We had one more day of altitude acclimation before going to visit Machu Picchu. We left our hotel in the Sacred Valley and visited a salt "mine". It's not really mining. Marasal (choose English, or whatever, on the right-side of the menu bar) sits on a salt-water spring. Now, I don't know if it's trapped … Continue reading Machu Picchu – Day 2

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.