This is part of a series called Nordic Sojourn 2022 We are off again, on the last of our Covid-delayed trips. This time we are off to visit a subset of the Nordic countries — parts of Norway, Svalbard (an unincorporated part of Norway), Greenland, and Iceland. This trip will be all about planes, trains,…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 At this point in the trip, we were pretty exhausted. We had done two weeks of hiking, snorkeling, climbing, etc., last part at altitude. I think it is safe to say that we were pretty done. But after flying back to Lima,…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 After Machu Picchu, we took a different route back to Cusco and ended up in the little town of Chinchero, the weaving center of Peru, at 12,500 feet!We stopped for a weaving demonstration at a textile co-op, where the local ladies showed…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 The day finally arrived for our trip to Machu Picchu. The only way to get to Machu Picchu is by train — or one of the many Inca Trails that lead to, or leave from the complex. There are no roads of…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 On our second day in the Sacred Valley, it was time to do a little climbing. In some respects, it was a dry run for our trip to Machu Picchu on Thursday. Deb decided to take the day off to save her…
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Today it was time to move to the mountains to start visiting the many archeological sites there (there are over 19,000 archeological sites in Peru!). After leaving our hotel at 5:45 am and dodging the police who were trying to enforce the President’s one day lockdown over a protest against the rising fuel prices, we…
View MoreThis is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Yesterday was a very long travel day — we left the ship at 10:45 am and got to our hotel in Lima at 11:30 pm (planes, trains, and automobiles…). But we were thrilled to not have to lose a day due to…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Today is our last full day in the Galapagos, and we spent it on Santa Cruz Island, the second largest of the islands and the most populous (12,000 of the Galápagos Islands’ 20,000 people live there). It was a real culture shock…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Today, we went to South Plaza, one of two islands that broke away from the large island of Santa Cruz. Both the islands were formed by geological uplift and tilt to the north, with cliffs on their southern coasts. We even…
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This is part of a series called Galápagos Islands and Macchu Picchu 2022 Today we were on the island of Isabela. It is the largest island in the Galapagos and the most recently active (the last eruption was in 2015). It’s actually shaped like a seahorse and is really the amalgamation of five coalesced volcanos. …
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