Cuzco, Peru – Puno has been intriguing, interesting, and inspiring. It’s also been hard to breathe and cold. We’re ready to leave, and getting up with the sun isn’t a problem on our day of departure. I’m not sure we really slept much at all, especially given that that packed van is coming back for… Read More Headed to the Sacred Mountains…
Puno, Peru – Some thoughts looking back at our last day in Puno – for a small, rural city, it’s very clean. There’s definitely a bit of dirt and grime around, but there’s simply no litter – and I noted that people are very careful about depositing their garbage in trash receptacles around the city… Read More Final Notes in Puno…
Puno, Peru – One of the things one learns quickly when traveling is that guidebooks are invariably, simply, wrong. There was a recent article to this effect that basically interviewed a bunch of writers for various travel guides who said that they get paid so little, that it isn’t worth their time to actually check… Read More More Floating Adventure
Puno, Peru – Our first day in Puno dawned bright and early… given how early we’d hit the sack, it was about 6:30 a.m. when we both gave up on trying to sleep. Plus we were both feeling the effects of the altitude, so we headed downstairs to the breakfast room and knocked back a… Read More Floating Islands
Puno, Peru – It’s been a long time since I went on vacation with someone else. Years. I’m used to just sort of throwing a few things in a suitcase and figuring it all out as I go. With three weeks to explore Peru, whow knows where I might have ended up. However… Henry likes… Read More On the Wing…