It’s hard to believe we hit our six-month mark! Reflecting on the first half of our trip, we’ve put together a recap of the highlights, things we’ve learned, quick gear update, stuff we take for granted back home, and a general update of what’s to come.
Tamara and I consider ourselves moderately advanced when it comes to using public transportation (or so we thought). We are both transportation engineers and use public transit a lot. For us, figuring out a new transportation system in a foreign country is like an awesome complex puzzle that differs in every city. The adventure of using transit in another country is often worth it if you don’t mind sideways looks from locals and occasionally getting dropped off somewhere unfamiliar. Here we outline some of our Peru transportation tips about two of our favorite modes of transport – local daytime buses and overnight buses. Tamara LOVES looking out bus windows and we took plenty of buses so she had plenty of window time.
The food in Peru deserves some serious recognition. Despite the fact that Peru was our first stop and we had no idea how glorious our dinners were at the time (or before we got to Bolivia…) Peruvian cuisine tops the charts in South America and is finally starting to receive the world-renowned attention it deserves. With a deeply rooted indigenous Inca culture, immigrant influence, fertile soil, and potatoes for days, Peruvians have managed to create delectable dishes with lots of flavor, unlike a few of their Latin American neighbors.
However, how does a traveler know what to order when staring at a Spanish menu and playing eney-meeny-miny-moe? Here are the top 25 food and drink in Peru as well as a little about eating-in and typical costs. …Keep Reading!
The last few steps of hiking the Inca Trail are nicknamed the monkey steps for good reason – trekkers literally crawl on all fours to reach their first glimpse of Machu Picchu. After four days of sweating profusely, using makeshift toilets, desperately needing a shower, sucking in air at 14,000 feet, cursing the Incas for making such ridiculously huge staircases, and asking yourself if this hike was really a good idea, suddenly everything becomes worth it.
We love numbers! So we thought we’d share some with you. Ya know, for fun.
