Please Look After These Bears, Thank You.

Posted by Serina Hardiman

Chris and I got the wild hair to travel to the land of the Incas, the suggested origin of the potato, where llama's roam free and the "birthplace" of my favorite stowaway Paddington Bear: Darkest Peru. Well, I don't think where we will be is particularly dark aside from nighttime at nighttime times and maybe some really thick parts of the Amazon that we'll save for another trip. The areas we are traversing will be Lima to Cusco to Machu Picchu and back through the lineup - making stops at the various ruins throughout the areas. We've geared up, which I'll toss up our gear list later, to head up the Inca Trail for a four day trek to visit the lost city of the Inca's.

"Why Peru?" That's the common question we get asked and I say, "Why not?!" It's been a culmination of fascination with other cultures, a desire to see as many of the existing wonders of the world, the history of the architecture and the education that you can only get by casting away your comfort zone and immersing yourself in adventure.

We'll be heading out on the 21st, flying from Atlanta to Lima and then hopping a flight into Cusco where we'll acclimatize and try to stave off altitude sickness. We're both pretty excited!

We're going to try our best to capture our trip (without forsaking valuable time to experience this specific piece of Peru) through the blog. We're told internet cafe's are abounds so we'll work on hitting them up as we can. Of course, there will be a bit of "radio silence" from the 26th through the 29th as we schlep ourselves up the Andes.