Author Archives: Risa

Apologies – this is a long one! Again, if you are here to read about Machu Picchu, jump ahead to April 26. April 25 – En route to the Sacred Valley We are on our own, without our Spanish-speaking hosts, … Continue reading →

Honestly the next couple of days of our trip were entirely in service of getting to and hiking up to see Rainbow Mountain. I feel it necessary to include excessive details, but you do not need to feel it necessary … Continue reading →

April 19 – Arequipa Well we did it. We stuffed our faces with an 11 course meal, staggered home under the weight of a several hundred Soles worth of wine, an “slept” for about three and a hald hours, getting … Continue reading →

The number one restaurant in the world (currently) is Maido, and if you are here just to read about that, then feel free to jump ahead! Barranco – April 15 Lima’s cliff-top seaside walk extends a long way, and we … Continue reading →

We saw a ton of new birds on our trip and I’m just going to drop the images here. Note that many of these are very low quality to flat-put bad, and are included here simply as proof-of-life. NOTE: If … Continue reading →

Amazon Jungle – April 11 Our flight to Iquitos was at 6:45, so we were up and out the door at the appalling hour of 4 am. Because of our fancy, late dinner last night, I’m pretty sure I slept … Continue reading →

This past April Jeff and I went on the trip of a lifetime to Peru. Peru was never in my “top ten” list of destinations, however there is a story as to how this came about. Jeff has a friend, … Continue reading →