Tuesday, February 17 We were happy to get moving again, and were looking forward to Bolivia with a mixture of nerves and anticipation. We knew that in Bolivia we would be on the most remote roads of the trip. The road south from Puno was an easy ride along the west coast of Lake Titicaca. […]
Monday, February 16 Not in my wildest dreams could I imagine that my 30th birthday will be spent so far away from home – 3,812 m (12,500 ft) above sea level, on the remote and one of the highest in the world, Lake Titicaca in Peru… Our choice of hotel Helena made me very happy […]
Sunday, February 15 It was an early morning for me, getting up early to catch up on some emails before we headed out. We’d been in this hotel for a few days now, and the unpacking was nearly total. It took some time to reconfigure the scattered debris into our standard packed bags. We cleaned […]
Saturday, February 14 We decided to skip the scarce breakfast at the hotel and go to Jack’s Cafe Bar for a Valentine Day’s brunch. This was our second time at the place and the food was once again outstanding. After breakfast we did some more shopping at the weekend market and the main plaza stores, […]
Friday, February 13 Our plan was to get up at 4:45 am in order to be one of the first ones in line for the bus to Machu Picchu. I woke up frequently during the night like a school girl anticipating her first day of classes. It worked out for the better because for some […]
Thursday, February 12 In the morning we went back to the Vicuña factory store and purchased some of the things we set aside yesterday. The arranged taxi driver picked us up at 11 am from the hotel and took us to the town of Ollantaytambo from where we were scheduled to take a train to […]
Wednesday, February 11 Our plan for today was to set up our Machu Picchu adventure and wonder around town, do some shopping and soak in the culture. Alfredo, the helper from last night showed up at the hotel at breakfast to tell us about our options for Machu Picchu. We wanted to climb Wayna Picchu, […]
Tuesday, February 10 After a cold night under several wool blankets, we were up and ready to get out of this hotel. On the other side of the wall directly behind our heads was the shared bathroom for the hotel, so once other people were awake we had little desire to remain in our room. […]
Monday, February 9 We woke up early today knowing that we had a long and exhausting day ahead. The hostel residents partied until 2 am last night and our room was un-conveniently located right next to the discoteca. The ear plugs and the eye masks saved the night again, and we actually got decent sleep. […]
Sunday, February 8 We ate a breakfast of yogurt and fruit from the convenience store and were happy to leave Playa Hermosa behind. The ride continued down the desert coast, which was the home to all of Lima’s suburban beaches. It was mile after mile of playas and unusually for us, we didn’t feel any […]