Two Weeks in Peru

Hi All. During our last episode our hero and heroine made their way to Peru.  In Cusco, the pair found a cheap hotel for $10 a night and did not much of anything for a few days... wandered streets, searched artisian markets for works of art (i.e., cheap touristy crap for friends and family) and took loads of pictures of locals (which generally cost $.30 a shot).

After several days the two decided to get on with it and make thier way to Machu Picchu.  Being savy travelers, they avoided the direct train from Cusco to Aguas Calientes ($57) and took local transport ($3) to the halfway point in an attempt to get the backpacker train ($12). Yeah. The backpacker train was sold out. Some thing money can´t buy. This wasn´t one of them. So out came Mastercard and for ($37, one way) they made it to Aguas Calientes.

Ok. Enough third person. It´s much too difficult. We went up Machu Picchu the next morning at 6:30 AM. The morning is mystical. Mist through the mountains and intertwined in the ruins.  The ruins are immense. We were there to see the mist burn off by mid-day and the sun drop behind the mountains.  The next morning we left Machu Picchu and headed for Lake Titicaca on the Bolivian boarder.

The Lake Titicaca episode will air later this month. For now, we are in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador in the Galapagos Islands where internet access is a bit pricey. We board a boat tomorrow for an 8 day cruise of the islands.

Hope everyone is well.