Peruvian Days
Ryan Gelpke
Top 10 Best Quotes
“But what do I do? I end up torturing myself with all this overthinking. I am trapping my consciousness in both the future and the past alike instead of relishing the present. No wonder the desert cries at night, in light of such thoughts.”
“Where is our place in this universe, where dead stars shine a light upon us, light that was emitted before all of this here was build?”
“There is a certain familiarity with fast food places around the globe. Fluorescent lighting, dirty tiles, menu displayed behind the counters, cheap plastic seats and tables. But we are hungry and after our rainforest food we want something more familiar.”
“Of course it will fade away just like these memories, they will simply disappear like an autumn leaf in the wind. Blown away by some external pressures, sentenced to die. The eternal cycle of life at its finest. Whether we like it or not but there it is… The sad truth, that everything changes and everything will die and decay one fine day.”
“Like a never ending circle these French kids arrived the day before we leave, and probably before they leave another group will replace them forming this endless cycle of never-ending Peruvian days.”
“In all honestly, I love this living from day to day. It is the closest one can have to tranquility and peace of mind, it is like the whole hike was nothing but a several day long meditation. A meditational trip where one visits several Inca ruins and ends up contemplating the meaning behind beauty. No wonder, given the surroundings that this path offers.”
“I wonder if I am ever able to truly and especially in an honest matter able to describe what we all have experienced. But I have so many fascinating stories that I am just dying to tell others about. But not today, tomorrow is another day.”
“I look up at the stars, and think about all that space up there. These lights emitted by stars, not sure if they still exist. I try to fight against the urge of getting lost in the sight of these beautiful sprinkles of light that are covering the whole night sky.”
“I can finally name the creeping feeling that I felt over the past 48 hours since the R&R phase began. It is simply the realisation that this incredible trip is slowly coming to an end and that I have been dreading the return to Lima because once we end up setting foot here it means that the hardships, the challenges and the learning experiences are over.”
“As much as I enjoy this drive through the darkening desert there is nowhere where I’d rather be at this point than under the naked and unspoiled night sky somewhere along the Inca path”
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