Peru 2024

Saturday, June 1, 2024 Thankfully, there was no reason to get up with the chickens today.  We have absolutely nothing planned and the hotel starts serving breakfast at 7. We got ready and sat down to breakfast right at 7.  By now, it was the standard fare.  Scrambled eggs made upon request, with ham, cheese,Continue…

Friday May 31, 2024 Today is our last day in the Amazon.  After breakfast, we met Francisco for a hike and tour of the Muyuna Botanical Garden.  We were ready at 7:15 with our rubber boots on, and we went searching for more Amazonian critters.   We crossed a stream and looked high and low.  AnContinue…

Thursday, May 30, 2024 It’s not warm here.  Who knew we’d need these layers for the Amazon?  These past few days have been more overcast than not, and we asked for an extra blanket on our bed for last night.  Our guide Francisco says that the last week in May and first weeks in JuneContinue…

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 We feel a little bit like we are at adult camp here because while the days’ activities are all different, the daily structure is the same.   Breakfast is served at 6:30 every day, so we got up about 5:45 or 6.  Nathan opted to take a shower, but since the water’sContinue…

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 We woke up at 6 am, and quickly got dressed.  As we were opening the curtains of our bungalow, Nathan shrieked.  It’s a spider.  I go to take a look and it’s the biggest, hairiest, non-tarantula I’ve ever seen.  We’re both a bit flustered.  Do we kill it?  Shoo it outside? Continue…

Monday, May 27, 2024 If yesterday was all about ‘Out of Africa’, today was reminiscent of ‘The African Queen’ with Bogie and Hepburn.   We woke up about 6 am, having slept super good with our AC and fan.  Breakfast starts at 7, so we got ready, and packed our bags to leave. At 7, weContinue…

Sunday, May 26, 2024 Today we once again woke up with the chickens.  I was up at 4:15, so I hopped in the shower right away.  Nathan was up a little while later.  We quickly got ready, so that we could get breakfast right when it opened at 5:30.   The breakfast buffet here at AmaruContinue…

Saturday, May 25, 2024 Today we woke up long before any chickens.  We set the alarm for 2:30 am and boy was it a rough night.  I sprang out of bed, once I figured out that both cell phone alarms were going off, and got dressed.  Nathan did too, and I asked him his plans. Continue…

Friday, May 24, 2024 Well, things are not going as planned.  Yesterday after touring Machu Picchu and sharing the same Camelbak straw, Nathan started to feel like he was coming down with a cold. Awesome.   Today our plans were to get up early with the chickens at 5 am and go up to the hotContinue…

Thursday May 23, 2024 Yikes, what an early morning.  We got to bed fairly early last night, and were rudely awakened by someone loudly knocking on the adjacent door.  Thinking we had overslept, I asked Nathan what time it was.  10 pm. I managed to get back to sleep, but not very well towards theContinue…

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 I again woke up early.  My Fitbit died after the hot springs, so I don’t know exactly what time it was, but I’d guess in the 4 o’clock hour.  Nathan woke up closer to 5:50.  We quickly got dressed (our room is 47 degrees), organized our gear and went outside.  AtContinue…

Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Today is our 20th wedding anniversary.  We woke up in twin beds, me at maybe 4 or 4:30, Nathan at 5:45.  I peaked out of the curtains early when the sun was just starting to light up a far peak in shades of reds and pink. We got up, changed intoContinue…

Monday May 20, 2024 Like, holy smokes, I don’t even know where to start. We got up with Nathan’s regular work alarm at 5 am.  This was by design.  I had showered last night, but Nathan needed to shower this morning, and I was hoping for enough Wi-Fi (always a challenge) to get yesterday postedContinue…

Sunday, May 19, 2024 Today we got up at about 6:30, showered, sorted some of our things (take hiking or leave behind in our suitcase), and went down to breakfast.  Nathan had the omelet this morning, and I stuck with the pancakes, supplemented with fruit, coffee, yogurt, granola and coca tea.     After breakfast we didContinue…

Saturday, May 18, 2024 Last night we both slept fairly well, even at Cusco’s 11,000 feet in elevation.  We woke up at about 7:30 am, showered in our 60 degree room (we have a heater and wood stove, neither were on), and went down for breakfast.  Our hotel serves either eggs or pancakes plus aContinue…

Thursday, May 16, 2024 & Friday, May 17, 2024 This adventure to Peru started well over five years ago.  We originally planned to come to Peru in May 2020, and I think you can all guess what happened to those plans.  At the time of our original flight, Panama had completely closed down, and theirContinue…