Category: Peru

Day 2 Yesterday afternoon’s rain returned at night, and was visiting yet again when we woke up at 5:15am. Our plan for the day had been to get out early to do a hike through the extensive Pisac archeological site above the town, so thankfully by the time we had finished breakfast and gotten ready…

We were still alive on this earth when we woke up, and a glance out the window brought further relief, showing that the wildfire on the mountainside had not moved much nearer than where we had left it last night. In fact, it was difficult to discern clouds from smoke, but stepping outside, the eerily-massive…

When plotting our visit to Machu Picchu online, I immediately knew that we’d like the “base camp” town of Ollantaytambo, but had no idea we’d end up spending two full weeks here (plus two days on our Machu Picchu out-and-back)! It was our longest stay in Peru since our initial month in Huaraz, but now…

Days 15-16 Rett had come up with a whole line of sites she wanted to see in the Sacred Valley, and initially we’d assumed that we would slowly hop with our bikes from the west “end” at Ollantaytambo, to the east end at Pisac, 37 miles away. But the Incas seemed to revel in making…

It’s technically possible to train into Aguas Calientes/Machu Picchu Pueblo, visit Machu Picchu, and train out all in one day. Not actually possible for us or anyone like us who needed to buy next-day tickets on-site, but we still could have escaped last night if we’d really wanted to. But we didn’t want to! Instead…