Showing Posts From: Travel
Conquering Dead Woman’s Pass – Inca Trail Adventure Part VIII August 12, 2017 •0 Comments
Finally after two nights of not great sleeping I got a decent night’s sleep. Go figure. Put me in a tent, sleeping on the ground and I’ll sleep. Put me in a hotel and I’ll toss and turn all night. I’m sure the hiking had something to do with it, but I was happy to…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part VII August 5, 2017 •1 Comment
For the second night in a row sleep was hard to come by. This time it was a stupid rooster somewhere near the hotel. Apparently it thought sunrise was at 2 o’clock, and it had a one hour snooze button. It woke me up at 2, 3, 4, and 5 o’clock. By 6 o’clock, when…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part VI July 23, 2017 •1 Comment
Sleep at the end of Day 2 of our Inca Trail adventure did not come easy. I’m sure some it was the excitement Heather and I were feeling about the Inca Trail hike ahead. But, most of it was the noisy street outside the window of our hotel room. I actually broke out the earplugs…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part V July 16, 2017 •1 Comment
There was a lot of excitement the night before we started day 2 of our Inca Trail adventure with G Adventures. Somehow Heather and I managed to sleep through it. First, Lizzy was expecting her best friend, Sheila, to arrive very early in the morning and join her in her room. Instead, a total stranger walks…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – PART IV July 2, 2017 •1 Comment
Finally, after all of the planning and preparation, it was time to begin our Inca Trail journey with G Adventures. The day that seemed like it would never get here, had finally arrived. Due to the schedule of flights into Lima, most of our group decided to arrive the day before our tour officially began….
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – PART III June 24, 2017 •1 Comment
Physical preparation for hiking the Inca Trail is not just cardio and leg strength, it also includes gear prep. Confused? Let me explain. First, your Inca Trail porter can only carry 6 kg (about 13 lbs) of gear for you. This 6 kg includes your sleeping bag and pad, leaving 2.5 kg (about 5.5 pounds) for…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part II June 17, 2017 •4 Comments
Our Inca Trail hiking trip was all set with G Adventures. All we had left to do was prepare for the trip. I’d love to say that Heather and I took then next 7 months preparing for the trip. We didn’t. We had a trip planned to Jamaica first, and life just got busy. It…
Inca Trail & Machu Picchu With G Adventures – Part I June 11, 2017 •3 Comments
People think we’re crazy. Who plans a 4-day, 26-mile hike and spends 3 nights in a tent to mark their 20th wedding anniversary? Maybe we are crazy (could this be a key to making it 20 years?), but this is just what Heather and I did. On May 24th we boarded a flight to Lima,…
Jamaica – Day 6 – The Saddest Bus On Earth April 23, 2017 •1 Comment
When you arrive at the airport in Orlando on your way to a Walt Disney World resort, you are boarded on Disney-provided buses. In true Disney fashion they call these buses “The Happiest Buses on Earth”. Ever since my first trip to WDW, any bus at the end of vacation has been called “The Saddest Bus on Earth”. Today we are…
Jamaica – Day 5 – Sandals Royal Caribbean April 16, 2017 •1 Comment
For our last full day in Jamaica Heather and I decide to head back to the private island at Sandals Royal Caribbean. Yesterday we enjoyed how quiet it was out there, and it was great to not have to get up before sunrise to get beach chairs. After a quick breakfast at the Bayside Buffet we…