The main reason for visiting Cusco was not to explore the city itself, although we did manage to keep busy, but was to visit various ruins and sites spread among the Sacred Valley. The valley is set in the Andes…
A Home Base in Cusco
Walking the streets of Cusco, it’s not hard to believe that the city used to be the seat of the Incan Empire. Incan stones provide a sturdy base for many buildings throughout the city and their influence is still felt…
Scenes from a Cessna
There is a lot of mystery surrounding the Nazca Lines of Peru. Rumor has it, aliens built them – you can clearly see spacecraft landing strips as well as an outline of an alien waving from the side of a…
Typical Tuesday: December 6
This is a series in which I describe a typical Tuesday during our travels. This will give you an idea of what we do on an average day – sometimes exciting and sometimes mundane. Tuesday, December 6, 2016: Nasca, Peru…
An Oasis in the Desert
Huacachina is a small town just outside of Ica, a larger city located in the Peruvian desert. Huacachina is situated around an oasis with large sand dunes surrounding the city. We spent four nights here, which is a long time…
Paracas: Pelicans and Penguins
South of Lima about four hours by bus lies a small town on the Pacific called Paracas. While there’s not much to do in the town itself, Paracas warrants a day or two to tour their two main attractions: Isla…
Twice Near Tears
Typically, I’ve tried to keep this blog in order of events, the chronological order of our trip. However, I’m breaking this self-imposed rule tonight to jump forward in time as I just got back from dinner and wanted to share…
Three Districts in Lima
We arrived in Lima in the evening after a traffic-filled taxi ride from the bus station. Our AirBNB host, Vivana, greeted us and showed us around the luxurious two-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bathroom apartment we had rented (seriously, we didn’t ever want to…
A Food Tour of Lima
Aside from the fact that we had to go through Lima to get to the other places in Peru we wanted to visit, we wanted to spend a little bit of time in Lima to explore their food scene. I…