Safe and Sound

Posted by Serina Hardiman

We wanted to drop a line to let everyone know we made it safely to Cusco. Traveling through multiple airports via mutliple carriers was definitely an experience. The longest wait, and most unorganised, was Delta of all places. Guess they weren´t quite ready for the rush.

Chris´dad dropped us off at the airport 2 hours before our flight where we stood in line with a whole bunch of international travelers. Most had been bumped due to delays or late check ins on previous days so it was good to see them make it this time.

We made our flight on time and got to Miami to catch our Lan flight to Lima. We arrived about 3 hours before our next flight and had plenty of time to relax and make it to the terminal. I have to say, in all of my experience flying internationally that Lan was possibly the most enjoyable. There was a large group of young ladies from some sport team on our flight coming back from Disneyland we suppose (lots of Mickey Mouse merch) and had a very delicious in flight meal, drinks and Chris and I even caught up on a movie while at it. The seats were comfy and easy to sleep in.

We landed in Lima around 5am to meet up for our flight to Cusco on Star Peru which was scheduled at 2pm. Once we went through check in we found that our flight had been changed to 9:45 am. What luck! This was the first time we´ve even boarded a plane outside (sans gate). Not only ours apparently as plenty of folks we taking pictures of themselves boarding.

Chris managed to snap off a couple of pictures in flight as we flew over the Andes. Really, no picture can really capture how breathtaking they really are.

From Beautiful Q'osco

As for the acclimatization, Chris is holding up rather well aside from a little light-headedness. It must be his distinguished age as he (and his fierce Adventure Beard™) turn 30 today! Below is a picture of him in our room at Royal Inka I.

From Beautiful Q'osco

I, on the other hand, have had a couple bouts of upset stomach so we hit up the pharmacy around the corner to settle it. We took a brisk walk around the Plaza de Armas and had dinner but it was hard for me to even feel up to eating even though I got some coca tea and vegetable soup (for the broth). I´m feeling better today and we´ll be taking in the sites and stopping in on the tour group who will be taking us to Machu Picchu on Friday.

We´ll keep in touch as there are computers in the lobby but with slow upload so we may not get as many photos up as we wanted.