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…
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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…
Day 82 – Cusco, Peru
April 26th, 2019 Today, we had to rest and explore Cusco and set up our tours to decide what we wanted to do with our next 10 days here. As I mentioned before, there is SO much in Peru to do, you really have to pick and choose if you have limited time. Last night…
Day 81 – Lima to Cusco, Peru
April 25th, 2019 Today we got to sleep in and had an easy day before our afternoon flight to Cusco. Brendan worked on school and wasn’t feeling all that well. Yesterday afternoon he started to have some stomach issues and had a rough night. He rested as much as he could and took advantage of…
Day 80 – Lima, Peru
April 24th, 2019 There is so much to do and see in Peru, it is hard to decide what you can fit in. I was torn today whether we should do a 4am wake-up, and go on a day trip to the desert, or go to another really nice area of Lima to be on…
Day 79 – Lima, Peru
April 23, 2019 After a 2am wakeup we flew from Santiago to Lima, Peru landing around 7am. The public transportation system in Lima is not nearly as good as in the other cities we had visited. We were told a taxi was our only, and safest option to get to our downtown hostel. Taking a…