Detailed Vacation Plans for Various Destinations
Hawaii
13 Days in Paradise ~ Hawaii Itinerary
Hawaii Trip ~ Day One – The Adventure Begins
Lava Rock Beaches on the Big Island
Flying High ~ An Aerial View of Kilauea
On our first visit to Machu Picchu our guide, Luis from Kuoda Travel, brought us into Machu Picchu through the less populated back entry. This was our first view of Machu Picchu.
No matter how many pictures you’ve seen of Machu Picchu it does not compare with viewing it in person.
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There are three choices for getting to Machu Picchu: a 4 day hike on the Incan Trail, a 25 minute bus ride from Aguas Calientes, or a 1 1/2 hour uphill hike (depending on your level of fitness) from Aguas Calientes. As we wanted to spend as much time as possible at Machu Picchu,
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After a nice breakfast buffet at Casa Andina Premium Valle Sagrado Hotel, our driver picked us up and drove us to the Ollantaytambo train station.
To get to the station you must walk past a variety of food and souvenir vendors.
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After visiting the ruins in Ollantaytambo our driver brought us to the Pumamarca ruins where we started our hike down into the Patacancha Valley.
At the beginning of our hike, there was a woman selling crafts. Her adorable daughter was running around playing with baby llamas.
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The Ollantaytambo Ruins were built in the 15th century as part of the Incan empire. They are located at the northern end of the Sacred Valley.
Temple Hill, also called the Fortress, was used primarily as a religious site. It consists of farming terraces, crop storage buildings and the Temple of the Sun (which was never completed).
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The Casa Andina Premium Valle Sagrado Hotel is located in Urubamba, nestled in the mountains of the Sacred Valley in Peru.
The rooms are very comfortable and clean.
The bathroom has plenty of space. I found the window in the shower odd,
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We started our morning in the Amazon Jungle and ended our day in the Andes Mountains. Our fifth day in Peru had us sight seeing and shopping in the Sacred Valley.
Upon arriving at the Alejandro Velasco Astete International Airport in Cusco,
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Our final expedition on our trip in the Amazon Rainforest was hiking to a mammal clay lick deep in the jungle.
On this trip we hiked 45 minutes into the jungle. Again, I was pretty sure that we were walking along the same paths as the jaguar from the web-cams we watched at the lodge.
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On this hike we went deeper into the rainforest. Our final destination was a section of the jungle with giant Strangler Fig trees.
They were so tall that we could not get the entire tree in one picture. I was really excited because I knew the inside of the tree was hollow and I was hoping that we would be able to go inside the tree.
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Our second full day in the Amazon began with a hour hike through the rainforest to an oxbow lake, a 45 minute canoe ride, and a 20 minute hike deeper into the rainforest.
We were to start our hike after our 6 am breakfast. We needlessly set our alarm clocks,
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