Finally...Machu Picchu - Day Two

Wow, our wake up call at 2:15 a.m. came WAY too fast! Bleary eyed, Rick and I got up and showered, dressed, slung on our backpacks then put our luggage outside our room door.

"A Step Back In Time" - Day One

When I began writing this piece, it had been sixteen hours since I stepped off a tour bus and walked back up the gangway of our "home" for the last 38 days. I returned numb with exhaustion, clothes still damp from the rains, hiking boots soaked through, hair matted, eyes burning and red, my back aching with a wet backpack strung across my shoulders...yet I was thoroughly happy. I had done it! I had seen Machu Picchu and I had an amazing, whirlwind tour over the prior two days. Here is my grand adventure as it was, warts and all.