Day 22: Cusco to Lima to Santiago — Goodbye to Peru and Lobsy
Slog of a travel day: Cusco to Lima, five-hour lay-over, then Lima to Santiago. Chile is 2 hours ahead of Peru and EST so we landed around 1am. It was...
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Day 21: Exploring Cusco on Our Last Full Day in Peru
Today was super low-key. We bid farewell to the beautiful Sol y Luna and took a van 1.5 hours to Cusco. Cusco is historically rich, visually appealing – and very...
Day 20: Machu Picchu!
We went to Machu Picchu today. It actually lived up to the hype. There are a lot of ways to get there. You can do a 3 – 4 day...
Day 19: A Horse Show and Small Town Wandering in Urubamba
What a difference a good night’s sleep makes. James awoke a new man. Which is good because we had an unstructured day. It began with breakfast followed by school. We’re...
Day 18: Sacred Valley and the Sol y Luna Hotel
We all could have stayed on the overnight train for another day (week?) but they kicked us off after breakfast at 7:30am. We exited to a hilarious round of...
Day 17: An Insane Luxury Train Experience Through the Andes
We left Lake Titicaca and took a totally over-the-top luxury overnight train from Puno to Cusco. Reader note: This is *not* how we’re doing this trip. This overnight luxury train...
Day 16: Lake Titicaca Farmland Wandering
Our lodge isn’t used to kids, so their excursions weren’t exactly tailored to 4- and 6-year-olds. We went off menu and asked them if they could just take us around...
Day 15: Visiting the Uros Floating Indigenous Village on Lake Titicaca and Exploring the Marshes Near Our Lodge
Our lodge offers about 15 different excursions, ranging from bike rides to visits to nearby ruins. Here’s what we did today: Floating Islands After breakfast we took a van to...
Day 14: We arrive at the Titilaka Lodge
After 24 hours in Lima we took a short flight to Juliaca, an airport at 12,500 feet of elevation and about 20 miles from Lake Titicaca. We took a 1...
Day 13: 24 Hours in Lima — One Group Toured, One Group Did Not — We Went on a Blind Dinner Date with a Local Couple
Our hotel is in the Miraflores neighborhood, which is on the coast. In a city of 8 million residents and about 30 districts, this one’s known for nice hotels, sea-view...