Lima Bound

No matter how far in advance we start talking about where we’ll go next, the night before always ends up being a chaotic scramble to get things in order. Sammy has talked about going to Peru for 2 years, our flights were all booked weeks ago, yet here we are burning the midnight oil again, in a panic about what we are forgetting. However, time stands still for no one, so ready or not, come 8:20am , we are wheels up on our next adventure.

This is, of course, the second chapter in our grand plan to introduce our kids to the world outside of Redmond. Sam has spent the past few months figuring out all the things he wants to see and do in Peru, and after thinning it down to a manageable level, our plan is as follows:

3 days in Lima
7 days in Cusco/Machu Picchu
2 days in Puno/Lake Titicaca (what 11 year old boy could refuse a place with both “titi” and “caca” in the name?)
4 days in Nazca/Paracas
7 days in Galapagos Islands (a bit of a cheat since it is not part of Peru, but given how animal-crazy he is, we couldn’t come this far and not let Sam experience it)

While connectivity should be good in many of these places (Lima and Cusco in particular), in others, like Puno (where I’m going to try and convince my road warrior wife to home stay on a manmade island) and Galapagos, probably not so much. That said, documenting this journey may come in waves, but hopefully I can keep up.

Vámonos.