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Friday, May 20, 2011, at 2:00 p.m.
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950 Taylor Street
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The Council met at the date, time and place indicated above.
Members Participating:
James L. Bell, Chairperson-Elect
Robert Hassold Jr. (By Telephone)
Sean F. Keefer (By Telephone)
Thornwell Sowell III (By Telephone)
Joan S. Brown, Bar Staff
Call to Order, Roll Call and Welcome: Mr. Bell, on behalf of Mr. Griffith, called the meeting to order and welcomed those participating.
Approval of Prior Minutes: The Section Council received the Minutes of the December 10, 2010, and March 25, 2011, meetings and adopted them by motion, second and unanimous vote.
Reports/Old Business:
a. ADR Commission Update: There was no report since the Commission had not met subsequent to the last Council meeting.
b. DR Section's Web Page Update: Mr. Hassold reported the addition of a picture to the site and praised the "What's New" section at the top of the Web page. He reported that he was working on updating the "About the Section" portion of the page and would submit it to the Council for review very soon. There was a decision made to collect general mediation forms and place a link to them on the Web page. This would be in addition to the link to the forms provided in the Appellate Court Rules.
c. Sea Island Mediation Network Donation: There was no report on this issue. Following discussion of the need to get the $1,600 allocated to the proper use, Mr. Bell stated that he would contact R. Nicholas Felix, Esq., for ideas on where best to allocate the funds and report the recommendation at the next meeting. It was suggested that a training would be the best use of the funds, possibly one concerning the use of mediation in DSS cases, especially in small domestic abuse cases. Ms. Brown reported that the ADR Commission had been exploring the issue of mediation in DSS cases and that there was currently a measure pending before the Supreme Court on that topic. Mr. Bell was to contact William L. Howard Sr., Chair of the ADR Commission, to discuss the matter further.
d. The C. C. "Cotton" Harness III Peace Award: The Council discussed whether to bestow the award to one or more individuals, mentioning James C. Sarratt and Mary L. Bryan as two possible recipients. Mr. Bell agreed to form a committee to decide this year's award recipient.
e. 2011-2012 Goals: The Council carefully reviewed the attached goals for the 2011-2012 year. They were approved as written and several projects commenced.
i. Item 2(d): Mr. Keefer agreed to call Roland Franklin to request that he work with him on an article for the South Carolina Lawyer magazine on collaborative law to include civil as well as family law. It would be headlined as a multi-practice approach. Mr. Keefer anticipated that the article would be in final form in one month. Mr. Bell was to appoint an editorial board, and Mr. Keefer agreed to serve as the head of the board. Ms. Brown was to request volunteers from the full Council to sit on the board.
ii. Item 2(e): Mr. Hassold and Mr. Sowell had both recently given speeches on ADR. It was decided that the Council would work with the CLE Division to coordinate more seminars with ADR components.
The Council also discussed creating a training group tentatively called the South Carolina Institute on Dispute Resolution. A committee was formed to draft bylaws headed by Mr. Bell, who would talk to Judge Howard for ideas, and comprised of Council members, Mr. Hassold and Mr. Keefer. Other non-council members were also mentioned as possible participants. Ms. Brown informed the Council that this matter would have to be brought before the Board of Governors of the South Carolina Bar. The goal was a rollout by fall. The committee would talk to both law schools for ideas and assistance. Information on the training group would be added to the Section's Web page.
iii. Item 2(f): Collaborative law was mentioned as a new and innovative ADR trend. Mr. Keefer reported that he promoted collaborative law on Twitter, giving daily tweets on ADR.
iv. Item 6: Mr. Sowell was to work on compiling rules, statutes and regulations that incorporate or affect ADR for posting on the Section's Web page.
B. New Business:
a. Rule for Payment of Mediators: The Council members discussed this matter at length, remarking that many lawyers do not take the obligation to pay mediators seriously enough and do not care whether the mediators are paid or not. Remedies suggested were including strong language in the mediation agreements regarding payment and fee shifting. Mr. Hassold reported that he had a dun letter that worked well for him and added that he would email it to Ms. Brown to distribute to the Council members.
b. Discussed was the possibility of inviting a professor from both South Carolina law schools to sit, ex officio, on the Council.
Adjournment: There being no further business, Mr. Bell adjourned the meeting.
Next Meeting: Mr. Bell scheduled the next meeting for 2:00 p.m. on June 24, 2011.
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American Red Cross volunteer Marty Gensheimer drove a Knoxville Emergency Relief Vehicle to Manhattan and Long Island Oct. 27, one of the first 15 units providing disaster relief from superstorm Sandy. Fellow Knoxvillians John O' Hare, his co-driver, and Betty Kelly are also part of the onsite effort. He spoke with Metro Pulse on location Nov. 6.
What are you doing there?
We're working out of a kitchen delivering meals—mostly on Long Island, they were hit pretty hard. There are people without power who have been in the dark and the cold a long time. We're taking hot food, bottled water, and snacks to help alleviate suffering so to speak.
Does the scene hit you hard?
I've been doing this eight years, 18 trips, and you never get used to it. When you help people when they're in the situation these folks are, it makes you feel warm all over even when it's cold out here. It's good for us to be doing this. That's what the Red Cross mission is and that's what we do.
Are you volunteers also without power?
We just moved out of a school gym and we are staying currently at a different kitchen location, a firehouse. We bring our cots and blankets and things with us. We've got heat and power and water and such as that, but nothing fancy, and the guys and gals are in there together.
Are you mostly delivering to people who didn't evacuate?
Many of them stayed put because they didn't have any place to go. Some spent time at Red Cross shelters and then went back home. A lot of the shelters are still open and people are going there for warmth and electricity. And they're predicting really bad weather coming in tonight [Nov. 6] so I don't know what will happen.
Why have you been doing this?
When I retired, my health was good and I thought, "I'm going to do something to help people." I've had a great life and I'd like to pay back. I'm happy to do it and I hope to keep doing it at least for a little while. This is a hardship assignment, but we knew that when we got there. We knew it was a hardship, they tell you, and we signed up anyway.
Are the people very surprised?
They don't get too many hurricanes up this way, although last year they got Irene. This particular hurricane is much worse and they're just stunned. In the poorer sections, they live in high rises and they're dark. And it's cold, and they can't cook. We operated out of the Brooklyn area some, out on Long Beach. Lido Beach was hit really hard, all the beach areas, because floods came in with the hurricane.
Do you have a background as a driver or EMT?
No, I was a production manager for a little company in Chattanooga, and here I am driving what I call a feeding vehicle on Long Island.
How can those of us who stayed home best help?
We don't get government money; we're all funded by donations. So the best thing is to send some money, by text [Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief], or donating on redcross.org.
Why do you volunteer?
I don't know. I just feel that's what I'm supposed to be doing. It's largely a faith-based thing for me. God said to feed people, and that's what I'm doing.
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The family-owned business first began in Charlotte in 1996. Along with the Charlotte and Albemarle locations, Big Al's has restaurants in Mooresville and in Canaan Valley, W.Va.
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Amherst (14-2, 3-0) shot 49 percent from the floor and put four players in double-figures as they earned an 83-66 NESCAC road win at Middlebury (13-3, 2-1). The win is the eighth straight for the Jeffs, who return to action at Williams on Saturday. The Panthers see their five-game winning streak come to an end, as they host Trinity on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. Defending national champion Amherst entered the game ranked third nationally, as they topped the Panthers before a crowd of 955 in Pepin Gym.
Amherst came out strong early in the first half, connecting on 10 of its first 16 shots to hold a 26-13 lead with 9:36 left in the first half. Andrew Olson sparked the Jeffs run, with seven points in the early going. Middlebury answered with a 9-0 run to cut the advantage to 26-20 at the 7:09 mark. The teams exchanged hoops before Amherst went on a 9-0 run of its own to claim a 38-22 lead with 2:42 left in the first half. Ryan Wholey came off the bench to spark Middlebury late in the half, hitting a pair of three's with an assist and steal to make it a 40-30 game at the intermission.
The Panthers came within seven early in the second half on a hoop from Tim Edwards, but Amherst continued its hot shooting. The Jeffs led by a dozen midway through the half, before connecting on three straight from behind the arc, a pair by Steven Wheeler, to take a 60-43 lead with 10:12 left to play. Middlebury made a few short runs in the final 10 minutes, but Amherst answered each time and maintained a double-digit lead.
Ashton Coghlan led Middlebury with 11 points, while Aaron Smith had nine points and 11 boards. Ben Rudin dished out seven assists in the game for the Panthers. Brandon Jones led Amherst with a game-high 18 points, Olson and Fletcher Walters added 17 apiece, while Kevin Hopkins netted 10. Olson earned seven assists, Walters grabbed 11 boards, while Hopkins picked up four blocks on the night.


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The evolvement of the Commission on Filipinos Overseas can be traced over a series of policies. The Presidential Decree No. 442 (Labor Code of the Philippines) passed in 1974, created the Overseas Employment Development Board to set up a systematic program for overseas employment of Filipino workers, as well as to register and monitor emigrants leaving for various countries abroad. The following years was characterized by steady increase in migration, making it necessary to establish an independent unit which shall comprise the local support network solely for Filipino emigrants. Thus, in June 1978, Presidential Decree No. 1412 was passed, creating the Office of Emigrant Affairs (OEA). The decree specifically identified as recipients of its services, Filipinos who will be leaving the country as emigrants.
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When Liz Murphy sings "Sailing," she'll take you along on a childhood outing to Carlyle Lake, sailing with her dad.
A few notes into "Children Will Listen," you'll be sitting with the students in her Signal Hill classroom -- her favorite place to be.
Those are just two of the stops on a musical tour of her life Liz will lead when she makes her solo cabaret debut, "The Best is Yet to Come," on Friday and Saturday at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis.
"It's an intimate setting with about sixty or seventy seats, so I can really connect with the audience," she said. "I do some patter, which introduces different concepts in life, then a song to tell the story."
Liz wants to share the incredible opportunities in her life, the people who have influenced her and the joy of newfound possibilities.
"In the past year and a half, I've made a lot of healthy life choices (including losing nearly 100 pounds, exercising and eating healthier)."
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"I'm playing a part that's not me. In cabaret, your revealing something about yourself. Sharing yourself with others. But it's the songs that let you express a deeper meaning."
Liz, 44, is an accomplished singer who has performed in Powell Symphony Hall and The Muny, with the Communty Gospel Choir in St. Louis for the last seven years, and with several metro-east community theater groups.
But her favorite role is teaching grammar and literature to students in grades 6-8 at Signal Hill School.
"In the show, I talk about my students," she said. "I love what I do. People always talk about how teachers make an impact on students, but sometimes its about how students affect the teacher. My students really inspire me."
Does she ever sing to her students?
"I do. They tease me that sometimes a word comes up and I can go off in a song."
She laughed.
"Although, sometimes, I think they get me to sing as a distraction from the lesson."
One song she selected for her show is "Children Will Listen" from "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim.
"It talks about how kids are smart, and you have to be careful what you say and do around them. That's a lesson I've learned."
"'Sailing' by Christopher Cross is another one of my connection songs," Liz said. "My dad (the late Dr. Michael Muphy) was a doctor. He was very busy. When we'd have a chance to get away on a weekend, we'd spend it sailing at Carlyle Lake ... wonderful memories."
Liz will perform songs from Cy Coleman to Carole King, Stephen Schwarz to Martina McBride, just to name a few.
For the last six years, she has been attending workshops and classes to learn the ins and outs of cabaret.
Two people she credits for helping to develop this show are New Yorkers Rick Jensen, her musical director, and Lina Koutrakes, her director.
"They both teach cabaret classes that I've attended. They help me put together a really good, cohesive show. They taught me things like 'You can't have all ballads.' So I don't. There's a variety."
How does she descibe her voice?
"My voice has many personalities," Liz said. "I sing in a gospel choir, I do classical and community theater. ... I'd say my voice has a rich quality and is very flexible."
She hopes the audience finds the cabaret show uplifting.
"I want the audience to feel they are in a place where I am. That they can experience things in a new way," she said. "I have a new energy and enthusiasm for life. I hope they are inspired by that and can take a little piece of that home with them."
At a glance
What: "The Best is Yet to Come" cabaret performance
When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday
Where: Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis
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Jennifer Carroll
|Jennifer Carroll
|18th Lieutenant Governor of Florida
|In office
January 4, 2011 – March 12, 2013
|Rick Scott
|Preceded by
|Jeff Kottkamp
|Succeeded by
|Carlos Lopez-Cantera
|Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 13th district
|In office
|Preceded by
|Mike Hogan
|Succeeded by
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|Personal details
|Jennifer Sandra Johnson
August 27, 1959
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
|Political party
|Nolan Carroll
|Nolan II
|Fleming Island, Florida
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|Leeward Community College (A.A.)
University of New Mexico (A.B.)
Kensington University (M.B.A.)
St. Leo University (M.B.A.)
|Former Navy officer
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Jennifer Sandra Carroll (née Johnson; born August 27, 1959) is a Trinidadian-born American politician who was the 18th Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Florida. The first black American and the first woman elected to the position, she assumed the office on January 4, 2011.[1][2] She was the first black person elected lieutenant governor of Florida,[3] and the first black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction.[4] Carroll previously served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2003 until 2010.
The New York Times reported that Carroll's tenure as lieutenant governor was "marred by scandal and poor judgment" and she was "increasingly viewed as an embarrassment to the man who chose her for the job."[5] She resigned her post as lieutenant governor on March 12, 2013, following allegations that she was involved in an effort to steer money into Internet cafés that are fronts for gambling, the subject of federal and state criminal investigations.[6][7]
Early life, education, and early political career[edit]
Carroll was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. She moved to the United States at the age of eight, and graduated from Uniondale High School in Uniondale, New York in 1977. Carroll enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1979. After serving as an aviation machinist's mate (jet engine mechanic), she was selected for the Enlisted Commissioning Program, becoming an Aviation Maintenance Duty Officer in 1985. She retired from the Navy in 1999 as a Lieutenant Commander. In 1981, she received an Associate of Arts degree from Leeward Community College. She followed this in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of New Mexico. She moved to Florida in 1986. She received a Master of Business Administration degree from unaccredited and now defunct Kensington University in 1995. Carroll resigned her position on the National Commission of Presidential Scholars after a CBS investigation raised questions about her degree.[8][9] She then returned to school to earn an accredited Master of Business Administration degree online from St. Leo University in 2008.[10]
Carroll is a member of the Clay County Republican Executive Committee. In 2000, she ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Florida's 3rd congressional district. Incumbent Democrat U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown defeated Carroll 58%–42%.[11] After redistricting, she ran for a rematch against Brown in the newly redrawn 3rd district in 2002. Brown defeated her 59%–41%.[12] In both elections, Carroll ran more strongly than Republicans usually poll in the area.
Following her defeat in the 2000 election, she was appointed as Executive Director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs by Republican Governor Jeb Bush and served in that post until July 2002.[13] Republican President George W. Bush appointed Carroll to the Commission on Presidential Scholars from 2001 to 2004,[8][14] and then a seat on the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission from 2004 to 2007.
Florida House of Representatives[edit]
Carroll ran for a seat Florida House of Representatives in the 13th state House district after incumbent State Representative Mike Hogan, also a Republican, resigned in 2003. In the April 2003 special election, she won the Republican primary with 65.5 percent of the vote, defeating Linda Sparks, who won 34.5 percent of the vote.[15] She became the first African-American female Republican ever elected to the Florida Legislature. She won unopposed in 2004,[16] 2006,[17] and 2008.[18]
Committee assignments[edit]
Caroll was appointed Deputy Majority Leader from 2003–2004, and served as Majority Whip in 2004–2006. She was Vice Chair of the Transportation and Economic Development Committee (2003–2004), Chair of the Finance Committee (2006–2008) and Chair of the Economic and Development Council (2008–2010).
2010 gubernatorial election[edit]
On September 2, 2010, Republican primary winner Rick Scott named Carroll his running mate in the 2010 Florida gubernatorial election, after Toni Jennings and Susan Story declined the job.[19][20] He said that she is the "embodiment of the American Dream" and that their ticket is a "clear choice between conservatives with business experience and a plan to create 700,000 jobs and liberal Obamacrats who want to bring the failed Obama agenda to Florida."[21] Carroll thus became the first black woman to be a major party candidate for lieutenant governor in the general election in Florida's history, and the first black woman on any statewide Republican ticket.[1] Scott and Carroll won the election, and assumed office on January 4, 2011.[2] She is the first woman elected[22] and the second woman to hold the position of lieutenant governor, following Toni Jennings who was appointed in 2003 to finish the term of Frank Brogan.[1]
Controversies and resignation[edit]
A 2011 story in the Florida Times-Union reported that Carroll's Clay County business 3N & JC used falsified documents in a Jacksonville grant program to meet the requirement that her minority-owned firm was located in Jacksonville.[23][3]
In July 2012, a fired former staffer of the Lieutenant Governor's office, Carletha Cole, included allegations of "sex, lies and illegal audio taping" against Carroll as part of Cole's defense in a criminal case.[24][25][26] Cole attempted to have Carroll impeached,[24] and both sides waged a public relations battle, alternately characterizing Cole as "an innocent whistleblower under attack or as a disgruntled former employee carrying out a vicious vendetta."[24]
On March 12, 2013 Carroll resigned from office over a federal gambling racketeering case in which she has been questioned about the previous day by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Carroll once owned public relations firm, 3N & JC that represented another organization, "Allied Veterans," and she did work for the company at the same time she served in the Florida House. "Allied Veterans" and associates of the organization are under investigation. Chief of staff for Governor Rick Scott, Adam Hollingsworth, told the press that: "Lt. Gov. Carroll resigned in an effort to keep her former affiliations with the company from distracting from the administration's important work on behalf of Florida families. She made the right decision for the state and her family."[23][27]
On May 5, 2014 Carroll said that Rick Scott ran the Florida Governors office in a "good ol' boy system" that was difficult for minorities and she was forced out by Scott with no reason given. Carroll has said she wants Scott to apologize for forcing her to resign and plans to write a tell-all book about her experience. [28]
Personal life[edit]
Carroll is married to Nolan Carroll and has three children. Her son, Nolan Carroll II, played college football for the University of Maryland, and is now a member of the Philadelphia Eagles.
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- ^ a b Brandon Larrabee (January 4, 2011). "Rick Scott pledges bold action as Florida's 45th governor". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ a b Aaron Deslatte, Amy Pavuk (March 13, 2013). "Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigns in wake of federal Internet café probe". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ The Orlando Sentinel retrieved 2012-09-01
- ^ Christine Jordan Sexton and Lizette Alvarez, Florida's Lieutenant Governor Resigns Amid Inquiry Into Sweepstakes Firm (March 14), New York Times.
- ^ Tia Mitchell, Mary Ellen Klas (March 13, 2013). "Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigns amid state, federal probe of non-profit veterans group". miamiherald.com.
- ^ Rachel Weiner (March 13, 2013). "Florida Lt. Gov. resigns amid racketeering probe". washintonpost.com.
- ^ a b Gonzales, Vince (May 10, 2004). "Top Officials Hold Fake Degrees". CBS Evening News.
- ^ Stephen Majors (May 12, 2004). "Lawmaker to check her degree's status". The Florida Times-Union.
- ^ Khalil Madani (May 1, 2011). "Saint Leo University builds up, plugs in". St. Petersburg Times.
- ^ FL District 3 Race - Nov 07, 2000. Our Campaigns. Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- ^ FL District 3 Race - Nov 05, 2002. Our Campaigns. Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- ^ Profile: Jennifer Carroll-WJXT Jacksonville
- ^ Matthew I. Pinzur, David DeCamp and Joe Humphrey (May 6, 2001). "Bush Appointment". The Florida Times-Union.
- ^ April 15, 2003 Special Primary Results - HD 13, Election Results Archive, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
- ^ 2004 election results, Election Results Archive, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
- ^ 2006 election results, Election Results Archive, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
- ^ 2008 election results, Election Results Archive, Florida Department of State, Division of Elections.
- ^ Aaron Deslatte (September 3, 2010). "Rick Scott picks Jennifer Carroll as running mate". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ Bender, Michael C. (December 12, 2011). "Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll looking for a bigger role next year". Tampa Bay Times.
- ^ Headlines. Wctv.tv (2010-09-02). Retrieved on 2013-07-14.
- ^ Kaufman, Michelle (November 10, 2010). "The bonds of politics, sports and family: Lt.-Gov.-elect Jennifer Carroll and the Dolphins' Nolan Carroll". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved July 12, 2012.
- ^ a b Dixon, Matt (March 13, 2013). "Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll resigns after being questioned about Allied Veterans". Florida Times-Union. Retrieved 13 March 2013.
- ^ a b c Toluse Olorunnipa (July 12, 2012). "Is Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll's former aide seeking vengeance or justice?". Miami Herald. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ Yamiche Alcindor (July 14, 2012). "Florida lieutenant governor accused of misconduct". USA Today.
- ^ Kristen A. Lee (July 13, 2012). "Fla. Lt. Gov. accused in sex scandal". New York Daily News.
- ^ Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll Resigns
- ^ http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/ex-lt-gov-carroll-says-working-for-scott-was-bad-for-minorities/2179542
- ^ Neal, David (November 4, 2010). "Taxing questions for Miami Dolphins' rookie Nolan Carroll". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
- ^ Darlington, Jeff (August 20, 2010). "Miami Dolphins rookie Nolan Carroll becoming something special". Miami Herald. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
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Peru: The Andes, the Incas
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The Problem
Who doesn't want to see Machu Picchu, the fifteenth-century city built upon gravity-defying terraces and hidden under a scrim of vegetation deep in the Andes until less than a hundred years ago? The answer, as I feared, is almost no one. In high season, up to 3,600 people a day tromp through this ancient site.
I planned my trip with four goals in mind. First, I wanted to see the ruins without having to elbow my way to the front of a tourist mob. Second, I wanted to approach them on foot, as the Incas did, while avoiding the worst of the overcrowded Inca Trail. Third, I wanted to visit Cusco, a palimpsest of Incan and Spanish architecture and history. Finally, I wanted a chance to meet local people in the nearby backcountry. First step? I called Tom Damon, of Southwind Adventures (for more information on picking a travel agent see our Top Travel Specialists Collection), to find out if my demands were even possible. Together, we worked on an itinerary, which I subsequently tested, rejiggered, and streamlined to create the ultimate six-day tour of Peru's highlights. Here it is:
Day 1: Cusco
Arrive in Lima by flying overnight from New York or Miami and connect to the 9:30 a.m. flight to Cusco. Your driver will be waiting for you at the airport when your plane lands at 10:45 a.m. Altitude sickness is common here, so take it easy today, and carry water wherever you go. Your hotel is the Monasterio—avoid rooms 414 through 419, which are near a noisy generator, and ask for one of the standards with a terrace (51-84-24-1777; monasterio.orient-express.com; doubles, $405). Once you're settled in, walk to Tunupa for lunch; this will be your first of many chances to try guinea pig or alpaca (233 Portal Confituría; 51-84-25-2936; lunch entrées, $9–$17). Have your guide and driver pick you up at the restaurant at 2 p.m. If you're feeling good, stop at a market for a bottle of wine (I'll explain why later); all of Peru's labels are inexpensive, but Tacama is the most reliable. Then follow your guide on a standard city tour, but see the sights in this order (it's different from what most tourists do, so you won't be stuck behind a crowd): the cathedral, where the biblical paintings include images of llamas and macaws; Santo Domingo/Koricancha, a Catholic church built atop an Incan temple; and the nearby ruins of Tambomachy, Q'enqo, Puca Pucara, and Sacsayhuamán; at the last you can uncork your wine as the sun sinks behind the city. Your days will be starting early for the next week, so get to Ciccolina for dinner by seven. For the local scoop, sample tapas among Cusceños in the bar (393 Calle Triunfo; 51-84-23-9510; entrées, $11–$16).
Day 2: The Sacred Valley
Before your guide and driver arrive at 8 a.m., fuel up at the Monasterio's extravagant breakfast buffet. Then make a beeline for the village of Pisac, which the bus tours visit later on. You'll soon be in a breathtaking painterly landscape: silvery eucalyptus, purplish clay slopes, and the slate-green Urubamba River. Those in the know get dropped off with their guide at the Pisac ruins' higher parking lot and walk to the Intihuatana (Sun Temple). Note the caves in the cliff to your right: They are South America's largest pre-Columbian cemetery. Return to your waiting driver via the lower path. Then head to contemporary Pisac to spend half an hour at the market. Get to Allpamanka, in Yucay, for lunch by 12:30 p.m.; try a local specialty such as causa, a potato casserole (300 Av. San Martín; 51-84-20-1258; lunch buffet, $12). I don't know why most people skip Moray, a fabulous depression in which the Incas built concentric terraces to grow crops in different microclimates, experts theorize. Feel free to explore, but by 3:30 drive to the nearby salt mines, whose drying ponds glisten in the setting sun as if icing had oozed out of some subterranean Keebler factory. Have your driver drop off you and your guide there and meet you by the river, which you can get to by walking down along the terraces. Sumptuous shelter is only a few miles away at the Sol y Luna Lodge & Spa. There's just one more short walk today—to the cozy dining room (51-84-20-1620; hotelsolyluna.com; doubles, $154; entrées, $16–$22).
Day 3: The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
Grab your hiking boots and backpack—today you'll be walking part of the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. This, in my opinion, is the world's most rewarding day-hike: The final climb brings you to the Sun Gate, where you achieve your first and most picturesque view of the ancient city below. With that goal in mind, get picked up by your guide and driver at 7:15 in the morning to catch the 8:05 train in Ollantaytambo; you'll ride for an hour to a stop called simply KM 104. (Your luggage continues on to Aguas Calientes, where you'll be spending the night; your hotel's porters will retrieve it.) Follow your guide up to the ruins of Wiñay Wayna to join the Incas' classic highway from Cusco to Machu Picchu. Stop here for a snack, but save the lunch your guide packed for the Sun Gate, another hour away. Machu Picchu is most crowded at midday and clears out by 4 p.m., when the last train heads back to Cusco, so take your time finishing the hike. Late afternoon is the quietest and prettiest time to wander through the intricate stonework. The guards will herd you out at around 5:15, and the last bus down to Aguas Calientes, at the foot of Machu Picchu, departs shortly after the gates close. Aguas Calientes is a dismal tourist town, but crossing the bridge to the Inkaterra Machu Picchu hotel's 12-acre grounds feels like entering the Garden of Eden. Get a room with an outdoor shower, where the water flows Inca-style from a groove carved into a rock. Since tour groups eat in the café, sit in the dining room and order the pasta, done perfectly al dente (800-442-5042; inkaterra.com; doubles, $360–$400, all-inclusive).
Day 4: Machu Picchu, Part 2
People start lining up for the first bus to Machu Picchu hours ahead of time, but as long as you leave the hotel by 5 a.m. you should get a seat. Sunrise at the ruins is no secret, but here's a tip: While your fellow early risers gather at the watchtower, head to the other high point, the Intihuatana—it offers the best vistas, and you'll have it all to yourself. Begin touring with your guide by 7 a.m. so you can be on your way up Huayna Picchu—the sugarloaf in the background—by 10 a.m. It's a steep 45-minute climb, but it ends with another great panorama. Plenty of people take the main route up "Old Mountain,' but have your guide show you the little-used trail down, via a cave once thought to be the Temple of the Moon. You should be back in time to beat the crowds to the Tinkuy Buffet Restaurant, just outside the gates, one of the few places where you can safely sample the fresh salad fixings. After lunch, do a circuit of the restaurant's poster-size photographs from Hiram Bingham's 1911 "discovery' of Machu Picchu (51-84-21-1039; buffet, $22). Pop back into the ruins for a proper farewell, then take the bus down to the Inkaterra hotel in time for a massage or to visit its resident spectacled bear, whose species is endangered, before heading to the lounge for a complimentary pisco sour (Peru's national cocktail) and dinner.
Day 5: The Sacred Valley and Cusco
You can practically sleep in this morning: Your train doesn't leave Aguas Calientes until 8:35 a.m., reaching Ollantaytambo at 10:05. The latter's main square is usually swarming with hikers and porters, but a few blocks away is a vibrant community still living in pre-Columbian dwellings. Make sure your guide takes you into one of these houses, where alpaca fetuses hang on the walls (to bring fertility), ancestors' skulls watch over the goings-on from niches in the Incan stonework, and dozens of guinea pigs scoot underfoot (the entrée at some future feast). After checking out the temple ruins across the river, drive to lunch at El Huacatay, in nearby Urubamba, where you'll feel like you're a guest in the owner's home (620 Girón Arica; 51-84-201-790; entrées, $8–$11). On your way back to Cusco, stop in the village of Chinchero. The market is only on Sundays, but there are usually women in the plaza arranging their crafts for the bus tourists who come through later, and the shops sell fine weaving at low prices. Don't forget to peek into the elaborately frescoed nineteenth-century church. You should be back in the Hotel Monasterio's familiar courtyard by five. Although Cusco used to be blanketed with cedars, the one here is the city's last. Say good-bye to your guide—you're on your own from here—and make a 7:30 dinner reservation at the stylish Museo de Arte Precolombino's glass-capsule café. The exquisite primitive art collection is open until ten (51-84-23-3210; entrées, $8–$22).
Day 6: Cusco and Lima
You've already covered Cusco's tourist must-sees, so follow the locals to the Mercado San Pedro this morning. If you've got last-minute gifts to buy, try the Casa Ecologica for fair-trade textiles (393 Triunfo; 51-84-25-5646) or the T'Ankar Gallery for well-made but pricey indigenous weavings and pottery (121 Calle Palacio; 51-84-22-8936); both are in the same courtyard as Ciccolina, where you had dinner a few nights ago. Have an early lunch at Greens, a vegetarian restaurant with an earthy decor (135 Calle Santa Catalina Angosta; 51-84-24-3379; entrées, $9–$10), or back at the Monasterio, where your driver will pick you up at one o'clock for the 2:30 flight to Lima, which arrives at 3:50. Since your international flight doesn't leave until almost midnight, hire a driver and guide to take you to the Amano Museum, which gives 50-minute tours—by reservation only—of astonishing pre-Incan textiles, from delicate gauze to watertight weaves; you'll need to bring your own guide unless you speak Spanish or Japanese (museoamano.com). Now that you're on the coast, try one of Peru's most famous exports: seviche. Alfresco's bow-tied waiters serve sublime seafood to a tony Lima crowd at several locations around the city (entrées, $7–$13). Head to the airport by 8 p.m.: Traffic is a nightmare, and you need to be there three hours before departure. You might be glad to leave smog infested Lima, but Machu Picchu you'll never forget.
The Basics
When to go: April and May are ideal, since the June through August crowds haven't yet arrived and the rainy season has left everything lush and green. September and October are also quieter and generally dry, although by then the hillsides are brown and the sky is sometimes hazy. January and February, the peak of the wet season, are best avoided. Even if you'll be hiking only the last part of the Inca Trail, you need a permit—only 500 of which are issued each day—so book at least four months in advance to get one.
Altitude sickness: Once you reach Cusco—at 11,150 feet—you may experience altitude sickness and become winded after even minor exertion (other symptoms include headache and nausea). If you've had trouble at high elevation in the past, arrive a day early to acclimate. I followed the advice a guide had given me on Kilimanjaro: "Drink until your eyeballs float.' Aside from water, the best remedy is said to be coca tea. You can also ask your doctor about the medication Diamox, which prevents altitude-induced headaches and nausea.
What to pack: Don't forget cotton pants, long- and short-sleeved T-shirts, a sweater, fleece and rain jackets, rugged sneakers or hiking boots, an anti-diarrheal, sunscreen and a hat, toilet paper, and an antibacterial hand cleanser.
Upset stomach: Doctors recommend that you drink only bottled water and avoid uncooked vegetables and fruits that you haven't peeled, even in hotels. So you're better off sticking to "tourist' restaurants, most of which call their cuisine novo Andino. You can avoid the big tour bus groups by choosing the smaller places mentioned here and dining early (noon and 7 p.m., say). Some restaurants add a service charge, but the waiters rarely see that money, so it's nice to hand them a five to ten percent tip.
How to Book
Although it's possible to put together this trip on your own, you could spend hours coordinating guides and confirming train times. Instead, we recommend that you contact Peru specialist Tom Damon, at Southwind Adventures. Not only will he save you weeks of planning but he can tweak the itinerary to satisfy your interests. Further, his staff in Cusco can troubleshoot during the course of your trip—for example, since flights to Cusco can land only in good visibility, it's helpful to have a point person on the ground in case yours is canceled (800-377-9463; firstname.lastname@example.com). But first, visit our Top Travel Specialists Collection for key advice on how to get the most out of working with Damon. Be sure to tell him if you don't want to spend every meal with your guide (as is the custom).
The cost of the six-day tour described here starts at $2,700 per person, based on double occupancy, with Southwind Adventures. The price does not include international airfare, departure taxes, guide gratuities, and most meals.
Bonus Side Trip #1 Into the Jungle (2-3 Nights)
If you're game, fly to one of the following two lodges between Days 1 and 2, because anything after Machu Picchu is sure to be a letdown. Pack two bags and leave in Cusco what you don't need for the jungle. The Manu Wildlife Center, owned by a nonprofit environmental conservation group, has the most creatures but fewer comforts. The pillows might smell slightly of mildew, but the guides are top-notch; mine had been curator of the Lima Zoo, and in a little over two days pointed out 6 different monkey species, 4 of the fewer than 500 giant river otters left in Peru, the world's smallest orchid, and scores of birds, insects, and arachnids. If you want a taste of the jungle in an elegant setting, go to Reserva Amazónica. The surrounding cattle ranches mean fewer wild animals, but the huts are plusher and there's a masseuse. Reserva is also a better option if you have only two nights (although three is ideal in either location). The 30-minute charter flights to Manu are highly undependable: I spent three nights at the Center, but delays on both ends meant that I got barely 16 hours of time exploring the jungle on foot and by boat. Reserva also offers community visits, which Manu doesn't. Wherever you land, take part in as many outings as you can--there's no predicting where the next jaguar will be sighted.
Best for: Patient wildlife lovers whose ears are as highly tuned as their eyes. The larger mammals--puma, tapirs, and some monkeys--are difficult to spot in the dense forest, but the pitch pipes of cicadas, warbling birds, chirping poison arrow frogs, and the like constitute an ecstatic symphony.
The Packing List: Light pants for walking; shorts for the lodge; bandannas for the sweat-inducing humidity; inexpensive insoles to fit inside the lodge's rubber boots; yellow fever vaccination card; antimalarial medication.
Bonus Side Trip #2: Urubamba Weavers' Route Trek (2 Nights)
The classic Inca Trail was the primary route between Cusco and Machu Picchu, but the Incas traversed hundreds of other paths, and you can too. Instead of catching the train to Machu Picchu on Day 3, drive to the trailhead of the Urubamba Weavers' Route. This hike from Ollantaytambo to Lares takes you through villages unchanged for centuries, where women carry their looms outside to work on textiles while their animals graze, and which are so remote that the dedicated schoolteachers I met are able to walk home to Cusco or Urubamba only every few weeks. One more advantage: On the Inca Trail, garbage is not the problem it was five years ago, but you're guaranteed to run into groups-up to 500 trekkers and porters start each day, while only 1,000 do the Weavers' Route over an entire season. Still need convincing? The classic route requires four nights of camping, while this alternative means only two.
For the two of us, Southwind had provided ten llamas, three horses, five porters, two guides, and one fabulous cook. Usually we followed a foot-wide dirt path, but sometimes we were in open fields or on several parallel routes that had been worn over the centuries. Our first camp lay in the shadow of 17,400-foot Terijuay (although that afternoon it was obscured by shoulder-season rain and hail). The middle of Day 2 marked the high point of the trek, literally-14,764 feet-after which our gradual descent took us through potato fields and into the tiny village of Cochayoq. The porters set up our tents in the schoolyard while women laid out intricate natural-dye weavings for our inspection. Midway through Day 3, I suppressed disappointment at the first sight of power lines and water pipes, knowing that they would soon bring much-needed services.
Best for: Experienced hikers. Tour operator Southwind Adventures (southwindadventures.com) calls the Weavers' Route a moderate-to-strenuous trek, with four to six hours of hiking on each of three days. Although the spongy moss underfoot makes this a relatively low-impact route-the Inca Trail, in comparison, is paved with stones-the altitude is a challenge. If you do have trouble, you can always take a hit of oxygen from your guide's canister or jump on the "ambulance horse." If serious symptoms persist, getting to a lower altitude is essential.
The Packing List: Hiking boots; a washcloth for morning ablutions; a pillowcase (you can stuff it with clothes at night); extra gloves and socks--a lifesaver if your primary pair gets wet; a thermometer to know just how bitter the night's temperature is.
The Price: 2,100 for two people
The Overrated
Is that museum every guidebook recommends missing from our list? It's not an oversight. Here, what we didn't include–and why:
The Sanctuary Lodge, Machu Picchu: Sure, it's only 50 feet from Machu Picchu, but not only don't you get a view or extra time at the ruins, you'll soon be driven crazy by the ceaseless beeping of reversing tour buses. And while the complimentary cleaning of your grungy hiking boots is a godsend, it hardly makes up for the extravagant price tag--$715 a night and up--for the unremarkable rooms.
Orient-Express's Hiram Bingham train: This might sound like the most luxurious way to get to Machu Picchu, but if you do it as a day-trip, as most people do, you get just two hours at the ruins. The far less expensive Vistadome is prompt and has windows beside and above each row (51-84-238-722, ext. 318; perurail.com; Ollantaytambo–Machu Picchu, $77 round-trip).
San Blas, Cusco: It's billed as Cusco's artsy neighborhood, but the wares here are disappointingly generic--save the long-necked sculptures by Hilario Mendívil, which are, well, hilarious.
The 12-cornered stone on Calle Hatun Rumiyoc, Cusco: Really nothing more than a gimmick dreamed up by an entrepreneurial foreign photographer--you can see 14- and 16-cornered examples of Incan mastery at Sacsayhuaman and Machu Picchu. (Still, the locals have clearly taken advantage: A costumed Incan warrior, an Andean pipe player, and a weaver pose and play for tips beside it.)
Museo Inka, Cusco: Its collection may be more comprehensive than the Museo de Arte Precolombino's, but it's not aging as well: The dioramas appear to have been done by a youngster 40 years ago.
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By earning income for investors on a monthly basis, the JWB company has quickly gained a following in the investment community. Recently published stories that have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and Hispanic Business Magazine have helped promote the turnkey services offered to clients.
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The JWB Real Estate Capital company has improved Internet access to its original content this year. Direct links for videos, blogs and guides are now found on the homepage. The information that is provided in the content is updated as changes are made to investing policies to make certain that all investment clients receive the most complete data available.
About JWBRealEstateCapital.com
The JWBRealEstateCapital.com company provides investment solutions for its clients through a variety of housing programs. The company has added more than 200 homes to its national network since the year 2010. The company has experienced a shift in growth since 2012 and is now a top investing company. The JWBRealEstateCapital.com company website now provides access to streaming videos, detailed blogs, investing guides and other content directly for investors to review on a daily basis.
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