So, we made it to Costa Rica, much to our relief! We arrived in the wee hours of Thursday morning and caught a taxi to a studio apartment we’d reserved close to the airport, just to have a place to crash for a few hours. By the time we settled in and got to sleep, [Read More]

You would think that, after the trials and tribulations of Puno, Peru would be done with challenging us. You would be very wrong. Our flight from Cusco to Lima, on Viva Air, was easy. Their seats aren’t the most comfortable, they don’t have seat pockets, and they charge extra for EVERYTHING (seat selection, carry on [Read More]

After the stress of being robbed in Puno, staying ten nights in an apartment in Cusco offered us much-needed space and time to decompress. The relief we all felt at being allowed on the train, and watching Puno fade into the distance, is indescribable. The train ride could not have been better. After all we [Read More]

This is a tough travel journal entry to write because, although we loved our time on a floating island of Lake Titicaca, our time in the area ended very badly. We flew from Lima to Juliaca (near Lake Titicaca) last Tuesday morning. We arrived at the small airport in Juliaca and met the driver that [Read More]

Last Saturday, we left our hostel in Guatemala City very early for our 5:40 a.m. flight to Lima, with a layover in Mexico City. When we finally landed in Peru, 11 hours later, we were all pretty tired! Fortunately, going through immigration in Peru was a smooth process. We had considered renting a car in [Read More]