Random Reflections

Today was a VERY difficult day!  Last day of the Colca Canyon trek and definitely the hardest.  Did I mention before that the Colca Canyon is the second deepest canyon in the world and twice as deep as the Grand Canyon?  However, as Kelsey pointed out, it doesn’t really “look” like the Grand Canyon (not

Happy December!  I can’t believe it is December already, and considering we were hiking in sunny, 85 degree weather today, it definitely doesn’t feel like December. So last night we went to bed straight after dinner.  The beds felt quite cozy with the thick blankets and we fell asleep listening to the sounds of the

Wow, today has been one incredibly long, challenging day!  We woke up at 2:30 a.m. to get ready for our 3:00 a.m. pickup by Colonial Tours to start our 3 day Colca Canyon trek.  We were picked up by  a large van that ended up with about 14 people in it, which seemed a little

This morning we were up early again!  The sun rises so early here (5 a.m.), and it gets so bright, it is hard not to be up early.  Our room also feels like a sauna, even with the windows open for some breeze.  We started out the day taking care of some errands.  I found

Today was mostly a travel day.  The sun was up early as usual so we actually were up and going by 6:30 or 7.  We spent the morning packing and checking stuff for our flight to Arequipa.  There was a bunch of confusion as somehow I got bumped off the 2:20 flight to the 3:35

So we got to our hotel last night and happily our luggage was already in our room for us!  Happy day!  Showers felt great but I took a second one today because my hair still felt dirty. Kelsey was supposed to go today to Maras and Moray with our guide, David, from Peru Treks (don’t

Happy Thanksgiving!  There definitely could be worse ways to celebrate Turkey Day. 🙂 We got up at 3:50 a.m. and had to quickly get our stuff together because breakfast was at 4:20.  This was the first day we hd to do this in the dark, so it was an extra challenge. A very weak breakfast

I do not feel I slept at all last night.  My stomach was in knots and I felt very queasy.  I had taken Imodium but that didn’t seem to help (I realized later than I took the wrong dosage so that may have contributed to the problem).  On the positive, I never actually got sick. 

Today was the tough day!  Not sure how much I slept last night – I felt like I tossed and turned quite a bit and I was wide awake before our 5:30 a.m. wake up “call.”  They brought us coca tea to start the day and then breakfast was around 6:00.  So we had about

Day one of the Inca Trail!  We got picked up from our hotel around 5:30 a.m.  We had set the alarm for 4:30 so we had time to get our stuff together, check out and get breakfast at 5:00 right when the breakfast room opened.  Most of the group was already on the bus when