We were so glad to exit the rat's nest they call Lima that we completely underestimated the 21 hour bus journey to Cusco. In hindsight, the 1 hour flight would have been the smarter option… but the business class seats with TVs in front of us plus the comparatively dirt cheap bus tickets called our names. So even though I was feeling a little under the weather, we hopped on and added motion sickness and altitude sickness into the mix. The road basically in...

I'm nervous and a little scared by the next phase of our journey, so I was definitely freaking out about Lima. Plus the fact that I was starting to feel like I'd had enough of traveling, I was starting to crave and day dream about having our own place and settling down. Isn't it funny how you always find yourself wanting what you don't have! But I know I'm feeling this way because I'm scared. I'm scared of the unknown, of standing out, of not speaking the langu...