We’re wrapping up two great weeks in Peru with a flight out tonight at 1:00 am from Lima. During that timespan, we’ve dined above the Pacific Ocean and enjoyed ancient ruins at Pisac, Machu Picchu, and Huaraz. We’ve seen majestic Andes peaks, pastoral landscapes, jungle habitat bursting with vegetation and very, very friendly Peruvians. For […]

After a day of rest in Lima, we checked out late from our hotel (the Sheraton Lima gave us 8pm, which is unheard of and great service) and headed for the station for an overnight bus to Huaraz, northeast of Lima and a climbing Mecca. Taking a ‘red-eye’ Cruz Del Sur bus was a very […]

We landed last night on our flight from Houston at 10:30, flying in low over a bay that seemed to have hundreds of cargo ships at anchor at the Port of Callao before touching down just as we crossed the coastline. A quick check of Wikipedia showed that Callao was the main port for the […]