On the 21st we left our lovely beach front hotel outside Mancora, Peru, and set out for Quito, Ecuador. Along the way we took: a rickshaw from our hotel to downtown Mancora; a mini bus for about an hour and…
Four Month Roundup
We celebrated our 4 month travel anniversary while in Colombia, traveling from Hacienda Guayabal (a coffee plantation near the small town of Chinchina) to Cartagena. Here’s what we’ve got for month 4: Countries visited: 3 Beds slept in: 9 Long…
Sun, Sand, & Yet More Ceviche: Mancora, Peru
We flew from Lima to Piura airport, close to the northern border of Peru, on April 17. Brian, as usual, was extremely entertaining while in flight. After we landed it was about a two hour trip by car to Las…
Eating Our Way Through Lima
The travelers we’ve encountered on this trip haven’t had too many positive things to say about Lima, Peru– so much so that we initially had the impression that it was a potentially skippable city. After a bit of research, though,…
Cusco & the Sacred Valley
On April 3rd we set out from Puno (on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca) to Cusco by bus. Our intrepid traveling companions, Matt and Ashley, weren’t arriving to Cusco until the following day, so we spent the 3rd catching…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu
Because of the limited number of permits issued, we booked our Inca Trail excursion several months ago. As a result, we’ve had a long time to look forward to it, and were lucky enough to be joined by friends from…