Peru

Cusco/Lima, Peru; Stopover 2

Our last full day of this trip ended with another airport hotel in Lima sneaking a good night’s sleep before catching a flight home. But first, we had some more things to see in the Sacred Valley. Eight of our Adventurers packed our bags and hopped in a transport van to see what we could…

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Machu Picchu, Peru; Day 2

Machu Picchu gets about 1.5 million visitors per year. To manage all these sightseers, they designated 3 Circuits with timed entry in order to preserve the site, control crowds, and manage the visitor experience. Yesterday we did ‘Circuit 2 – Clásico’ which takes you through the main part of the site – roughly the middle…

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Machu Picchu, Peru; Day 1

Nine Adventurers left our Ollantaytambo house at 7:45am stocked with to-go breakfasts and a change of clothes. We loaded into 4 tuk-tuks and traveled 7 minutes all the way across town to the train station. The trip cost $12 for all so we felt pretty good about the start to our day. The train of…

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Ollantaytambo, Peru; Day 2

The elevation of this mountain valley town is 9,100 feet (2790m) so while not quite as high as Cusco, the city we flew into last night, we could definitely sense the reduced oxygen content.  Our guidance was to take everything a little bit slower and exert ourselves a little less until our bodies adjusted.  This…

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Ollantaytambo, Peru; Day 1

For shorter trips we prefer to pick destinations close to each other. For this trip we made an exception and gave ourselves a full day of travel in the middle of the trip. It went like this: 8:00 – last breakfast in the jungle, bid a fond farewell to our guides and the staff and…

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Tahuayo Lodge, Peru; Day 3

Today was a choose your own Adventure day for the nine of us. Tiffany, Tracy, Suaram, CreeperKitty, Toaster-Ham and Rose chose fishing in the morning. We got an early start with breakfast at 630 and boat departure at 7am. As we motored downriver toward our fishing hole we were lucky to see a sleepy porcupine…

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Tahuayo Lodge, Peru; Day 2

Guess who’s back! That’s right – it’s Suaram, and I’ll be writing a post for you this trip. You’re welcome! First things first, let me rant about the bugs. There are bugs EVERYWHERE. In the bed. On the chairs. In my hat. There was even a bug in my cup of coffee this morning. And…

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Tahuayo Lodge, Peru; Day 1

Our first full day in Peru started with more Adventurers, travel, another Adventurer and finally ended with frogs, cockroaches and one hairy spider. Last night when we arrived at the airport hotel, we joined forces with Jessica, Rose and Budz, who we are thrilled have joined us for another November Adventure. We all flew from…

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Lima, Peru; Stopover 1

We left home for our latest Adventure before 7am today. It was cold, rainy and dark. By the time we arrived at LAX the blue skies were showing which we think is a great sign for the week. We arrived to the gate early so we had time to chill. We had an uneventful flight…

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