Category Archives: Peru with William 2019

There are only two ways to get to Machu Pichu. You can hike the 4 day Inka Trail (or a newer shorter 2 day trek) or you take the train from Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes, the town that sits at its base, from which buses leave constantly for the 20 minute ride up the windingContinueContinue reading “Episode 7 – Aguas Calientes y Machu Pichu”

Another great day. We started early buying some fruit for the road at the Pisac Market. Am I the only one that can’t resist checking out the local market in every small town he visits? Then it was off for our tour of the Sacred Valley starting with the Pisac ruins which really are justContinueContinue reading “Episode 6 – Sacred Valley”

This was a very special day. I sadly had to bid farewell to the honey presentation and service at breakfast at Palacio de Inka and we then headed to Pisac where William spent the month of June last summer in his Peru Spanish language and cultural immersion program. Pisac is known as the gateway toContinueContinue reading “Episode 5 – Cusco to Pisac”

Turns out it’s the end of carnival in Peru so after Sunday brunch, Will and I went down to the Plaza de Armas to enjoy the city wide celebration. Then we had a group tour of the Basilica Catedral and Qorikancha (Temple of the Sun), the Inkan ruins of Sacsayhuaman (often mispronounced as Sexy Woman)ContinueContinue reading “Episode 4 – A day in Cusco”

OMGoodness what a fabulous day! First breakfast at our hotel by the airport. They have really big slices of crustless sandwich bread both white and wheat. So big in fact that they stick out of the toaster and only get half toasted. Really you’d think they’d get bigger toasters or smaller bread? We then boardedContinueContinue reading “Episode 3 – Lima to Cuzco”

So we checked into the Palacio Inka Hotel in Cusco and got a nice room. This place is seriously sick. It’s built over what were the Inkan ritual baths prior to the Spanish conquest in the early 16th Century. It reminds me of the Hotel de Los Reyes Católicos in Santiago because like the ReyesContinueContinue reading “Episode 2 – Palacio del Inka Hotel Cusco”

Well how crazy is this? Al Peru con Joven Guillermo? How the heck did this happen?Best I recall, here’s how, seems it was shortly before Thanksgiving, one afternoon ahead of the arrival of the other children from big D, when William innocently queried me, “Dad when are we going on vacation“ to which I saidContinueContinue reading “Episode 1 – Houston to Lima”