We have another incredibly early start, 4:40 pickup from our hotel to get to the airport. La Casona makes us some small ham and cheese sandwiches to take for breakfast at our request. It’s a long transit today – Cusco to Lima, then Lima to Santiago. Peru is an incredible country. We have spent the…
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We’re up and out early to miss the tourist hordes at Saqsaywaman (pronouncing the name as ‘sexy-woman’ gets you close), a walled Incan complex overlooking the city of Cusco. Rubin considers this site the most significant of Incan architecture based on the massive size and interlocking fitting of the stones used to construct the walls…
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We have a chance to sleep in this morning as our departure is not until 10 am. What a rare treat for this vacation. The train ride to Ollantaytambo is taking longer than the trip here. There are numerous stops and delays to allow other trains to pass. During the trip, the crew puts on…
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Our lodge, the Inkaterra Pueblo, has a number of programs available for guests. We decided to take a tour of their ‘Spectacled Bear’ rehab program in the morning. The lodge is in the ‘cloud forest’ of Peru and is an environment favored by these endangered bears (along with a gazillian hummingbird species). Our guide takes…
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