We had a great first day in Cusco (read part 1 here) without any symptoms of altitude sickness (Cusco is at an elevation of 11,000 feet) yet. When we awoke, I had a whisper of a headache but I took a few ibuprofen and downed several bottles of water before we headed to the hotelContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Cusco Part Two-sco!”
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Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Second Stop, Cusco!
We woke up early in order to meet Anna in the hotel lobby. She would escort us to our airport gate where we would fly from Lima to Cusco. Since it had become clear to Phil and I that our fancy trip was even more fancy than we’d thought it would be (read the prologueContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: Second Stop, Cusco!”
Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: First Stop: Lima!
We began our adventure by flying from Raleigh to Miami and onto Lima (read my trip prologue here). We were sent our final itinerary by the Belmond representative weeks earlier, so we knew what we had planned and when. A driver was to meet us at the airport and take us to our first stop;ContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: First Stop: Lima!”
Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: A Prologue
Phil and I have been talking about going to Machu Picchu for at least 15 years. We never put a plan in motion to get there, it was always kind of a “we’ll do that one day and it will be cool but not right now” situation. It’s not that going to Peru is suchContinueContinue reading “Our Amazing Peruvian Adventure: A Prologue”
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