Well, we’d narrowly succeeded in dragging ourselves five days down the Salkantay Trek to Aguas Calientes, so now it was time for the Grand Finale…Machu Picchu herself. We’d both been waiting our whole lives for this! Of course, as we’d learned on the trek, nothing comes easy (without dropping buckets of dough) around these parts. But after navigating a ridiculous…

Continue ReadingMachu Picchu, Peru

We came to Peru from Colombia basically because we wanted to experience it, particularly Machu Picchu, before all the crowds return following COVID. While this had proven to be pretty successful, we knew that planning our trekking routes would be a little more challenging considering it was low (aka rainy) season, which runs from December-March. However, we also read that…

Continue ReadingNo Pase! Our Off Season Adventure on the Salkantay Trek, Peru