So the last two weeks have been spent with my whole family-- we have travelled all over southern Peru fairly quickly to see the major sites! It's been pretty busy and hectic but also really fun!
The first few days were spent in the Sacred Valley (near cusco) visiting the Inkan and Pre-Inkan ruins in Pisaq, Ollyantaytambo, Moras and Moray. Our hotel was right on the Urabamba river with an amazing view of the mountains! Some highlights were the Pisaq market and the Salt Mines (possibly the strangest place I've ever been)-- also travelling in between sites was beautiful, especially when we hired a driver for an afternoon who took us on a wild but amazing alternate "short cut" route to the ruins.
Then we headed to Cusco (my home base), where I acted as a tour guide for my family-- we went to the major museums, el malino, the Pachachuteq statue, my favorite restaurants, the San Pedro market, Saqsayhuaman and Christo Blanco. Early in the morning on November 4th we departed for the Inka trail tour to Machu Picchu. After a train ride and a bus ride we arrived at the start of our 15 km trek on the inka trail. Wow-- what a hike! The trail consisted primarily of stairs and up hill slopes, but we made it to Winu Wayna (ruins along the way) for our lunch break and managed to survive! The whole hike was absolutely gorgeous-- right in the jungle and near the river-- great views! We made it to the Sun Gate around 3 pm and could clearly see Machu Picchu in the distance. After our arrival we hiked down to Aguas Calientes, had dinner and went to bed! The next day we had a tour around the Machu Picchu ruins and unfortunately I was very sick (food poisoning) so I went back to the hotel early. In the evening we left Aguas Calientes and went on a 3 hour train back to Cusco.
That was our first week as a family!
(See photos below)
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