OK, it's really the first day-and-a-half. It started after we docked in Manta, Ecuador. That afternoon myself and a dozen fellow cruisers jumped onto what seemed to be a souped-up school bus the for four-hour ride to Guayaquil, where we hopped on a plane to Lima, Peru. There we slept in an extraordinarily plain hotel … Continue reading Machu Picchu – Day 1

Finally made it up here. I get back to the ship tomorrow, expect more after that.

Another flash update. This is a Vicuna, in the alpaca family. Here we had a cool wool dying demonstration. Stay tuned!

We made it to our hotel in the Sacred Valley, and rainbows welcomed us. If you squint you can see the second one above.

This is my second time going thru the Panama Canal, but this time I don't have a cold bad enough to force me to stay in bed. Therefore, I got to see more stuff. We stopped in Colon the day before crossing to the Pacific, so I took the "Canal Expansion" tour. I jumped on … Continue reading Canal