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Day 20 – Embarking to Cusco, Peru
Day 19 at sea was a rest and recovery day. Laura’s medications are proving effective, but she’s still coughing more than she wants. We attending the briefing session for the Machu Picchu 3-day overland excursion. Our group, the Gold version, has about 30 people. Patrick, our concierge, arranged room service from the dining room menu… Read more
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Day 21 – Machu Picchu, Pt I
Woke up in Cusco at 5:45AM to get ready for a long day to and from Machu Picchu. As mentioned earlier, it’s a combination of bus and train segments to reach the Sanctuary, and we won’t return to our hotel until 10:30 PM tonight. Not having much appetite from the high altitude, breakfast was just… Read more
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Day 21 – Machu Picchu Pt II
Machu Picchu means “Old Peak”. It is believed to have been a royal estate or sacred religious site for Inca leaders, whose civilization was virtually wiped out by Spanish invaders in the 16th century. For hundreds of years, until the American archaeologist Hiram Bingham stumbled upon it in 1911, the abandoned city’s existence was a… Read more
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Day 22 – Cusco and return to Lima
Our group of tour guides were excellent in adjusting to the needs of our traveling group. Our original itinerary had us spending this morning touring historic sites within Cusco, eating lunch and the going to the airport by 1:30PM for our flight back to Lima and re-boarding the ship. There wasn’t any free time for… Read more
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Days 23 and 24 – Days at Sea
We left Lima earlier this morning and are at sea the next two days, heading to Manta, Ecuador. These are days of much needed rest and recovery. We had leisurely breakfasts, we saw the ship doctor to follow-up on Laura’s bronchitis recovery and my resurgence of a sinus infection after the flight back to Lima.… Read more
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Day 25 – Manta, Ecuador
Manta is a fairly small port and resort city. As has been typical in South American ports, our ship docks in the commercial dockyard, surrounded by commercial ships – fishing, container or auto carriers. As a working dockyard, we have to ride a shuttle bus to the cruise terminal building. Ecuador gained independence from Spain… Read more
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