Inca Trail- Day 3 &4, Machu Picchu

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 […]

Inca Trail Day 2, Dead Woman’s Pass, Peru

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, […]

Cusco, Sacred Valley, Inca Trail, Peru

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 […]

Cusco, Inca Trail, Peru

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 […]