What happens in Vegas...

A couple of weeks ago we met my parents and Shyla in Las Vegas in honor of my birthday. I cannot believe how much we packed into one day.

• Crepes in Paris
• Aquarium
• Roller Coaster at NY
• Designer Shopping at Caesar's Forum
• Dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant in The Venetian
• Cirque de Soleil's Beatle's tribute LOVE

Mostly though it was awesome to spend quality time with the folks and Shy and Mike. It bodes well for the next decade.

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.

The Honeymoon.... oooh la la

Our honeymoon was... cheesecake, snorkeling, romance, volcanoes, bamboo forests, relaxing, waterfalls, sunsets, maui.

pasarlo bien

Mexico was wonderful. It was warm, colorful, exciting, interesting, relaxing, new and yummy. Everything I could every ask for. The picture above was taken at Chichen Iza, a Mayan ruin. That lady wanted to sell me a bag, I just gave her money for the photo instead. I think she gets that a lot---she was all moody like professional models always are.

Since we had scuba diving gear we had so much luggage. That picture does not do it justice. I hated our luggage.

Chichen Itza

I am all attitude in this shot. I taught Dev how to use my camera and he did a great job (my camera is confusing).

This is easily the best hotel I have ever stayed in. It was charming and comfortable and so Mexico. Plus the bottom of the pool was natural with rock formations and tunnesl and stuff. I have never seen anything like it. I took pictures with my underwater camera of us swimming through the tunnels. I will post those later.

Across the street from the best hotel ever was a cenote (cave) with deep fresh water and fish. We had it to ourselves. RAD.

Beautiful, random town on the way to Chichen Itza.

Telum, very photogenic Mayan ruins on the coast.

Sometimes I just took pictures of stuff.

The white guy is my dad helping these guys push their boat onto the shore.

I made Dev model for me a lot. I wish I could take a picture of everyone I know on this pier.

Can you believe he is single?

This dude did paintings with spray paint.

This photo was way hard to get. We are presently getting rushed out of a restaurant next to this pier. But I really wanted a photo here. Stupid Americans!

Remember my favorite hotel? It also had a bunch of hammocks. Hammocks are the ultimate way to relax. That is how my feet look when they are happy.

Believe it or not, I have tons more photos from my underwater cameras. We did lots of underwater stuff. I will post later.