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Sacsayhuaman Inca Ruins, Cuzco, Peru

Santa Catalina Monastery, Arequipa, Peru

• 41 days spent in Peru
• $28 average US dollars spent per person per day
• 17,700 average daily steps each
• 4 UNESCO world heritage sites visited
• 29 miles hiked on the Inca Trail
• 800+ flights of stairs up on the Inca Trail and 900+ down
• 4,166 photos taken
• 23 hot showers taken + 7 cold ones
• 12 dirty undies reversed
• 3 overnight bus trips
• 330 miles walked each
• $0.52 average cost of a colectivo (bus) trip
• 1 old monastery visited – Santa Catalina in Arequipa
• 651 cats counted in Kennedy Park in Miraflores, Lima
• $4.80 average cost of a delicious meal eaten out per person
• 8 meals cooked in hostels
• 14 Pisco sours deliciously sipped up
• 1 guinea pig eaten
• 3 nights couch surfing in Cuzco
• 8 different hostels slept in
• 4 electric shocks from overhead shower water heaters
• 42 ice creams eaten – mmm helado!
• 5 massive sand dunes surfed in Huacachina
• 11 high-flying condors spotted in Colca Canyon
• 4,000+ varieties of potatoes in Peru
• 12 Inca ruins visited
• And TOO many llamas to count!

Santa Maria, Cuzco, Peru

Kennedy Park, Miraflores, Lima, Peru

Inca ruins on the Inca Trail

Inca ruins outside of Cuzco in Pisac, Peru

Baby llama

Delicious four course meal for $5 in Cuzco, Peru

Potatoes at the market

Pisco for everyone!

Guinea pig, a Peruvian delicacy

Author: TransitTrekkers

We are Mikey & Tamara, an adventurous couple who left the corporate world behind to explore life and the transit system in South America for a year+