Our cab driver dropped us off outside the Spanish-style colonial building, Museo Rafael Larco Herrera, the private museum displaying artifacts from all across Peru, including gold and silver, ceramics, textiles and even an erotic collection. We walked through the outside doors to a walkway covered in bright flowers. We had decided to just go to …

This afternoon, we decided to do some walking around the Miraflores area of Lima. After buying a few items from a street vendor (sunglasses for me, a scarf for Monika) we wandered into a cute little coffee shop to have a cappuccino and an empanada. The perfect way to start our Peru vacation!

We wandered along the Avenida Jose Larco, in and out of …

We met our guide Vidal and the owner of A Mi Manera, Marco, in our hotel this morning, then went for a walk through the streets of Cusco. We stopped along the way to try various street food including traditional warm potatoes and a warm and creamy quinoa drink. The food was delicious and served with a smile!

We then walked into the traditional …

We were lucky enough to have a day and a half in the Sacred Valley with our guides. We drove towards the Sacred Valley in the afternoon, stopping first at Chinchero. The town was quiet, so we got out of our car and wondered up the streets through town towards the ruins. There was not another tourist in site, and we had it all to ourselves. When we …

After years of working in the travel industry, I had finally made my way to Machu Picchu ruins! We arrived by train into Machu Picchu town around eleven, and decided to eat lunch before heading up to the ruins. Juan, our guide, said that it tends to be busier in the mornings and he prefers to head up there in the afternoon. We wandered around the …