrade wordpress. I’ve posted most of the notes that I had been writing on facebook over the past few months (mostly travel stories related to South America).

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The Glastonbury 08 Report

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Well, well. I’m well behind on my travel blogging, but I’ve decided to skip ahead and report some of the details of my recent adventure to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Arts which I experienced for the first time during the past week.
Glasto has the reputation for being a muddy and patience-trying experience. Luckily [...]

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Cusco, Cusco, Cusco! Post-Inca Trail

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

My last tale from the traveler’s beard involved the events that occurred on my Inca trail adventure. You may recall that after the annoyances of my trip back from Aguas Calientes, I had consumed a curry and headed off to bed.
Not for too long it seems. For the first time in my South America [...]

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The Inca Trail - Fourth and Final Day

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Well, we were up at 4 am. Steve wasn’t in a great mood, having had little sleep. Our fairly cramped quarters combined with the cold and the wet was beginning to wear our patience slightly thin. We gringos need our gringo comforts. The porters had to disassemble our tents, cook us breakfast and pack [...]

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The Inca Trail - Day Three

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Well, well, it has been some time. I’m currently typing this entry from my pal’s place in San Francisco in the US, and it has taken me some time to get reliable and prolonged internet access. Let me continue my story on Maccu Picchu, and describe the events of day three of the Inca trail. [...]

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The Inca Trail - Day Two

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

We were woken early at 6.30am (early than I am used to for sure). Day two, we were told, was going to be the hardest, with a pretty much constant incline up to Dead Woman´s Pass. Steve, Moss and I were feeling pretty darn good, and didn´t end up finding the walk as hard as [...]

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