March 2010
From the Chinese city of Kunming in Yunnan Province a 32 hour bus ride took us across the desolate border between China and Laos and over the potholed dirt roads of northern Laos to historic Luang Prabang, on the banks of the Mekong River. A UNESCO World Heritage site, the city is a blend...
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Laos
China
March 2010
Every year Lisa and I try to sneak away for at least one great international trip. Our most recent trip in March 2010 took us to Southern China with stops in amazing cities like Hong Kong and Guangzhou followed by almost never-ending bus and train rides to the beautiful scenery and minority peoples of...
Peru
We spent much of the month of December on the road traveling in the Peruvian Andes and Amazon River Basin.
Our first stop was Cusco, an amazing colonial city tucked high in the Andes Mountains, where we explored centuries old spanish chuches built atop even more ancient Inca foundations and bustling local markets full of colors...
Peru
After traveling through the small towns along the Urubamba river, a train ride from Ollantaytambo brought us through the cloud forest to the ruins of Machu Picchu, where we hiked through Inca houses and temples before climbing to the summit of Huayna Picchu, the steep mountain towering behind Machu Picchu.
Peru
Leaving at 5:30 am we retraced our steps, traveling back by train to Ollantaytambo and cramming into a crowded colectivo for the drive back to Cusco, once there we headed strait to the airport where we caught a flight to our next destination. The mountains dropped away from beneath the plane into what looked like...
Peru
From the high plains of Puno we set out by boat on the incredibly blue lake Titicaca, the highest lake in the world at almost 12,500 ft above sea level. After a short visit to the Uros Islands, a strange ‘Disneyland’ of tiny floating islands built out of tortora reeds, we continued on for hours...