September 2013
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Day 9 Peru – Train to Machu Pcichu, What A View!
Read More: Day 9 Peru – Train to Machu Pcichu, What A View!This morning it was time to hop the train to Machu Picchu. Vistadome class which means big windows. We enjoyed those windows, some of those canyons are awesome. We have pretty scenery at home. This can be just as pretty. A bus takes you up a crazy logging road. Ok it's not…
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Day 8 Peru – Cusco, Incan Rocks and Spanish Rocks
Read More: Day 8 Peru – Cusco, Incan Rocks and Spanish RocksToday was a lovely 9am start for a tour of Cusco (Qosqo). We went straight up to Sacsayhuaman. Which translates as city of stone. Many of the stones used to build the cathedral were taken from this archaeological site (the walls were probably at least 10 feet higher). Stone walls (limestone, diorite and andesite) showcase…
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Day 7 Peru – Train Day to Cusco. Still Lots to See.
Read More: Day 7 Peru – Train Day to Cusco. Still Lots to See.Another 545 start to get our 8am train from Puno to Cusco. It takes 10 hours, but they sure do it in style. I can see why travel used to be viewed as this grand adventure instead of the sardine can style of modern airplanes. Nice wide seats, cloth napkins, big windows. Oh and a…
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Day 6 Peru – Lake Titicaca and Floating Reed Islands
Read More: Day 6 Peru – Lake Titicaca and Floating Reed IslandsYet another 7am start to go exploring. We did not sleep well so today was a rought start. We are both glad we forced ourselves to get moving though. Because, how often do you walk on water Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world (12 000 fee above sea level). The Uros…
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Day 5 Peru – Time To Get Some Altitude!
Read More: Day 5 Peru – Time To Get Some Altitude!Bright and early this morning we had a taxi take us to Lima Airport. Traffic in the morning in Lima is a little nuts. Still not as bad as Cairo or Pnom Penh but it did take as a good 45 minutes to get there. Lima to Juliaca via Lan Peru was uneventful. 1 hour…
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Day 4 Peru – Terrorists to Tourists and ish
Read More: Day 4 Peru – Terrorists to Tourists and ishFirst off, the hotel we stayed at makes their own Pisco. As I said yesterday, we tried it at the pool. Kris wasn't a huge fan so we had to smile as our waiter brought us another set of shots as an after dinner gift. This time we both drank ours. I quite like it.…
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Day 3 Peru – Driving to Nazca, Nazca Lines Tower and Hotel Majora
Read More: Day 3 Peru – Driving to Nazca, Nazca Lines Tower and Hotel Majora545 start today to get breakfast and check out of Lima. Our driver (Christian) was right on time. He only spoke Spanish so conversation was limited. I never really realized that the coast of Peru is quite a desert. The Andes prevent enough clouds from forming so there is very little rain and mostly just…
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Day 2 Peru – Lima, Pachacamac, and Bridge of Sighs
Read More: Day 2 Peru – Lima, Pachacamac, and Bridge of SighsAfter a long day yesterday it was nice to have a decent sleep. Apologies to you English Teachers and Grammar Aficianados about yesterday's post. I was a bit out of it! Breakfast was only on until 10am so we couldn't sleep in too much. After breakfast it was off to wander the streets and see…
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Day 1 Peru – Here we go again and Continent six of seven.
Read More: Day 1 Peru – Here we go again and Continent six of seven.Well it's time for Dave and Kris to venture forth into the world and “see stuff”. Also today marks the day that Kris and I will have traveled to six of seven continents. The last one is the Antarctic. We have to wait a couple of years for that one. We are off…
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Whistler and Joffre Lakes
Read More: Whistler and Joffre LakesDay 1 – Whistler and Blackcomb First day up was a trip to do the Peak 2 Peak Gondola. Pricey indeed but on day like Saturday when the sun is out, amazing. At the top of the gondola we hiked a bit down the hill to the bottom of the Peak chair. You can see…
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Chinon
Today we visited the town of Chinon on the River Vienne. Chinon was the favourite dwelling place of Henri II Plantagenet and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. Joan of Arc arrived in Chinon in 1429 claiming to hear heavenly voices telling her that Charles VII, the French dauphin, would give her an army to neutralize…
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Tours to Loire Valley
We bid a last adieu to Eric (again!) this morning. We left him at his orientation picnic in Tours and headed deeper into the Loire Valley to continue our oenotourism! We stopped for lunch and a wine tasting at Chateau de Miniere, a women-run winery in the country where we had a lesson on the…
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Amboise
The second week of our trip will be just the two of us, exploring the Loire Valley, touring several 17th C chateaux and tasting lots of wine. The Loire is the longest river in France. It officially separates France into north and south regions. The river was the farthest point the Moors conquered as they…
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