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The Grand Adventure

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    Inti Punku sun gate

    25 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Take a ‘short cut’ back towards town that winds up being sketchy and time consuming. Finally get to the start of the real hike - up 3500 ft to sun gate. Lots of stairs and a bit of altitude induced vertigo makes for a challenging hike up the mountain. Beautiful views from the top. Wind our way back down again. Tired legs but well worth it.Meer informatie

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    A return to camping

    24 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Left out little house and rode further down the valley to Ollantantambo. Found a nice
    Campground by the river. Walk the dusty road back to Ollantantambo and hike up Pinkuylluna - across the valley from the main archaeological site. Hit the market and back to campground. Nice and peaceful except for the many trains to Machu Pichu.Meer informatie

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    Back to civilization

    19 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Incredibly rainy night. So glad we were sleeping inside. Take a car over a rocky road and over very sketchy bridges. Transfer to a ferry and then to another car. Rain continues. Board our final car and head up and over the Andes. Rain eases as we leave the jungle. Lunch at 15k feet and feel the altitude. Continue on to Cusco. Find our air bnb. Pizza dinner.Meer informatie

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    Onto Boca Colorado

    18 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ 🌙 24 °C

    Rain during the night leaves some of us a bit damp. Pack up as clouds clear and sun pops out. Spot monkeys right above our camp. Head out and immediately see a caiman doing a belly flop. Turtles sunning themselves are the other highlight. Push on to take out point - Boca Colorado. Enjoy a cold shower! Wander the streets of this mining town.Meer informatie

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    The sun returns

    17 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Though hear animal noises during the night, we awake safe and sound. Sun is out and the temp is rising. Float along seeking out monkeys, turtles and caimans. Leave the hills behind. Spot lots of tracks on the beach. Seek out a spot for the night. Another muddy slope up. After set up, dunk in the water. Feel markedly cleaner.Meer informatie

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    A small leap forward

    16 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Manage to break camp easier than setting up. Overcast morning as we paddle toward Boca Manu. Determine that it’s best to take a boat to make up the rest of the time we lost due to the storm. Chug along slowly. Find a nice camp spot and Maddie and I do a double decker. Listen to night sounds and seek out frogs.Meer informatie

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    Onward

    15 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    Amazingly the river is down and looks safe to go. First a quick soak to warm up. Head off into cloudy skies and cool temperatures. Spot 2 capybaras along the bank. In a scary moment, Maddie gets caught in branches and then tips - getting caught underneath for a moment. Emerges safely but minus a shoe, sunglasses and her hat. Find our first jungle camp and again fumble with set up.Meer informatie

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    Shintuya lodge and hot springs

    13 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    After a night of rain, up early to try and catch birds by clay lick. More fumbling but board our boats and paddle across the river. Apparently the birds don’t like rain so it’s a no show. Breakfast. River is moving fast so our 6 hour paddle is much shorter. Stop and explore a creek into primary forest - spotting lots of prints but few animals. Continue along to lodge. Pouring rain spoils our hike plans - instead soaking in hot springs.Meer informatie

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    Onto the Rio Madre de Dios

    12 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Early morning wake up, and carry our gear to the dock. Fumble through our first inflation and loading of the boats. Push off and are surprised by some big rapids. Continue along for a bit - stopping on a beach for coffee and breakfast. More paddling/floating and we stop again-this time deflating everything and packing up so we can hike to the lake. Lots of big birds along the way. Check out an observation tower and head back down. This time spotting spider monkeys along the way. A bit more paddling and stop at a beach for the night. Lunch and then really fumble through setting up our beach camp. Quick dunk in the water, cards by the fire and nice steak dinner. Great Mothers DayMeer informatie

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    Into the jungle

    11 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Organize ourselves and head across town to meet our guide Jeremy. Catch a van to the outskirts of Cusco and wait awhile for those vans to fill up. Finally head out and up over a mountain range, clinging to the side on a windy road. After another short up, hit the clouds and begin the very long descent into the jungle - dropping over 10,000 feet. Arrive at our hostel and enjoy a nice dinner.Meer informatie

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    Cusco adventures

    10 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Wanting to amortize our Cusco Tourist Ticket - hit a few more sites in Cusco. First a small museum in town and then Sasqawaman. The size of the rocks used to build the walls was tremendous. Continued uphill to Balconia del Diablo - a very cool cave. Back to town to finish preparing for our packrafting trip and off for an excellent dinnerMeer informatie

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    A return to Pisaq

    8 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

    Awake to a rainy morning. Explore another huge market in town. Make our way back to Pisaq. As it is relatively late, determine we need to take a taxi to the top and walk down. Immense area of ruins built into mountainside. As we explore, wind picks up and it starts to drizzle. Ill-prepared for such weather. Speed along, missing quite a bit. Beautiful canyons and lush mountainsides abound. Very steep down!Meer informatie

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    Ollantaytambo and Moray

    7 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Big day planned! Three of us head to Ollantaytambo to explore where the Incas managed to hold off the Spaniards. After met up with Hannah and took a taxi up into the hills to Moray - an agricultural laboratory. Apparently the Incas used the terraces and different temperatures to determine where to plant what. Began hike down towards the salt mines. Trail petered out and it got late so bushwhacked our way back to the road. Made it back alive!Meer informatie

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    A hike up the mountain kitten chaos

    6 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Maddie and I head out on a little hike up the mountain. Turns out to be a pilgrimage route. Very steep but beautiful views. Return to town and do our daily shopping. De code to put Pisco (the kitten) in the bathroom while we all go on an adventure. Unfortunately door locks and they are stuck inside. After an hour of trying to pick the lock, finally ask for a key. Ta-da! Too late for our planned outing. Wander a bit and land at a nice brewery.Meer informatie

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    Pisaq market

    5 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    After a slow start, catch a series of collectivos to go to Pisaq. Wander the market, considering different purchases. Lots of festive events going on. Grab lunch and ice cream and catch a direct collectivo back. Maddie and I go for a wal about and stumble upon a kitten. Learn that it’s mother had died and no one was really caring for it. Scoop it up and sneak it back to our cabana.Meer informatie

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    Final ride …. for now

    3 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Very rainy night! Clouds and rain continue and we don our rain gear for the first time in many months. Ride a muddy road until able to cross the river Nice breakfast in Pisaq. Relatively easy cruise to Yucay, though drivers and dogs are not cyclist friendly. Find our way to our host’s home - the place where our bikes will live for the next few weeks. Enjoy a lovely Shabbas dinner.Meer informatie

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    Into the sacred valley

    2 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Continue to follow Rio Urubamaba towards Cusco. Gradual down with some undulating hills. Stop in Urcos for lunch. Stop and explore Inca road and puerta. Peel off the main road and enter the Sacred Valley. Attempt to stay at a yoga camp but no one around. Make it to San Salvador and look for a hospedaje. Wind up staying at the 2nd home of a family of fellow cyclists.Meer informatie

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    Rainbow Mountain

    1 mei 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C

    Maddie and Alec decide to make the journey from Cusco to join us on a hike to Rainbow Mountain. Arrange transport with a taxi and we make the beautiful but sketchy ride to trailhead. Plagued by a flat tire and rain. But both seem resolved once we get there. As it’s rather late, most people have left. Make the slow journey to almost 17k feet. Skies clear and we have great views. Much easier going down. Once back in town we go our separate ways … for now.Meer informatie

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