Today was a travel day. We took the canoe out of the jungle to Puerto Maldonado for the flight over the Andes into the heart of Inca territory, Cusco. The canoe ride was lovely with the breeze and the temperatures cooler first thing in the morning. Then it was into a non-air conditioned, old bus for the bumpy, dusty ride to pick iup our stored luggage and repack it for the flight to Cusco. We were NOT impressed with the bus ride and made our feelings known. We we...

Day 2 in the jungle. Yup, we made it through the first day and night (despite losing most of our bodily fluids from sweating) and avoiding being stung, bitten or eaten alive! It's soooo hot here - 35 degrees Celsius and 100% humidity!!!! We awoke to the sounds of the jungle at around 4:00 am even though our wake up time wasn't until 5:00. We heard many bird songs and an eerie sound just like Richard Dreyfuss heard in the film Close Encounters of the Thi...

For those of you who were worried we made it out of the jungle in two pieces (Vic is one piece and I am the other). I am trying to catch up on the blogs but we have little access to the Internet and very little time to do anything on it when we do. They are keeping us very busy with early mornings and late finishes. So please be patient. I will work on it when I have time and access to the Internet. Today (that would be Monday the 26th) we flew to Puerto Maldon...

It was an early morning as our flight to Lima to start our "Quest of the Gods" tour left at 6:40 am. We had to get up at 3:00 am. We arrived in LIma, Peru around 10:30 am. after a 5 1/2 hour flight. A driver was waiting to take us to our hotel. We got settled, had a delicious Peruvian lunch and set off to explore our area, called Miraflores, one of the nicest areas of the city. Peru is the third largest country in South America and one of the 20 largest countr...