Wayne and Lisa

The week in the Keyes was awesome, best family vacation. I can't post photos so I'll do that when we return. We're headed to Orlando to a few daya at Disney. ... read more

Thursday May 28th The trip to Colca Cayon was beautiful, the roads well that is another story. They are dusty and bumpy. We went through two tunnels that are really true tunnels, just a hole in limestone and long, it was kinda scary since the guide just got done telling us how the terrain has changed due to it has been sinking over the years. The whole reason for going to the canyon was to see the deepth of the Canyon, it is twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and also to see the Condors fly. Well we expected to see 1 or 2 condors and we saw at least 25, it was amazing. Yes a condor is something we are familar with in California but these were huge and there were so many. We ... read more

Today was an early start to catch a boat to the Uros, floating islands and a trip to the Island of Taquile. The first two stops were two Uros. Attached are a few pictures. Walking on the islands did feel just like the books said kinda like a water bed. At the first Island we received information on the backgroud of the Uros and how they were built. We then got to tour one of the homes, the home we went into belonged to a young man who was maybe in his 20's and he had solar tv and internet, the accomodations were small but it had all he needed. He also shared his home with his girlfriend who is expecting. We then took a reed boat to the other island, these are built just for ... read more

Here are a few photos, this is taking way tool long to upload so this is all you get for now. You will have to wait till we get home to see the rest. Well it's been a while since we've posted something. This is the first afternoon we've had a few hours of downtime. Here's what we've been up to: 5/20 Wednesday We spent the the morning exploring Cusco, admired the Inca walls that still stand, did some shopping, the San Blas district and the Plaza De Armas in Cusco. We took an afternoon tour with 9 other people to see the ruins around Cusco, Qoricancha, Sacsayhuaman, Puca Pucara and the Cusco Cathedral which was amazing. We got back and went straight to bed, no dinner. By about 6pm I was exhausted due to the ... read more

Ok we made it to Lima. Looks like the time difference is two hours. Wayne is sleeping (across the seats in the airport) and I can not sleep. We have been here since midnight and our flight leaves for the amazon at 7am and it's 5am now. The keyboard on this itouch is not easy to use so this will be short. Oh waynes cram course on Spanish numbers paid off in La when we boarded the plane, we were row 30 and they started boarding at 30. That's it for now. ... read more