TWO MORE DAYS!

So we're going to Peru using frequent flyer miles, which means our tickets were $35 each. New York to Peru, $35. If you know my husband, you know what this means for his happiness, and for mine because of his pleasure. I grin as I type that.

The deal is that there are limited numbers of seats available for these tickets, which determined our travel dates to and from Peru. Yesterday he noticed that, instead of leaving on Sunday, we could now leave on Friday. Should we? We couldn't rearrange everything in the trip, adding a day here or a day there -- it would just be a couple new days at the beginning, in Lima. The place that we assume will be the least interesting.

But two more days on vacation, away with my sweetheart? Hell yeah. I said let's do it, even though it added $50 to the price of each ticket. Current number of days until take-off? Including today, 17. I can wait, I cannot wait. (Echoes of Beckett for those with ears to hear!)

the final schedule

As of now, this is how our trip will unfold. Reservations are all made:

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EDIT:
Sunday, November 04, 2007 Friday, November 02, 2007

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fly Newark to Lima:
2:50p – 9:50p

hotel: Casa Andina - Miraflores

check in, tired, crash

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Monday, November 05, 2007

hotel: Casa Andina - Miraflores

prowl around Lima all day. Maybe see this in Miraflores!

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - my birthday! Happy 49th!


fly Lima to Arequipa: 10:35 – 12:00
hotel: Casa Arequipa

prowl around Arequipa all day

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Leave by private car at 8:00am for Colca Valley
hotel: Casa Andina Colca


Check out Colca Valley and Canyon





Hope to see condors and llamas
Plenty of scenic splendor

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Thursday November 08, 2007

All day in Colca Valley

Private car back to Arequipa, arrive approximately 5:00pm

hotel: Casa Arequipa

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Friday, November 09, 2007

fly Arequipa to Juliaca (Puno): 15:30 – 16:15
hotel Casa Andina Puno

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Saturday, November 10, 2007

hotel Casa Andina Puno
see Lake Titicaca

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Sunday, November 11 2007

fly Juliaca to Cusco: 9:00 – 9:45
hotel Casa San Blas

Check out Cusco all day

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Monday, November 12, 2007

hotel Casa San Blas

Visit Cusco all day

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

train Cusco to Machu Picchu 6:00 – 9:38
Vista Dome Train

hotel Inti Inn Hotel -Aguas Calientes

Nothing much to see in Aguas Calientes, so we'll probably hike up to Machu Picchu to see the afternoon and sunset

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

hike to Machu Picchu for the sunrise and early morning









train Machu Picchu to Cusco 15:05 – 19:05






hotel Casa San Blas





Back to visiting Cusco

Cusco market

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Thursday November 15, 2007

fly Cusco To Lima: 10:20 – 11:40




hotel Casa Andina - Miraflores

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Friday, November 16, 2007

hotel Casa Andina – Miraflores


flight over Nazca Lines

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Saturday, November 17, 2007

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fly Lima to Newark:
11:50p – 7:34a (Sunday)

Home!

flying around Peru

Marc always finds us a great deal on internal flights so we can cheaply hop around from destination to destination. We'll be taking the train from Cusco to Machu Picchu, but flying everywhere else. Double-click to see the details:


(Several times I've had to go back to our other travel blogs for these very details -- what date we did something -- so it's good to store it here!)