So on a lot of our trip we needed to lookup from others how they did it – if they really needed certain paperwork, etc. so I figure I’d add one post for the world in case there were others out there needing information. No photos in this post as I find myself sitting back in the home office in Colorado these days, wondering how a year ago we figured out to go drive […]
Well I hate to say it but this is the beginning of the end for our trip. I actually just finished loading the car into the shipping container with our agent and watching a truck take it to the shipping staging area. All went as planned, now I just need to be in Houston on or around July 18-20th to pick it up and drive back to Colorado. Anyway, rewinding a few days…
Well we’ve been skipping some blogging lately – largely due to being on the road and so busy touring ruins. We have done a bunch of ruin tours – seeing many Inca, and Mochi (pre-Inca) relics, tombs, religious sites, vases, more vases, and then some more ceramic vases. To say that they have a lot of ceramic things is an understatement. We did get to see some very interesting sites and learn more about […]
So we have been in Trujillo Peru for three days now. This is a larger city on the coast, north of Lima. It’s kind of crazy here, the city is basically foggy all the time – can’t see the sky at all. You are right next to the ocean but really cannot see it – you can hear it though. There are also mountains here, that you can’t see unless you are next to […]
We have spent the last couple of days in Huaraz, which is the center of the universe for the Cordillera Blanca mountain range in Peru. This place is unbelievable, and honestly could be as spectacular as Torres del Paine national park in Chile. It does not have the tourist infrastructure that the national park does, however the views are simply spectacular. This is a trekking center, having treks from 5-30 days leaving from […]
A short blog post to follow up on Gavin’s post, as I forgot to write about this. One of the things that we did before the trip was built a first aid kit, which I get poked at on our trip for having too much stuff. We have used some of it, but it was really designed for a what if scenario where we were hurt. Well while driving the other day to our […]
Well, it has been a good long while since my last post, and alot has happened since. After driving to Nasca and staying a night, we had gooten used to sea level again. Driving to Ica, we got to see some of the Nasca Lines. While you are driving the Panamerican north, you can stop at two watchtowers, and you pay two soles. We decided not to do the airplane tour, because we watched […]
Well a shorter blog post today. We were able to goto a local farm lunch in town and then visit the Ollantaymbo ruins for another look and large rocks that have been moved by men. The farm lunch at Albergue Lodge was prety great. We got a walk around tour of the farm – which is connected to a hotel/restaurant. This farm produces much of their own produce for use in the restaurant, and we […]
Ok, we’ve been doing a lot of stuff and splitting blogs into two helps keep the ipad operational. We like to upload a lot of photos and sometimes too many photos equates to ipad crashing… Yeterday we went to Moray and the Salineras Salt Mines (started by Inca). These are all local activities in/around Urabamba so it was a good local day. We ended the day eating dinner in a great place (Kampu) that serves […]
Llama Trek with Llama Pack in Urabumba So after several months of travellig we finally were able to complete one of Cindy’s wishes for the trip – Llama walking/treking. We were introduced to an organization called Llama Pack in Urabamba. This organization is focused on re-introducing the llama as a pack animal in Peru. Many llamas have cross bred with Alpaca’s, and are not as strong and good for packing as they used to […]
Travelling Outlaws 