Amazon Jungle Tour: Part III
Read about part I of our adventure here Read about part II of our adventure here The next morning we woke up to a new day. I was hopeful as one great thing I had read about this tour company was the fantastic banana pancake breakfasts they made! Sadly we were met with disappointment yet…
Amazon Jungle Tour: Part II
Read about part I here: Amazon Jungle Tour Part I After evacuating our original lodge location, we headed back out into the boats to go 30 minutes further down the river, deeper into the jungle. By this point it was already very late afternoon and I was disappointed we were losing out on so much…
Amazon Jungle Tour: Part I
The Amazon jungle is something I have been fascinated with ever since childhood. I loved learning about all the larger than life plants, their dangers and uses, the poison arrow dart frogs, the adorable sloths, everything. I got to do a big project for school on it once and I still remember it to this…
Belen- Iquitos, Peru. Not the typical tourist destination
Iquitos itself is not the nicest city to visit. And the Belen part is perhaps the most famous part of the city for its poverty. We had not originally planned on visiting it but after our change of plans with our Amazon jungle tour we found ourselves with an extra day in Iquitos and decided…
ACOBIA-DWAZOO Manatee Rescue Center- Iquitos, Peru
When researching activities to do in Iquitos, there are really only a handful of suggestions that repeatedly come up. Our main reason for traveling to Iquitos was to use it as a launching point for our Amazon jungle tour. But along the way I also came across information on a rescue center where you can…
International First Class Flying- FREE
One of my least favorite aspects of travel is spending multiple hours cramped in a seat on a plane. They’re never the most comfortable and I have a tough time sleeping on them. While long international flights usually have movie options available, after a few hours that starts to lose its entertainment factor on me…
Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island)
This by far topped our list as one of our most favorite aspects of our Peru trip! Who doesn’t want to go to an island dedicated entirely to rehabilitating monkeys and the monkeys love nothing more than climbing all over the guests? Isla de los Monos (Monkey Island) provided just that. First of I should…
Cuzco, Peru
Cuzco is definitely on our list of destinations we would return to! Just a short one hour flight from the capital, Lima, it’s a beautiful tourist town. We were there in August which was their winter time and it was definitely a bit chilly. The first couple days were close to fall weather and we…
How to Pack for the Inca Trail
When researching all kinds of information for the 11 months leading up to our Inca Trail trek it became clear that we wanted to make sure we had all the things in our packs that we would need for an enjoyable experience, yet at the same time packing as lightly as possible to minimize weight…
Trekking the Inca Trail: Part Two and MACHU PICCHU!!!
Days 1 and 2 on the Inca Trail were down and that meant days 3 and 4 were supposed to be easier. We still decided to hire a porter for day 3 and again I’m very glad we did so. Even though the second half of the trail didn’t involve another 5 hours hiking uphill,…
Trekking the Inca Trail: Part One
Hiking the Inca Trail was both fun and miserable, all at the same time. We did a lot of prep work for it as we had to plan so far ahead to make reservations- read all about that process here. The whole hike is 4 days in length and ends the final day at Machu…
Preparing for the Inca Trail
The Inca Trail was the main thing that drew us to Peru in the first place and caused us to plan our trip. But I will say when I was doing research on the trail I was completely overwhelmed by what I found. I’m hopeful that by sharing the information I’ve found it will help…
Salineras de Maras
For our last day in Cuzco I knew I really wanted to get out of the city to see the famous salt mines about an hour away. Our flight was departing at 3:15pm so we had signed up with a tour company for a private tour with just our own driver and no guide. This…
Peru Final Spending for 2 weeks
We went wayyyyyyyy over budget for our Peru trip! Though it still doesn’t look too bad in comparison to what the trip is actually worth, I was pretty disappointed. Our breakdown is below, and here’s what went wrong for us: I did not anticipate how many places require payment in cash only. For some of…
Peru Itinerary
Hard to believe in just one week we’ll be heading out on our adventure to Peru! I started planning this trip almost as soon as we got back from Europe last year. Now 11 months later we’re finally going! We’ve been preparing for our travels by stocking up on some hiking equipment and training for…
Fire Round the World 