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“Two out of three travelers will catch some kind of stomach bug while traveling, and there are two of you so odds aren’t in your favor. You probably want to take these prescriptions along just in case,” the doctor told us when we went in for our vaccinations in preparation for ( Read more... )

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After our hike, we went back to our rooms to clean up, then surrendered our bags to the front desk. They would be waiting for us at the train station that afternoon when it was time to head back to Cusco. We had one last meal at the Inkaterra Lodge, this time at a restaurant ( Read more... )

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We spent half of this day hiking on the lodge hiking trails, and the other half in the city of Aguas Calientes, so I decided to split the photos into two posts again.

We woke up in the morning to birdsong in the trees surrounding our villa. The air had a bit of a chill, but it ( Read more... )

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We caught our bus down the mountain, and were dropped off at the same bus depot we’d started at.  Setting off in the general direction of our hotel, we crossed a couple bridges and headed through densely populated city streets that turned into densely vegetated walking paths.  We ( Read more... )

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It’s taken me a long time to get around to writing this blog post, partly because I’ve been busy, but also partly because it was difficult to decide what exactly I wanted to say.  In the end, I decided that the photos speak rather well for themselves, so I could get away with ( Read more... )

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Fair warning: this day has a lot of photographs.  We descended into the Urubamba Valley (the Sacred Valley of the Incas), and I was seized with the genetic need to take a lot of Mountains and Clouds photos as I realized over and over how stunning the landscapes we looked at were.
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On Wednesday, we got up pretty early to have breakfast in the hotel and meet our ride in the lobby at 7:25 - back to the airport!  This time we were catching a domestic flight to Cusco, so our guide helped us to check in and guided us through the line to pay airport taxes.

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After getting in late on Monday and transferring to our hotel (while wondering whether all of the American ( Read more... )

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I’m still a little overwhelmed to try to sum up the wedding in a blog post, so I’m going to jump in to blogging about the honeymoon and sort through those photos first.
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