Here We Are!

Flying over the Andes Mountains

We are in Cuzco.  It is about a quarter after one in the afternoon, Cuzco time, which is about an hour behind the time it is at home.  We have been taking our altitude pills faithfully, were given a cup of coca tea as soon as we arrived at the hotel, and have been resting the required two hours ...  so don't seem to be having a problem with the altitude. Yeah !  Shortly we will be going out to have a walk around.  


It was a very long day for us yesterday.  We had to get up in Montreal at 2:30 in the morning and leave for the airport at 3 a.m.  Thank goodness the room had a coffee maker!  Forgot my fleece jacket in the Montreal airport.  Hope it's the only think I lose this trip.  The 6 hour wait in Miami wasn't the most fun I've ever had, and it's impossible to find a cup of coffee without chicory in it ... yuck!  The plane to Lima left an hour late, so of course we got into Lima about 11:30 p.m., flying LAN airways.  I thought it was just fine, except for the highly intoxicated person who sat beside me (obnoxious smell #1) and the person very near who had a wicked gas problem for the whole flight (obnoxious smell #2).  Terry wasn't crazy about our dinner, but I thought it was okay ... pasta and sauce, roll with butter, and a mousse/cake for dessert.  I was surprised there was no salad or fruit, but it didn't bother me.  We had purchased some cookies at the Miami airport, so that helped tide us over till we landed.  We were met by our tour people and taken to our hotel, so absolutely no problems there at all.  By the time we got to our room at the hotel, it was 1:30 in the morning - we had been up for 22 hours!


We didn't see much in Lima because it was dark when we arrived, and too early in the morning (6:30 a.m.) to be clear-sighted when we left. 

Leaving Lima

The snow-capped Andes

Arriving at Cuzco