Day 1 - Depart U.S.- Arrive Lima, Peru - March 27 & 28, 2003 We woke up this morning to beautiful sunny skies - a nice surprise as a snow storm was predicted. We took a short walk and then prepared for Charlie and Sylvia to pick us up at 8:30. We were ready for them and then we had a good easy trip to Denver and DIA. Our check-in was easy and we went to Concourse C for our ...
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Day 2 - Explore Lima - March 28, 2003 We got up at 8 AM and had a shower and prepared for the day. We went to the second floor and had a good buffet breakfast of coffee, fruit, juice, eggs, bread, etc. After breakfast, we got together in the meeting room and met our tour guide David M. Oliveira. He told us some of the rules and expectations. We all had a Pisco Sour and then ...
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Day 3 - Fly to Cuzco, Urubamba, & Ollantaytambo - March 29, 2003 The wakeup call and the alarm went off at 3 AM. We had our showers and were ready for breakfast at 3:30. The luggage was out the door then and we went down for rolls, eggs, fruit, juice, and coffee. After breakfast we got in the van (4 AM) and made the drive to the airport. David checked us all in, took our ...
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Day 4 - Urubamba Market, Raft Trip on Urubamba River, Pisac, & Home Hosted We woke up at 7 AM, showered and were at breakfast at 7:30 and out of the hotel at 8. We went to the market in Urubamba and I was able to take many pictures of the population of the city while they bought and sold their wares. We saw the indoor and outdoor market, took lots of pictures and showed many of ...
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Day 5 - Ride train to Machu Picchu, Aguas Calientes, & Machu Picchu We got up at 6 AM and were out with our small luggage for breakfast and to be on the bus at 7 AM. We met the train on the road to Ollantaybampo as the tracks were out due to the storms and mud slides. We waited 45 minutes and all the vendors appeared. We took the breathtaking journey by train along the ...
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Day 6 - Explore Machu Picchu/Return to Cuzco We were to get up at 5:30 with a wake up call from the hotel. We did not get the call so we did not get up until 7:10 and we had missed the first bus up the mountain. When Roberto called he told us he would wait for the 8 people to get up, take a shower and then have breakfast. We went to take a shower and there was no hot water. ...
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Day 7 - Cuzco, Chinchero, Guinea Pig, Walking Tour We had no wake up call but at 6:15 the phone rang for Lucretia!!! One day we can sleep in and we have a wrong number. We got up at 7 and then showered and got ready for the day. We had breakfast in their very nice dining room and then were ready to leave at 9 AM. We traveled by bus with Juan, our driver, to Chinchero (at about ...
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Day 8 - Sacsayhuaman, Tambo Machay, Medicine Man, Free Time We woke up this morning before 7 AM and showered and dressed. We went down for our continental breakfast and eggs. At 9 AM we were off to explore the massive Sacsayhuaman, believed by most to have been a fortress, although it may have been a sacred sanctuary to the sun. It was designed to be similar to the shape of a ...
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Day 9 - Cuzco, Flight to Lima, Gallo Museum of Gold, Nap for Flight Mom woke up at 5:30, afraid about the wake-up call. I got up at 6:15 and after a shower, we went downstairs for our breakfast. Our luggage had to be out at 7:30 and the bus at 8. Unfortunately, there was no bus at 8, and only arrived at 8:45. We waited in the lobby and finally, Juan arrived. He was very ...
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Day 10 - Flight to Dallas-Fort Worth and Denver, Monument - April 5, 2003 After a wake-up call at 10 PM, we went to the dining room and met several people there. Seven of us went to dinner but I was full from lunch that I only had a salad and fruit for dessert. We went back to our room, put out our luggage and then went to the lobby to meet the rest of the group (six) to go to ...
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