john feimster

To wrap up this wild trip I would like to say thank you to the tour company we used. It is called Peru for Less or Latin America for Less. They hire local people, so you get the best experience. Our guides were Ines, Fabricio, Ivan, Peter, and Maycol. Also thank you to the drivers to deal with the crazy traffic. I would never be caught driving there! I am sure I missed some stuff about the trip. I didn't even talk about where the Shaman lived. We did go there but he t

After escaping the flood, we went up in the mountains to the highest lake on the planet, Lake TitiKaka or Titicaca depending on which language you use in that area. The lake is around 12,500 feet above sea level and is the 11th larges lake in the world. There are several different communities at the lake that have been there for over 1,000 years. Besides Spanish other languages such as Aymara and Quechua are spoken by the natives. One community moved off the mainland and

We got a knock on our door at 6:30 am from the hotel staff saying we needed to leave ASAP due to one of the small rivers flooding into the main river. At some point earlier that morning the street in front of the hotel had flooded and we needed to go to higher ground in case it kept raining and flooded again. We went to a cafe and were told just to wait there and see what the train situation will be like. We were schedule to leave that day anyways, but they had canceled al

So after Cusco we went to the Sacred Valley where it is like a spiritual retreat. The first stop was kind of like a retirement area and the second was kinda of a multipurpose area. The Incas did not finish this area before the Spanish arrived. We then made it to Aguascalientes, which is the town at the base of Machu Picchu. This was the past two days. We go back to Manchu Picchu tomorrow to walk around but without a guide. In between all of this I had Guinea Pig twice(fried a

So this is actually the 7th day of our trip, but the internet has been very spotty the first two days and basically no internet in the jungle. We are now in Cusco which is a mountain town that is around 10,000 feet in elevation. I think I am just going to share some photos and keep this pretty short and sweet. The first couple of photos are in Lima. Then the jungle area called Tambopata. For right now I am just going to try and upload a few pictures while making a gallery la