Tuesday March 14th Up before the crack of dawn we were ready and packed for our trip up to Machu Picchu – we had to pack our small backpacks as the train has a weight restriction. We left our big packs at the hotel in their storage (I guess they do this often!). Richardo our…

Monday March 13th Today we had a bit of a sleep in- not long enough according to Danica. Also the hotel was super noisy early in the morning- most tours leave early as do the trekkers for Machu Picchu. We had our breakfast at the hotel- a light one as we didn’t think we would…

  Sunday morning we all awoke with pounding heads and feeling like we had been beat up. But we swallowed some Advil and were thankful to be going down in elevation to about 9,000ft- 2,000ft makes a huge difference.We had a buffet breakfast in the hotel- love buffets in foreign countries- olives, eggs, buns, fruit,…

Friday March 10th couldn’t arrive fast enough.  After a long night of packing we set the alarms for just after 4 am as our first flight left at 8am and we had to be there 2 hours before of course.  5am departure from the house and off to YVR.  Made it through customs and security…

May seemed like a good time to head to Portland for a few days.  Being only 5 hours drive down the I5 leaving on a Friday afternoon doesn’t seem like a bad idea – until you hit Seattle traffic!!!  Why oh why do we think this time it won’t be bad- it’s always bad.  Adding…