Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
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 12 2025 So I’ve made it to Santa Teresa… The bus from Ollantaytambo heading to Hydroelectrica actually stops on the side of the road outside Ollantaytambo at 8:45AM, so I woke up, got my shit together, checked out of my hotel, and made my way down there. This wasn’t some random local bus or …
May 11 2025 Today I went on a hike to Naupa Iglesia (Choquequilla). From what I was told it was only a 3 hour round trip hike. It’s turned out to be 5.5, including exploring the site, but it was an easy and pretty hike, so that was fine. To get there you head south …
May 10 2025 So I’m back in ollantaytambo. No mishaps getting here, tho the colectivos don’t go past here. If you don’t get out at the plaza they dump you at the train station at the end of town, and this ain’t a big town. My hotel is right below the archeological site I visited …
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 …