Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
May 27, 2026 In order to make my wake up time for flying out of Cusco I opted to just not go to sleep last night. Almost ended up getting in a fistfight at the end of that flight. The story behind that – arriving to check in at the airlines recommended check in time …
May 26, 2026 Today wasn’t a hugely adventurous day. Didn’t leave Cusco. Started off the day going to the Santo Domingo convent, which is built on the ruins of the Incan sun temple in Cusco that was called Qorikancha. After the Spanish conquest of Cusco they made the Inca tear the temple down and build …
May 25, 2026 Another day of winging it. I first went back to Urubamba to see what it’s like without crowds. The plaza is very pretty. Also has a neat produce market. Other than that, it’s actually kind of a boring place. Didn’t want to turn around and head back to Cusco, though, so on …
May 24, 2026 I still don’t really have a clear plan for how to spend my days in Cusco. Today I decided to see some of the things I didn’t see last year because I didn’t know about them. Started off with the colonial aqueduct. Sad thing is I literally walked right past it without …
May 23, 2026 It’s been a long ass day. Checked out of my hotel in Puno at 730am, walked to the bus station in Puno. Got on my bus. Had the front left seat on the second floor of the bus. Which is to say, I was sitting directly above the driver, and I had …
May 22, 2026 Expanding on yesterday, since I emailed before dinner. Wandered around trying to find someone willing to exchange food for money. Discovered I wasn’t the only tourist on the island. There was another lady doing the same thing as me. We both ended up being fed by an elderly woman who was really …
May 20, 2026 Weird damn day. Absolutely nothing has gone according to expectations. Woke up in Puno. My research on how to get to the Bolivian border had several locations where I could find a colectivo. I went to all of them. The internet was wrong. I did, during my 90 minutes of walking around, …
May 19, 2026 Not an overly exciting day. Just bussed from Chivay to Puno. I did take nearly 300 pictures on the bus ride, passed through some very beautiful countryside. But all those pictures are on my dslr which is in my hotel room (I’m currently in a restaurant) So one thing I haven’t shown …
May 18, 2026
May 17, 2026 Today was a hiking day. And based on prior experiences in Peru I upped the amount of water I carried. 3 liters for what I had estimated as a 6 mile day hike. It turned out to be a great deal longer than 6 miles, and 3 liters wasn’t even close to …