Lake Titicaca and the Uros Islands: Let ’em Float! – Puno, Peru Yet another engineering marvel! As our last adventure in Peru we stopped in Puno on the shores of the famed Lake Titicaca. You’ve got to go, right? Just so you can say you were there?? Well, little did we know how cool it
Machu Picchu – Cusco, Peru – Feb. 28, 2015 Engineering Alert: The Incas built Pontoon Bridges!! Really! Read on… Right off the bat, let me say that we’ve been incredibly lucky with the weather so far on our big trip. It’s been the height of rainy season most every place we’ve gone, but we’ve yet to
San Pedro de Atacama has jewelers, too! (A Quick Post) – San Pedro de Atacama, Chile While we have a number of big posts in the works (helloooo Machu Picchu, Uros Islands and Bolivian Salt Flats!), I thought I’d do a quick post on a jeweler we just met yesterday! Cristian Antinao has a studio/store
Vilcabamba: The Jeweler and The Leatherworker – Vilcabamba, Ecuador (We’re currently in Bolivia awaiting our flight to Uyuni, but this is a post I’ve been wanting to write for awhile, so here you go!) We were mighty lucky to find that when we first arrived in Vilcabamba, it was feria day. Feria days are the local
Carnaval, Day 3: The BIG Parade – Cajamarca, Peru (lots of images, so please give it time to load!) Grab the closest red felt tipped pen and just go ahead and cross off “Attend Carnaval” from the bucket list. I didn’t even know it was on my list, but having attended the really big parade,