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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]