Author Archives: Pat Feldhaus

Our next stop in Cuzco was El Mino. the black market, where everything from CD’s to name-brand shoes was sold for incredibly low prices.  After lunch at a local pizzeria, we returned to the central square and trooped into the … Continue reading →

At our New Year’s Eve dinner in our Cuzco hotel, Walter, our guide, provided hats, masks, whistles balloons and streamers.  We all received good luck by being sprinkled with rice and yellow confetti and eating grapes. Day 7 – We … Continue reading →

Day 6 – I stayed at the hotel while Kathy and some others returned to Machu Picchu to climb to the summit of Huayana Pichu (young mountain). After lunch at our hotel which jutted over the rapids of the Urubamba, … Continue reading →

Upon entering our hotel room, Kathy called to me,”Mom, look at what’s in our shower!”  I thought maybe some special shower device.  No.  It was a very long insect wiggling along the floor.  The bell boy who came in and … Continue reading →

The train ride from Ollantaytambo to Agua Caliente (base camp for Machu Pichu) was one hour and 20 minutes in a vista dome coach car with an included snack served by the porters.  Since there”s only one track that runs … Continue reading →

Day 5 – With only an overnight bag we climbed onto the bus for our adventure to Machu Pichu; however, before we boarded the train, we went for a city tour of Urubamba by way of a moto-taxi for every … Continue reading →

On our afternoon adventure to the Incan fortress of Ollantaytambo (one of the few places where the Incans defeated the Spaniards in 1536), we saw families tilling their plots with oxen and many small boys and girls herding sheep and … Continue reading →

Urubamba River Trip continued:   The other four members of our entourage learned how to hold the paddle correctly and follow the captain’s commands of “forward,” “stop,” and “back paddle.”  All I had to do was enjoy the gorgeous scenery with … Continue reading →

Da   y 4 -   Full day today which started with a bus ride up the Andean highway witha photo-op for a glacier on the second highest peak (22,000 ft. elevation) in the Andes.  Walter said that global warming poses … Continue reading →

At our Day 3 lunch stop, I had alpaca in sweet and sour sauce over rice, elderberry syrup over polenta, lamb from a large skewer, maize fried in oil and a sampling of tasty desserts.  And then a female voice … Continue reading →