Rubin is a big fan of missing crowds so we’re off early to visit Ollantaytambo village and Inca complex before the savages arrive. The village is very well preserved and has some of the oldest continuously occupied dwellings in South Americas. It is also quite popular as a tourist attraction as it is near the…
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It’s another early morning pickup by Samuel, our Lima travel assistant. He gets us checked into our flight to Cusco and bids us adieu. We have an uneventful flight with a 9:30 arrival in Cusco. At over 11,000 ft elevation, you can tell you are at high altitude. We hook up with Rubin and Marco,…
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It wasn’t quite ‘Planes, Trains, & Automobiles’, but close. ‘Panga’ from the ship, bus to airport, flight to Guayaquil, flight to Lima, and a short walk to the hotel where we’ll overnight before heading onto the next leg of our journey. Visiting Galapagos has been a ‘bucket list’ wish for as long as we can…
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Morning options for the day were a trip to Floreana Island to check out the “post office” and spend the morning snorkeling or sitting on the beach. I elected to stay on the boat and have some quiet time. After lunch, Abbi and I took the glass bottom boat and explored one of the coves. …
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