We had breakfast in the hotel this morning and then met for an hour bus ride to the archeological site of Moray. At Moray we saw terraces that, rather than going up the side of the mountain, are in a depression in the earth. Experts believe that the Incas used this as a laboratory to help them cultivate crops that would grow in the valleys of Cusco. The temperature difference between the top of the site to the bottom of the site differ by 15 degrees F. We walke...

Breakfast was at the hotel restaurant buffet style and then at 8:00 we boarded our bus for the white water rafting trip down the Urubamba River. We arrived at the entry point and were given instructions before being give our wetsuits, life vests, windbreakers and helmets and being assigned our boats. The trip down the river was awesome with a lot of history being provided to us by our guide. We spent about two hours on the river. After we got out we were given ...

We had to have our luggage outside the room by 6:30 and meet in the lobby by 7:00 for our bus ride back to the airport. We boarded our plane to Cusco and, after an hour plane ride, we arrived in Cusco. After getting off the plane we got on buses that took us through Cusco and to the Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco. There we were greeted with lemonade and delicious cevice and beet, sweet potato and regular homemade potato chips and guacamole. Then we were...

The first day started early with my flight to Atlanta where I met Steve after his flight from Richmond. We had a 3 hour layover before out flight to Lima. Upon arriving in Lima and going through customs we met up with a driver who took us about 40 minutes to our Lima Hotel. We stayed at the Casa Andina Private Collection Hotel in Miraflores.