Entries tagged "2019 - Macchu Pichu and Galapagos"
May 28, 2022
Day 8 — Travel Day and Peruvian Thoughts
(Note: this was a travel day, so no pictures.) We usually wait until the end of a trip to write an overview, but this trip is almost like two
June 4, 2019
Days 14 and 15: Travel and Quito
We enjoyed the regular time wake-up of this long travel day—at least we didn’t have to get up at 4:00 am! We reversed our trip of a few days ago:
June 2, 2019
Day 13 - Galapagos, Part 3
Lava Tubes, Tortoises, and Moonshine, CDRC (long!) What an amazing day. Jose and Xavi wanted to show us the diversity of Santa Cruz Island—from the
June 1, 2019
Day 12, Galapagos, Part 2
Our excursion today began with a trip to South Plaza Island. Like yesterday, we left our hotel in the morning with Tomas, our tour director, and our
May 31, 2019
Day 11 - Galapagos, Part 1
Boobies, Frigates and Land Iguanas, oh my! We left the hotel for our first full day adventure and headed down to the sea once more. The highlands,
May 30, 2019
Day 10: Quito to Galapagos
Today’s Quito airport trip was another early morning wake-up call. We were sorry to be leaving the lovely Swissotel but very excited about starting
May 29, 2019
Day 9 - Quito
Quito is the capital of Ecuador and is situated at 9350 feet on a plateau surrounded by volcanoes. Almost immediately we sensed a difference from
May 27, 2019
Day 6 (evening) and Day 7 - Cusco
Cuzco (or Cusco) was the capital of the enormous Incan empire which included modern day Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, and northern Chile. Its population
May 26, 2019
Day 6 - Machu Picchu, Part 2
One of the not-so-guilty pleasures afforded to us on this tour was the opportunity to stay at the Belmond Sanctuary Hotel, immediately adjacent to
May 25, 2019
Day 5 - Machu Picchu, Part 1
This has been an amazing trip, so far, and it was about to get even better. Today, we finally achieved the primary goal of the Peru portion of our
May 24, 2019
Day 4 - Exploring the Sacred Valley
We are falling in love with the Andes. It reminds me of the Grand Teutons—every five minutes something new is around the corner, bigger and better
May 23, 2019
Day 3 - Lima to Cuzco and Sacred Valley
This morning, we awoke bright and early (i.e.4:30 am) to make our way once again to Lima Airport for our flight to Cuzco. Cuzco was the capital city
May 22, 2019
Days 1 and 2 - Lima
First days are always a little hard. Our traveling on the official day one was long, but relatively uneventful. We had the luxury of driving to
April 4, 2019
Machu Picchu and Galapagos 2019 Itinerary
Day 1 - Tues, May 21 Miami to Lima Weston Lima Day 2 - Wed, May 22 Lima Weston Lima Day 3 - Thu, May 23 Lima/Cuzco/Sacred Valley Aranwa Sacred
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