Today ranked in the top three of toughest days for physical exertion in our adventures together…the others being the one-day hike to Paliku Camp on Maui and our one-day summit of Mt Whitney. We started at 6:40 am with a train ride from our hotel, west along the Urubamba River, eventually reaching Aguas Calientes, the […]

Today we woke to snow in the mountains after a heavy rainstorm last night. ‘Our’ mountain above our hotel, Chi’qun, not only had fresh snow on the glacier but there was also snow halfway down the nearby peaks. We had an absolutely delicious breakfast at our hotel before walking into the town to catch a taxi […]