May 6th – 9th, 2019 Brendan and I spent the next few days traveling back home. He flew to Eugene, OR and I flew to Seattle, WA. Brendan had to get to Eugene as soon as possible as our party bus was rented and he needed to get it ready. At the last moment before…
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Day 91 – Machu Picchu, Peru
May 5th, 2019 Today is Machu Picchu! We had the option to take a bus to the top or do the final hike and walk the 1800 stairs to reach the entrance. Although the bus option sounded really nice, our whole group felt after we hiked the whole trek to get there, we couldn’t not…
Day 90 – Salkantay Trail, Peru
May 4th, 2019 Today we got to sleep in until 7am, and after breakfast were taken by shuttle to a ziplining place. Brendan and I have done this a few times before in different places, but I have to say I am super happy we opted for this activity in this location as this was…
Day 89 – Salkantay Trail, Peru
May 3rd, 2019 On this trek we have someone who wakes us up and hands us a cup of hot tea where we are sleeping. It feels quite luxurious. We had another early start, but this day of hiking was WAY easier and shorter than the previous two days. We were no longer in the…
Day 88 – Salkantay Trail, Peru
May 2nd, 2019 It was this day that caused the most anxiety. We would hike up and over Salkantay Pass which sits about 15,000 feet. It was also our longest day as it was 24 kilometers and with our breaks took about 12 hours before we reached the next camp. LUCKILY, it wasn’t as bad…
Day 87 – Salkantay Trail, Peru
May 1, 2019 Today we got up at 3:30 am to get ready for our shuttle bus pick up. We were told by the company that they would store our big bags while we were on the trek and could pick them up when we get back to Cusco late Sunday night. We were quite…
Day 86 – Cusco, Peru
April 30th, 2019 Today was our last full day in Cusco before we began our 5-day trek to Machu Picchu. After a couple full days of activities, and still recovering from being sick we took this day to rest. I felt pretty good on Rainbow Mountain yesterday but know I was still a little drained…
Day 85 – Cusco, Peru and Rainbow Mountain
April 29th, 2019 Today we had a day trip to “Rainbow Mountain”. We had to be walking out the door of our hotel at 4:15am. I had a rough night’s sleep with my cold symptoms, but overall woke up feeling the best I had in four days. Thank goodness! We walked to our meeting spot…
Day 84 – Cusco, Peru and Sacred Valley
April 28th, 2019 Today we had to get up at 5:30am for our Sacred Valley tour. I slept horribly (like you sleep when you have a cold) and told Brendan that I barely felt good enough to even go on the tour. I would of course been massively disappointed if I missed it, so I…
Day 83 – Cusco, Peru
April 27th, 2019 This day we also had to rest with no activities planned. This was really good because I still felt awful. This is the first big city where I haven’t taken one of the free (tip-based) walking tours. I was hoping to today, but just didn’t feel up to it. We walked around…