And...we are in the Peruvian Amazon!Another early morning (do you see a pattern here?)...6am pick up for our flight to Puerto Maldonado in the Peruvian Amazon.   Both Katelyn and I are a bit nervous, as I am NOT a camper and while she has camped...she hates spiders, snakes and anything different that moves.  Ashley on the other hand is so excited she can hardly stand it.   Since her Masters is in Ornithology (aka birds for those of us not in the science arena)...

We actually got to sleep in today!  Ok, kind of sleeping in.  Ashley had a bird tour at the hotel at 630am so she needed to get up and walk 10 yards to the Eco desk, where the tour starts.  I woke up about 6am and since we went to bed so early I was good for the day.  Ashley and I wandered down to the resort cafe and where she got a bit to eat and I grabbed coffee.  While she did the tour, I relaxed overlooking the river,  checking email and enjoying the qu...

Another early morning!  (this is vacation?? LOL).   We  had to be ready to go at 6am to catch a 640 am train to Aguas Calientes, the town that serves Machu Pichu.   We were allowed to only take backpacks for the overnight trip, so did a bit of repacking with only the necessities, grabbed a quick breakfast and was ready for the transport to the train station.   We were on Peru Rail for the 3.5 hour trip to AC, with comfy seats and domed ceilings so we can ...

Yesterday was an early  morning after only 5 hours of sleep in Lima.  We had to be back at the airport for our 820am flight to Cusco at 7am.  Luckily our hotel was right across the street, so we didn't have far to go.   The flight was only 1 hour to Cusco and we could see the amazing Andean mountains along the way.  Cusco is at 11,000 feet so we had to begin altitude sickness pills which helped alleviate any ill effectsWe were met at the airport and tra...

Busy day of working and figuring out why my Ipad would'n't charge! Got to IAH and for the first time EVER had a TSA agent tell me my carry on was to large.... REALLY? It wasn't and for the record, Ashley's was actually bigger but that seemed to escape the woman! Finally made it through security with all of our bags and relaxed in the United Club for a few minutes before heading to the gate. My second irritation was the actual plane. It looke...