13 Apr 2018 (Sacred Valley, Peru): Today is our last day at The Green House in the Sacred Valley, and we’ve really liked it here. Strong recommend for anyone going to Peru. And round abouts 6pm, we’re going to take a cab to an overnight bus to a cab to another bus. It’s going to […]
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Day 97
12 Apr 2018 (Maras, Peru): We’re having an over-the-top, 8-course lunch today at a very new (6 weeks) restaurant in the area. The chef owns Central in Lima, which we learned on the Netflix show, Chef’s Table, is one of the 5 “best” restaurants in the world. He’s a big deal, I guess. 🙂 This […]
Day 96
11 Apr 2018 (Urubamba, Peru): We’re staying in a really lovely B&B in the Sacred Valley, and we caught a minibus into the main town for lunch. We also walked around the big local market. It was a lot like the other markets we’ve seen in South America. And now we are trying to catch […]
Day 95
10 Apr 2018 (Moray, Maras, Peru): On our drive from Cusco to the Sacred Valley, we stop at a couple of sites. I’m particularly intrigued by this one. The Incans built these angled terraces to create microclimates (there’s a 15 degree Celcius difference between the top and bottom) that matched regions of their empires in […]
Day 94
9 Apr 2018 (Inca Trail, Peru): We got extremely lucky with our group. In the past few days of hiking, I’ve had conversations with everyone, and there’s no one I’d try to avoid. We are 4 Americans, 2 Eastern European immigrant Brits, 3 Irish, and 2 Germans. And I am one of the 5 people […]
Day 93
8 Apr 2018 (Inca Trail, Peru): The Inca Trail porters are ridiculous. Our group is 11 trekkers, 2 guides, and 17 porters (each company uses a different color, ours are in red). 500 people are allowed on the trail at a time, and about 300 of those are typically porters. Ours are carrying 25 kilos […]