We said our goodbyes to Cuzco this morning and jumped on our TourPeru bus to Puno. It was an interesting 6 hour ride through rural Peru. We passed through a lot of small towns and so much farm land. It is amazing to see fields being turned either by hand or with 2 cows pulling a small plow. We saw a lot of sheep (don't worry, I didn't take any home with me), a lot of cows, and some wild dog packs. We were seated in the front row of the upper level of a dou...

The open concept hallway of our hostal served as the perfect amplifier for the rain at 2:30 in the morning. It was strong enough to wake us both and was the starting point for our projection of positive thoughts on to the weather for the day. When the alarm sounded two hours later, the rain was still bouncing off of the skylight roof. We quickly packed our belongings and ourselves with all of our waterproof gear. We finished our light breakfast in the lobby d...

All great adventures start with a few challenges. The planned journey to Machu Picchu was to include a bus ride followed by a train to Aguas Calientes. Although the four of us were ready and on time at the travel agency, they were not. The travel agent did not arrive but his Father did, holding a very young infant. After several nervous phone calls, a women arrived to open the doors to the travel agency. The Father quickly ran in and retrieved our train an...

Another lovely day in Cuzco. The weather has been so spectacular here each day, we've been so lucky. It looked like t-storms in the forecast all week but it has been surprisingly sunny and quite warm! After a leisurely breakfast, we headed out to meet up with Burrill and Courtney in Plaza des Armas. We went with them to visit our tour agent friend; we finally and officially booked our trip to Machu Picchu. We head to Aguas Calientes on Friday, and up to MP on...

After one last great breakfast at La Piccola Locanda this morning, we loaded up our packs and headed out to our new hostel - a whole 20 steps away! We are staying tonight at Hostal Resbalosa, where Burrill and Courtney have been stationed all week, to save some money. It's great to be in the same wonderful neighbourhood and we even have our own bathroom here! Once we were all settled in, we headed out into the city, with about an hour to go before meeting up f...