Travels: PERU

Linda sent this photo to me the other day wearing my alpaca hat that I got in Peru, which I still have! Just don't know why I was wearing it inside, but that log cabin we lived in was very cold.  This photo was the catalyst to do a travel post since I don't have any completed projects at home to post. 

Off we go to Lima, Peru with a group from Kennesaw College.

As we neared landing, the plane went over a volcano where there was a rainbow, this photo from the plane window.

We boarded a train that followed the Urubamba River to Machu Picchu where the locals sold their goods to tourists.  Mostly hand woven pieces of colorful artwork.

I bought some plantains . . .

and these four small weavings that I used as placemats.

The bus trip up the mountain to get to Machu Picchu had to be one of the scariest bus rides ever.  Going up was bad enough, but coming down was even worse.  I wish I would have done a lot more videos of the trip.  When we got to the top and rounded the corner to come upon this view, it was something we never could have imagined and there will never be anything like it again.  It is a magical place!

Bob looks pretty thrilled to be here!

We spent days in the ruins.

A few of us near the Inca Trail.

One day we climbed Huayna Picchu, the big mountain you see in the background of the ruins. This is Carl Etheridge, Melissa Etheridge's uncle, and he brought one of her T-shirts and wanted a photo to show her that she was up at the top.

Days later on our way to another city, the plane would not take off due to weather, so we boarded a bus that got us part way there before crashing into a ditch.  We were at the world's highest lake, Lake Titicaca, and we had not acclimated to the altitude, and we were in for quite a night, even after drinking coco tea, which is cocaine.

Some of the group went out on the lake to see the villagers that actually live on the lake, but due to altitude, we were not feeling well and passed on the trip.  It could have been that coca tea!

The local people.

Huyana Picchu in the background, we're getting ready to climb.  Judge Robinson in this photo did not go with us to the top.  Sadly, he passed away from Covid last month in Atlanta.

In the clouds, at the top!  Now the climb down.  

Mom and baby llama.

A lady in Lake Titicaca made these boat village people out of burlap.  

Heading back, a stop in Lima at an artist's street market, I picked up a few watercolors to remember Peru by.

Going through all my bins of old photos reminds me of how much we loved to travel.  In just a few years when Bob retires, we will be back on the road again!