A review of Thursday, June 24, 2010 Today is our last day in Peru. It is also Inti Raymi, the Festival of the Sun. Dr. Kenney said he planned for us to leave on this day because flights are less expensive. We woke up at 5:40 a.m., ate our last Peruvian breakfast and [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘Amazon’
July 1st, 2010 - 10:33 am § in Journey to Latin America
Day 25: Last Full Day in the Amazon
A review of Wednesday, June 23, 2010 We slept in until 5:45 a.m. when our alarm clocks, our tour guides, woke us up with “Good morning” by our bamboo wall. It’s amazing how anytime after 4:30 a.m. was considered “sleeping in” to us. We hiked to a pontoon in a lake and fed fish [...]
July 1st, 2010 - 10:08 am § in Journey to Latin America
Day 24: “Good Morning” at 4 a.m.?
A review of Tuesday, June 22, 2010 I learned to adapt to our new environment and slept through the natural sounds. Ryan said he heard me snoring through our bamboo walls. At least he knew I was sleeping! We woke up at 4 a.m. today to hike to the boat dock, then rode to a trail [...][...]
July 1st, 2010 - 9:54 am § in Journey to Latin America
Day 23: Welcome to the Jungle
A review of Monday, June 21, 2010 We woke up at 4:30 a.m. to hike to 30-meter canopy where we saw guans, parrots, toucans and butterflies for about 2 hours. The sunrise was beautiful! Because there’s no electricity or phones, our alarms and wake-up calls consist of Peruvian workers saying &#[...]
June 28th, 2010 - 5:31 pm § in Journey to Latin America
Day 22: Let’s Go to the Amazon!
We left the hotel around 9 a.m. and dragged our luggage through the small streets of Cuzco to where the bus was waiting for us. My luggage was top-heavy, and it flipped over eight times. We also had llamas in our way. Rafael and his wife met us at the airport with our tickets, and we [...][...]