Remembering Peru

Day one: Lima

Magical Churro-like things.

Picture that could have been taken anywhere but it was taken in Lima. Look how happy we are.

Day two: Cuzco

On the way to Cuzco, Mike slept in the airport using every item of clothing we brought as a blanket.

Overlooking Cuzco.

Weaving lady.

Mike getting energy from a rock at Sacsayhuaman (aka sexy woman).

Day three: Pisac & Urubamba

Pisac. And how cool is Katie's hat? So fancy.

Pisac.

Pisac.

Mike feeding a llama on the way to Pisac.

We spent the next two nights in magical eco lodge called Las Challpus where there are ruins with wild calla lilies.

And they let us use the kitchen to make our own dinner out of the wonderful produce in the town market.

The whole place was whimsically decorated with random reclaimed materials.

Day four: Moray & Salt Mines

Day five: Ollantaytambo

On the way to Ollantaytambo, we stopped at a festival in Chinchero and ate a wonderful lunch.

The ruins in Ollantaytambo are right above the town. It was quite dramatic.

We also hiked to some ruins a few miles away and had them all to ourselves.

Day six: Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu was a spectacular capstone to our wonderful trip.

Yurt

Two mile hike uphill in the snow in the dark to a canvas dwelling = so much fun.

Above: Mike's contribution to the guest book.
We didn't even think to bust out the camera until after Nik & Noah left. Trust me, they were there and looked fabulous.

Peru part UNO

I had not planned on blogging from peru but I am waiting in an airport and mike is asleep and the Internet works on mike's touch. we have been here for four hours because our flight to Cuzco was delayed. but this blessed airport puts three seats together without any armrests so we have been able to sleep in relative comfort. except it is a little cold so mike has every item of clothing we brought piled on him. pic coming.

so besides all the quality airport time, we have also hung out in San fran and at the cathedral of San fran in Lima. I like the symmetry. another symeteical thing about our visit to these cities, is that mike has attracked strange men who have sent us on wild goose chases for the best food in town. in San fran we never found the restaurant but we ended in one built in the room the Maltese falcon was filmed in. it made us giggle.

In lima two men approached us seperately in the plaza de armas and claimed to be musicians in the best restaurants. the second guy was more agressive and we found ourselves with him in an empty bar. all of this went down in Spanish so I really did not know what was going on and after a few minutes I just got up and started leaving. I guess he was trying to get mike to drink with him and mike was trying not to be rude. good thing I embrace my rudeness. otherwise the night was beautiful. we toured catacomes which is basically just looking at a bunch of piles of human bones. I can't explain this but I loved it in all it's gruesomeness. kind of reminded me of Indiana jones.

but the best was wandering the streets looking at the buildings and people and the food. I drooled over every pastry display. and for dinner we just ate street food including two churros each. if you think you know about churros but do not think you could eat two in a row then you have not been eating the right churros.

the final part of our evening was trying to get back to our hotel through unreal traffic. it was like NYC traffic in those movies where everyone is fleeing for their lives from the aliens or whatever. plus our cab driver had no idea where he was going and kept asking random people directions. and there was a car accident right in front of us and not even the cars involved stopped (I guess your bumper does not matter when the evil aliens are invading).

all together we are having a marvelous to
time. can't wait to see Cuzco.