Since posting the “preview” post last night, I’ve been anxious to get back to the computer to write more about it.  In fact, much to my chagrin, I composed approximately 78 introductory paragraphs, one after the other, in my dreams last night  (you’d have thought it was a graded exam!).  Naturally, I can’t recall a single one […]

Machu Picchu lived up to expectations in every way.  I’ll write more tomorrow!

After finishing last night’s post we went right to bed and got a glorious night’s sleep.  Or, at least, we tried to do so.  I was exhausted physically, but I was still wound up from the day’s adventures and the excitement of being in a new and fun place.  So I lay there.  And lay there.  […]

Boy am I glad we made it to Cuzco today.  Not only is it the jumping-off point for Machu Picchu (which we’ll tackle shortly), it’s also destination-worthy in its own right.  As you can see from the pictures I took from the air, Cuzco is situated high in the Andes (approximately 11,200 ft), in an open bowl […]

After all of that, everything worked like a charm. While I recovered my passport, Amanda successfully changed our flight to a later one (apparently we had inadvertently bought flexible tickets – yay us!). The flight to Cusco went smoothly and breathtakingly through snow-capped Andean peaks (see below), putting us on the ground a mere 1.5 […]

Wayward passport back in hand. Now, back to the airport and (fingers crossed) off to Cuzco. Troublemaker But not before stopping to get gas.  (Which is full service, and which apparently cannot be done while I’m still in the car… so I’ll walk around and take pictures of the neighborhood.) Taxi getting serviced View to […]

At long last, plans for the 2011 summer trip have begun to gel:  Amanda and I are going to Peru for two weeks (last week of June, first week of July).  Both of us feel much better now, with something concrete that we can plan for. Picking a destination for this summer has been no […]