On the Train with 3 Ukrainians in Peru

And the truth about how Machu Picchu was built

I decided to skip the 4 day hike on the Inca Trail due to a forecast of rain and cold weather and instead took the train. Fuck sloshing through mountains and jungle soaked and miserable with the views obscured by clouds. Been there and done that in Irian Jaya for 12 days and never again.

Soon after boarding the train, three travelling barnyard animals took the seats in my section and we shared a table. Two females and one male. I can feign charm and friendliness quite well (even though my default position on all people is one of extreme condescension and disgust), which I did, and they told me they were from Ukraine. Two of them work in the dairy industry and one of them works for this heap of shit. I am betting she’s friends with Greta, aspires to own a Tesla and has big hate for anyone who uses plastic straws.

Of course we got into the topic of the war and I engaged in a conversation with the female next to me and the male across from me - the other female was playing some sort of game (and maybe watching Taylor Swift clips) on her phone the entire trip and sporadically squealing with delight as might a tween.

They informed me that Putin is the devil and that the war is horrible. The woman showed me a clip of some lights in the sky (fireworks?) taken in the evening from apartment and said see - they are trying to shoot down incoming Russian missiles! They even have North Korean soldiers! (She for sure watches CNN - a lot).

They went on to try to dispel my ignorance informing me that there was no real support for the referendum that resulted in the Crimea seceding from Ukraine. They insisted that this was an annexation. I was told that everything negative I hear about Ukraine is Russian propaganda (apparently there is only one nation spewing propaganda).

Not wanting to be confrontational I lobbed some softies at them.

FE: Addressing the male who appeared fit and healthy - how are you able to avoid fighting in the war?

M: I have an exemption because I work in the dairy industry.

Lucky him - he gets to go to Peru and he was in Nepal trekking last year! And meanwhile is comrades are dying by the hundreds of thousands fighting his arch enemy. I wanted to ask him why, if he hates Putin so much he doesn’t sign on the dotted line and jump into the fray. But I didn’t want to back the rat into a corner. He’s no doubt one of the many fellas we see in the clubs of Kyiv parting the nights away as the missiles light up the sky hahaha. Life is great despite war!

FE: struggling to hold back laughter said - I see, so that is considered a critical job in Ukraine

M: Yes

FE: addressing the female - from watching that clip on your phone - would you say it would be dangerous for me to travel to Kyiv?

F: Yes definitely. The male interjected and insisted that it is not dangerous (they then argue for a minute or so in Russian).

FE: addressing both of them - so it’s quite a dangerous place - do you know anyone either fighting in the war or living in a city targeted by the Russians who has been wounded or killed.

M and F: No. (Fast Eddy struggles to suppress his incredulity)

FE: addressing both of them - Russia’s military is considered one of the top 3 forces in the world along with the United States and China. Why do you think that they don’t just launch a barrage of missiles targeting all of the Ukraine’s power generation infrastructure.

M: Because Russia does not have enough missiles to do that, The Russian military is weak. They are even turning to North Korea for help.

I wanted to say that your friend just told me Kyiv is a dangerous place because the Russians are randomly launching missile attacks on the city regularly, yet they don’t have enough firepower to target key infrastructure? They were already getting worked up (and introducing the truth into a conversation with a barnyard animal only results in anger) up so I shifted the discussion to a more benign topic. What do ya’ll think of the new Taylor Swift release….

Conclusion

This war is fake. To reiterate, the purpose of faking it is so that as we entered the phase of severe energy depletion across the planet, the resultant skyrocketing inflation and energy prices could be blamed on Putin. He is the bad guy and when we defeat him inflation and energy costs will be tamed. I can guarantee you that this war will continue right up until the final phase of the extinction plan is unleashed preventing the Gates of Hell from opening

The Gates nearly opened the other day… The U.S. Quietly Bails Out Its Banks

The Truth About the Construction of Machu Picchu

For years we have heard speculation about this wonder of the world. How did they cut the rocks and fit them so perfectly? How did they get those huge boulders up the mountain?

It ain’t no fucking mystery.

Directly above the ruins is a stone quarry. There are plenty of massive rocks littering the ground. One can also see some that have been split perfectly. What they did was drive wooden splints into fissures in the rocks, inserting splints that were then soaked with water. When they expanded this caused the rocks to split. There is also evidence that they fired large stones then poured cold water on them causing them to break cleanly.

No aliens required.

We had a dozen or so barnyard animals in a group including a big jolly extended family of Americans who mostly talked about where they could watch the NFL games the next day. At one point I heard the women talking about baking a cake using Coca Cola instead of water… Their favourite meal was at a restaurant that served awesome burgers. Very nice people… but serious Barnies.

There was an optional hike up Huayna Picchu - only myself and a young Indian fella from Guyana headed for the top on a very steep climb. Well worth it for the views. The others went back to Aguas Calientes (in search of a Burger King outlet?)

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