![The Sacsayhuamán slides, Cusco, Peru photo](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/cusco-peru-sacsayhuaman-incan-slides-view-200x129.jpg)
The Incan slide at Sacsayhuamán, or Why your tour group and guidebook suck
· by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Stories
Having poked around Sacsayhuamán, Todd and I head for a bouldery hill just across the site’s broad, grassy field. It looks like a sweet spot to relax and take in the whole of the extensive Incan ruins and the views…
![Tourist, Beer Lao, and a tube in Vang Vieng, Laos](http://ephemerratic.com/wp-content/uploads/tubing-beer-vang-vieng-laos-200x150.jpg)
An angel and devil on our shoulders
· by Lauren · in Laos, Travel Stories
It probably wouldn’t have occurred to us to go to Vang Vieng, Laos if Liz – a traveler that Todd and I met back on our tigerless safari in Ranthambore, India – hadn’t posted a Facebook status update that said,…