I was looking forward to a shorter hike on Day 3 but still was not convinced it was going to be as “easy peezy limon squeezy” as promised. We had been told that this would be the day of 3000 steps. I’m still not sure who counted those steps as I believe we went down more than 3000 depending on […]
Day two was here. After a precarious night’s sleep we were up by 5 AM. We were awakened each morning with a choice of coca tea or coffee (Nescafe instant) delivered to our tent and hot water to wash our hands. It was then time to pack up, fairly quickly. In a matter of about thirty minutes we were dressed, […]
So the whole reason we were in Peru was to hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. Today was the day that journey would begin. I was up by 3:30 to get a last shower in and be ready to meet our guides by 4:30. David and Toribio (Toro) came to get us. We were expecting a car outside so […]
Once again Jeff and I were up and ready to have a fun filled day. Saul, our tour guide from the previous day had cautioned us that the Sacred Valley gets very crowded and had arranged for us to leave thirty minutes earlier. He felt that thirty minutes could make a big difference in the crowds we would have to […]
Day 2 Maras and Moray When we travel I try to pack in as much as I can. My plan for this trip was to take it a little easier since we needed to prepare for the big hike but of course I still made plans for us. On our first full day in Cusco we got up and enjoyed […]
Jeff and I had been planning to visit Machu Picchu for about five years. I think we started talking about it when we hiked the Grand Canyon in 2011. I know we began speaking about it in earnest on our honeymoon in February of 2012. We met a couple who had backpacked to the site. We also met someone who […]
So I like to say that one of my goals in life is to fight genetics. Clearly I lost that battle on the eye front. Thanks Dad for the detached retina. But fortunately modern medicine was able to correct that problem for me. Throughout my life I have had an obsession with my blood pressure and my heart health. Heart […]
My husband and I are so good for each other. We had known each other for a long time but had never imagined we would one day be married. Early in our dating relationship Jeff invited me on a trip with him. He had planned to hike Half Dome in Yosemite. I wasn’t sure I was up to it but […]
It was finally time to say goodbye to Cuba. It had been a whirlwind tour but one I was so glad that we made. Suzanne and our guide were concerned about checkout for our group. They said the hotel had agreed to break their usual rules and let us checkout the night before and they were even going to provide […]
My goodness there is still so much to talk about. Today we looked forward to what Suzanne referred to as “retail therapy” (we referred to it as helping the Cuban economy), Ernest Hemingway’s house, and Fusterlandia. Our time would soon be coming to an end in Cuba and it still felt as though we had barely scratched the surface of […]