Cusco
I began with 4 wonderful days in Cusco, wandering, taking a cooking class, and attempting to acclimate to 3400m elevation. My adventure began with an adventure. LatAm airlines bumped me off my flight from Lima to Cusco! They put me on a later flight and gave me a food voucher, but it meant that I would miss the tour to 4 Inca ruins sites. ๐ญ I thought about crying, but instead contacted the tour operator, explained my situation, and they…
๐ผ๐ถ On the Road Again ๐ถ
It has been nearly a year. A lot has changed, and yet much is the same. But now I’m headed off for another sola adventure. This is a “life list” adventure to Peru. I’ll be hiking the Inca Trail – 40km over 4 days, crossing multiple peaks, including “Dead Woman Pass”, a 4200m (~14,000ft) peak, and ending at the citadel of Machu Picchu. Then I will spend a week in Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon basin. And I…