Month: January 2020

Island Hopping on Lake Titicaca

Island Hopping on Lake Titicaca

If someone had told me Charlie and I would be spending the last weekend of 2019 with an indigenous family on a remote island in Lake Titicaca, there’s no way I would have believed it. But that’s exactly what we did. Two days after Christmas,…

Cusco: The Pulse of Peru

Cusco: The Pulse of Peru

Since stepping off the plane nearly two months ago, Peru has been an experience in nonstop sensory overload. From brighter colors to spicier flavors to manic drivers, the whole country seems to have the volume turned up. The air is saturated with the sounds of…

Salkantay Trekking to Machu Picchu in the Rainbow Season

Salkantay Trekking to Machu Picchu in the Rainbow Season

We knew our trip through Peru would never be complete without exploring its most famous ruins, but as it turns out, the real satisfaction came from reaching it on our own two feet. We hiked 46 miles in 4 days over glaciated mountain passes and…