Cruise back to Puerto Maldonado, and now begins our trip back to reality -- tomorrow we will be home and telling and retelling all the stories of this trip.
On our flight to Cusco, KT and I make a list of the many modes of transportation we have experienced over these 16 action-packed days:
airplane
train
bus
van
car
tricycle taxi
bicycle
kayak
sailboat
wooden canoe
catamaran
motor launch
Avon raft
and miles and miles on foot!
So ends the PERFECT trip -- A gorgeous country; plenty of activity and excitement, which was our goal; delightfully hospitable people; only one day of rain (and that was on the day we rafted and would be wet anyway!); guides and staff who couldn't have been more wonderful, knowledgeable, and amusing. The food exceeded our expectations (we are vegans who eat a bit of fish). And, not one moment of altitude sickness or any other problems. Like we said, ''Perfect''.
Two 65-year-olds looking for Adventure! in Peru
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- Carol Thuerbach
- Active & Extreme, Biking, Camping, Community Stay, Cultural Immersion, Fishing, History, Light Hiking, Luxury & Indulgence, Multisport, Peru, Spa & Relaxing, Traveler Stories, Whitewater Rafting, Wildlife Watching
- Next stop: LIMA!
- We're in Starting Gate . . . and we're off!
- Cusco on Palm Sunday
- Rafting the Urubama River
- Biking at 12,000 + feet
- Hiking Tres Cruses
- Down, down, down we go . . .
- Machu Picchu
- On the way to Puno and Lake Titicaca
- Easter Sunday on Uros Islands, kayaking, Isla Tikonata
- Sailing to Amantani
- Taquile and back to Puno
- In to the jungle!
- Bird Watching and Jungle Walking
- Good-bye to Heath River and Hello to Sandoval Lake Lodge
- The Giant Otters of Sandoval Lake
- May Day! May Day! May Day! We have to leave!
