Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
May 3 2025 – Cusco to Cachora The trek technically doesn’t start until tomorrow, but getting there is part of the process, so I’m including it in the trek. I am, however, having shit luck with the busses in this country. The one consistent thing that showed up in my research about this trek was …
Today I took a day trip to the town of Pisaq (pronounced Pee-Sack) to see the archeological site there. Getting there definitely turned into a misadventure. I took a colectivo. The colectivos to different destinations leave from different parts of Cusco. In the case of Pisaq, they leave from Av Puputi. The easiest way to …
May 1 2025 Today was my first sacred valley side quest. I took a colectivo to a town about 2 hours north of Cusco called Ollantaytambo. I actually loved it there. If I was more fluent in spanish and knew how to drive a motorcycle I’d bail on my coming the trek and bike-pack through …
Apr 30 2025 Today was the day I decided to visit the Incan sites in the hills outside of Cusco. Originally I was planning on hiking UP to them, but the day before I left home I decided to reverse that order and take a colectivo up and hike back to Cusco. In total I …
Apr 29 2025 I was sort of curious how the altitude of Cusco would impact me. I’ve obviously been higher than this – Gorak Shep in the Himalayas is a good 6,000 feet higher than Cusco. But my entire Himalayan adventure was paced with altitude acclimation in mind. It took me 3 days there to …
Apr 28 2025 Misadventures alone in a country where I don’t speak the language… Landed safely in Lima this morning. No troubles getting through immigration or customs. No problems taking a shuttle to Miraflores. Walked my ass down to the ocean and dipped in my toes. I’ve missed my ocean. Growing up in the San …
Apr 27 2025