Everyone always wants to know what we paid for a trip, so here goes. For a week in an exotic country, far from home, it was pretty cheap. I could have gone a little cheaper, but it was cheap enough already that we didn’t feel the need to economize on the major items (and we [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Aguas Calientes Peru'
What We Paid in the Sacred Valley of Peru, including Machu Picchu
June 9th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Machu Picchu · Sacred Valley · Travel Spanish
World’s longest parade and shortest route
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
We stood on the sidelines for almost an hour, but the sun was getting too hot, so we found one of the many balconied restaurants surrounding the plaza, got ourselves a balcony and had lunch as we watched the parade continue. And continue and continue. We took over an hour to eat lunch, just taking our time, and the parade showed no sign of ending when we left.
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Cuzco · Travel Spanish
Notes on Machu Picchu, Peru
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
Under the “What are the odds of that?” category: While walking down “restaurant row” in Aguas Calientes I ran into a fellow I had Spanish classes with in Guanjuato Mexico. What are the odds of that?
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Aguas Calientes, Peru – Doorway to Machu Picchu
May 18th, 2009 No Comments
Traffic isn’t bad here. In fact, it’s non-existent. There are no cars in Aquas Calientes for the simple fact that there are no roads leading to it. The only two ways you can get here are by train and by foot.
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MACHU PICCHU – At Long Last!
May 15th, 2009 No Comments
They call it the trip of a lifetime, one of the new seven wonders of the world. And I suppose it is. I know that I’ve wanted to come here ever since I saw that first photo of the city perched on top of a sheer mountain, surrounded by mountains.
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Learning Spanish · Machu Picchu · Travel Spanish
Down to Machu Picchu by train
May 15th, 2009 2 Comments
Question: Should I take the Backpacker Express train or the Vista Dome? I read this question a lot on forums about M.P. Well, it depends.
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We Are In Peru
May 14th, 2009 No Comments
Well, we’re finally in Peru. After a three hour drive to Miami, across Alligator Alley (which had been closed several nights because of smoke from a major forest – swamp – fire), a few hours in the Miami Airport (which doesn’t seem to have restaurants, only food courts), a 6 hour flight to Lima, a [...]
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Our Peru Itinerary
April 23rd, 2009 No Comments
Our first stop, if you don’t count stopping in Cusco to prepay for train tickets to Machu Picchu, will be in the Sacred Valley town of Ollantaytambo. We have reservations at the Hostal Sauce. Yeah, strange name. It certainly isn’t cheap by Peruvian standards, but it includes a buffet breakfast, and they’ll transport us to [...]
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