Once more woken up early by the sounds of the jungle, but we are leaving at 8 so it’s all right. Travel back to Lima is the same as 2 days ago, 2 1/2 hour boat ride followed by a 1 hour bus ride with a stop at the travel office to repack our bags. […]

Woke up early to the sounds of many different birds calls. We are going on another Nature walk this morning to a lake 6 kilometer away. Once we entered the jungle, our guides initiated us to the jungle by drawing symbols on our faces using crushed berries. This was to help protect us from the […]

Left our hotel at 9 by bus to travel to the airport. This was the start of our trip to the Amazon Jungle. After the 30 minute flight we arrived in Puerto Maldonada. We then took a bus to the travel office where we prepared our day pack for our stay at the lodge. Back […]

Got up late this morning and had a leisurely breakfast, reorganized our luggage for our trip to the jungle. Perused the handy craft market, then had an excellent lunch at Jack’s Cafe   Took a city tour in the afternoon, visited a couple of churches and some old Inca Ruins. If we had not already […]

Up at 4:15 to catch the first bus to Machu Picchu. The gates open at 6 and we were some of the first people allowed in. It was a breathtaking sight – beautiful with the mists swirling around . We started off our visit with a 2 hour guided tour that took us from one […]

Left the hotel at 8 for our walk to the old Inca storage sheds on the hill. This took us about 40 minutes to walk up the very steep incline, but the view was worth it. You could see the Inca terraces of the vast Inca complex across the valley. After spending 1/2hr enjoying the […]

Late start today, left our hotel at 10 for our drive to Ollantaytambo. Made several stops on the way, our first stop was at a Alpaca zoo and textile cultural center. We learned all about the differences between Vicunas,alpacas,and llamas, as well as how they dye the wool. We then stopped at the Sacred Valley […]

Today was a free day so we spent the morning wandering around Cusco, then we attended a class at the chocolate museum. The class was 2 hours long and taught us all about the benefits of cacao. In class we learned how to take raw cacao beans, roast them, remove the outer shell (used to […]

Up at 8:00 for our orientation tour of Cusco which has narrow street and even narrower sidewalks. On our tour we visited the coca museum, where we learned of the positive uses of coca leaves. We also visited a silversmith shop where we watched how silver jewelry is made. The rest of the day we […]

Left our hotel at 7:30 for our ride to the bus terminal. Today will be a travel day, we are taking a public bus to Cusco, travel time is approx 7 hrs with one 10 minute stop. Our drive today took us thru the Altiplato (high plateau) gum trees,fir, pines and yucca trees. Lots of […]