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 'Sacred Valley'
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
Day Two in Peru — A Tour of the Sacred Valley
May 15th, 2009 1 Comment
We saw sheep herders and goat herders and people plowing behind oxen. We passed a string of mules (in a village) piled high with grain. We saw a bullfight. Okay, not a Spain type bull fight. A farmer was moving a couple of steers through town (think tiny, narrow streets) and just as we passed, two of his steers got into a bit of a tussle.
Tags: Chinchero · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Maras · Marasal · Moray · Ollantaytambo · Peru · Sacred Valley · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish · Urubamba
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 [...]
Tags: Aguas Calientes Peru · Cusco · Hostal Sauce · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Machu Picchu · Ollantaytambo · Pisaq · Sacred Valley · Sazon Andina · speak Spanish · Urubamba
Getting Ready for Peru and Machu Picchu
April 19th, 2009 No Comments
Although you often hear Machu Picchu called a “lifelong dream” by many people (and it certainly is one of mine), we hope to see much more than Machu Picchu. I’m looking forward to visiting the Sacred valley and staying a couple of nights in Ollantaytambo. Just the name alone is exotic and mysterious.
Tags: Cusco · Learn Spanish · Learning Spanish · Lima · Machu Picchu · Ollantaytambo · Peru · Sacred Valley · speak Spanish · Travel Spanish
