After months of preparation and days of packing, we are finally ready to go.

It’s 3am and the alarm clock goes off. We are both awake and excited to go. My husband had cereals and orange juice while I was finalizing my suitcase. We got ready for our Green Ride Shuttle from Fort Collins to Denver airport. Our ride arrived at 4:10 am. We …

We woke-up at 6am and went to have breakfast. Nice little buffet with pastries, eggs, all sorts of tea including mate de coca (coca tea). Having read that coca tea is very helpful for high elevation, I decided to have one that morning. On the envelope, it also specifies that coca tea is good for digestion system, energy level to only name a …

We woke-up at 6am and went to have breakfast. Nice little buffet with pastries, eggs, all sorts of tea including mate de coca (coca tea). Having read that coca tea is very helpful for high elevation, I decided to have one that morning. On the envelope, it also specifies that coca tea is good for digestion system, energy level to only name a …

We left around 9am to Pisac. On our way we saw magnificent landscapes, mountains, met a man with his two llamas. This man had a positive energy and splendid smile. We stop for a little snack. On this property there was a guinea pig “condo”, and llama.

Pisac (temple of the sun, temple of the moon and the observatory) was a very …

We left with our guide Marco to the Ollantaytambo bus-train station. Since January 2010’s mud slides, some bus transportation is available to visitors to access the train station some 30 minutes away. We got so early to the train station that even if there was empty places on the train we needed to wait for our train to arrive. It was a …

It rained all night and still we can hear the rain this morning. Ah well, that’s why all is green and lush around here. My husband and I put on our raincoats and head-up for breakfast. Buffet style and eggs to order as well. Delicious meal once more. After breakfast, we go back to our room to finish packing and to get ready for our …

Waking up at the Sanctuary Lodge, by Machu Picchu was a luxury we loved. We had planned to sleep up to 6:30am, but the buses were already arriving and excitement in me made me get up at 5:40am. We both got ready and left to the gate. I was discouraged to see all those people in front of the gate, but I soon discovered they were groups waiting …

We woke-up early, got breakfast and our lift picked-us up at 7:30am.
Our flight from Cuzco to Lima went well. At our arrival, nobody was there to direct us and we ended up getting lost in the international terminal. As we were connecting for another flight from Lima to Quito, we followed the connection signs as we always do in situation were we …

At 9am, Anhil our guide for the day, picked-us up. First we drove to the “Reserva Geobotanica Pululahua”, an old volcano transformed into a green valley after several thousand years. Then we went to “La Mitad del Mundo”. It is a nice site, if you go to Ecuador you simply cannot miss this place – now we have …