What adventure is perfect? Certainly, there is no such thing.

We flew from Denver to Miami and when we did not leave on-time, our hearts started to race. When we arrived inMiami 1.5 hours late, with only 20 minutes to grab our back, make our connection; there was no hope thatwe would land in Lima on-time.

Therefore, we could only grin and bare …

We finally arrived in Cusco and where met with an amazing city full of history!

We landed in Cusco and met Elisa. Elisa was lovely and showed us a dragonfly pendant.

Unfortunately we did not have cash and Elisa found us later at our hotel.

Driving through Cusco was phenomenal. Here you see a building propped up by logs.

We made it to our …

OMG - Acclimating - seriously? We hiked ALL over Cusco and had a great time to boot! Pure awesomeness.

Juan showed off his knowledge of the Inca cultural and disdain for the Spaniards... the running joke was "damn Spaniards" for the rest

of the Inca trek.

Of course, while being instructed to NOT take pictures in one of these gorgeous …

We finally arrived to our hotel in Mira Flores at 8:30 am and stayed at Terra Viva (wonderful stay)!

Exhausted, we slept for about two hours, enjoyed an awesome breakfast and toured Terra Flores on foot.

SHOUT OUT to Terra Viva for allowing us one extra hour to check-out! It was truly appreciated!

We enjoyed the sites, artists, food and lovely …

The day was amazing and started with a beautiful drive through small towns and ended with climbing a 1300' cliff (look for the pods in this post's main picture)!

Looking back, it was hard to imagine this was all in one day!

See those three little dots above our heads? That is where we are going, to the Sky Lodge! I have NEVER done …

First - this trek is not for the faint of heart. I totally would recommend elevation pills and hitting some high elevation hikes to try and get in shape. However, even though Ken and I THOUGHT we were up for the journey, we found the second day challenging and resigned ourselves to enjoying the trek and not rushing the journey.

To be continued...

Arrive by a long boat to an exotic oasis!

Yom Yom - steamed chicken and rice in banana leaves is your meal!

Imagine, showering and looking out at the rain forest with monkeys leisurely moving about.

Your private guide becomes your friend. Walk around the primary rain forest and enjoy the sights. See caterpillarsin mass, piranhas(catch and …