This was to be the day to be the crowning glory of the trip and it didn’t disappoint! We began by climbing aboard our small buses and headed for Ollantaytambo, where we had been the day before. But this time it was to climb aboard the Perurail Vistadome train heading to Machu Picchu. We had …
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The Sacred Valley of the Incas
We began the day with yet another wonderful breakfast buffet, all while listening to a local gentleman playing a harp and then a recorder type instrument. We then had a sit down lecture about the formation of the area and of the early indigenous people and the Incas. Onto our two smaller vehicles with our …
Urubamba
What a day! We awoke early to get our bags out to be picked up and have breakfast prior to heading back to the Lima airport. In the first 25 minutes on the bus we made it all of about 1 1/2 blocks. We could still use the hotel WiFi! The traffic was totally nuts! …
Lima
A good night’s sleep for both of us in a beautiful hotel did us wonders. We woke before our alarm, showered and headed down for breakfast. They had a delicious buffet plus a menu from which to order. Coffee was the first order of business as the tiny contraption in the room with one little …
On the move
Last morning on board the ship. And still the doctor did not relent. I had hoped to go enjoy breakfast with everyone, but no. Breakfast in the room by myself. Then I had to wait until the doctor and other staff came to collect me. Turned out they were taking me on the first tender …
Almost out!
Day 5 of my confinement and our last full day on board the Flora. I was hoping I could convince the doctor to let me participate in today’s off ship adventure but she is a hard and fast rule follower, so no go. I get it. I had to make similar hard calls in my …
70!
Happy birthday to me! Not exactly how I thought this birthday would transpire when I booked this cruise a year and a half ago, but hey, I’m alive and somewhat well and still here to tell the tale. I began the day with a beautiful sunrise and a nice, light breakfast with myself as company. …
No Longer a Pollywog!
Day 2 in isolation. Thank goodness for my books and the documentaries on the ship’s TV or I’d be stir crazy. Patty has been wonderful stopping by to keep me posted on all that’s going on - we sit out on the balcony on opposite ends to converse. Plus I have multiple staff members checking …
Isolation
While my hands on Galapagos experience is over, like you, dear readers, I’m experiencing it vicariously through Patty and our new friends, Joan and Alison. They’ve been great telling me about what they have done and seen, so for the rest of the cruise the stories and photos are all thanks to them. I knew …
Floreana
Last night after we came back to our room after dinner we wandered out onto the balcony. We were rewarded with the most amazing sight - swallow tail gulls, which like to fly alongside the ship to feed on the fish that come to the ocean surface drawn to the lights from the ship - …
Redpath At Ease 