We had to get up at 2am. I wasn’t able to sleep AT ALL. Oh well, I can sleep on the plane. Our taxi arrives at 2:30 as we need 4 hours before our 6:30 flight … sounds like overkill to me...
We had to get up at 2am. I wasn’t able to sleep AT ALL. Oh well, I can sleep on the plane. Our taxi arrives at 2:30 as we need 4 hours before our 6:30 flight … sounds like overkill to me...
Today we have a full city tour of Lima. We are excited to see some new sights. Our first stop is a trendy coffee shop called Terruá. I don’t drink coffee, but I will try to enjoy it. César told...
We left Cusco by plane. See the glaciers. They are rapidly disappearing due to climate change. By evening, we were back in Lima. We had dinner with Kati in a restaurant that overlooked the Pacific...
Today we have another cooking class. We always start with a trip to the market. These are dried fish roe. Kati says that they don’t have much of a taste but add a little of a boba feel to a...
This morning the city had an earthquake drill which made me ask what are we to do? If you are in a building, stay under a door jamb. If not, go outside and stand in a circle. I am not sure why that...
You may have heard of The Seven Wonders of the World. Well, today, there are The New Seven Wonders of the World … and Machu Picchu is one of them. When the Inca King arrived, he chose this...
Today we took a train through the cloud forest to Aquas Calientes. This is the closest town to Machu Picchu. A native tribe gives us a sendoff with dining and dancing. I got caught up in the action...
Our local guide today is Adelky. The driver, Carlos, told me that he is the best. It turns out that he was the tourism instructor for Kati, our G-Adventures guide, when she was getting her degree at...
Qosqo is the ancient name of Cusco and sounds more like Costco. Cuzco has many monikers. Cusco is considered the center or navel of the Inca Empire. Or it could be called the Rome of South America...
We checked into an unusual room in Arequipa. It was right outside the rooftop bar. It was weird to open the door and see a group sharing a drink together. I didn’t take a picture of them that...
Today we have a ten-hour drive in front of us, but the drive is beautiful and gives us a feeling of the vast nature of the country. Along the way we visited Yauma. It is a place where olives are...
We started the day with a hearty breakfast. We always find something interesting to try. Something new. I had never heard of older jam. I tried it and it tasted like elderberry jam. Oh. Now I get it...
This morning we went on a boat trip to the Ballestas Islands which are known as the The Poor Man’s Galapagos. Pirates saw this Nasca Line named “Chandelier” that was easily observed...
Our hotel is in the heart of Miraflores which is the second richest community in Lima and therefore in Peru. The official flag has an emblem in the center which has a vicuña on it. This is related to...
Today we walked to the United Church of Lima. This was an English speaking church that was originally started for ex-patriots but now welcomes everyone. We were surprised to see a new amigo named...
The Larco Museum was established in 1926 by the Peruvian archeologist, Rafael Larco Hoyle. Rafael Larco measured the alternating layers of sand between the marks left by the flooding of torrential...
Perú has three distinct regions: coastal, highlands, jungle. There are 3,000 types of potatoes. The color, size, and shape will be different with altitude, soil makeup, and sun. The story goes that...
My father has passed away. Dad always teased Rob about his love of travel but encouraged us to explore the world. He looked forward to our return with stories of great adventures. This time, of...
To whomever follows this blog: My heart is heavy today. My dear father, Stewart Boone, died one week ago at the age of 98. Words cannot describe how much he meant to me. He was my biggest cheerleader...
The traffic after the launch was legendary, as expected, and we arrived back at the hotel around 3am. We slept in and made it down to breakfast just before it was closing at 10am. There were a dozen...
We were eager to get back to the Kennedy Space Center to see all the things that we missed yesterday. Shuttle: A Ship Like No Other We stood in a theatre to watch an amazing movie about the shuttle...
The Kennedy Space Center is three things: an active working spaceport, a visitor center and a wildlife refuge – a very unique combination. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge contains over...
Rob has a birthday this month, and he wanted to do something special. I said,”Let’s go down and see the Artemis I launch.” What young man didn’t at one time want to be an...
Today, the time falls back and we turn our clocks back one hour. When I set the alarm at 12:00 to get up at 6:30, I was anticipating the smart phone to tell me that I would be sleeping for 6½ hours...
Chesapeake Bay has 64,000 square miles of watershed. The shoreline is 4,000 miles. For context, that would be to Alaska and back. Smith Island was named by John Smith in 1608. (I am sure that it...
The Maryland Blue Crab is the state crustacean. The claws of the females have red tips on them. On the underside of the female is the top of the Capitol Building The underside of the male crab has...
Cambridge is another working waterfront town. Oysters are the biggest industry. Today they also embrace tourism. The oyster boom began in the 1870’s. People harvest oysters from November 1...
Our boat docked at the working waterfront town of Crisfield, MD, the self-proclaimed crab capital of the world. We have learned that every town on the Chesapeake has a unique story and long history...
Rob and I had been to Yorktown in February for our anniversary so we knew the town a bit. We stayed at a charming Bed and Breakfast called The Hornsby House. The town can be walked in a day and most...
We boarded the American Star and headed out of the Baltimore Harbor. Just as we approached the Key Bridge, there was an abandoned fort on the port side named Fort Carroll. It was built under the...
Rob and Brenda Street have retired from their jobs and are traveling the world for a year. Come along with them.
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