View from our window this morning - Lima Airport is directly across the street from our hotel. It's currently 60 degrees in Lima and later today the temperature will be a high of about 54 degrees at Lake Titicaca.
Casa Andino Puno will be our first stop and I think we may be laying low for the day as we adapt to the altitude. We'll see........
The flight to Juliaca was uneventful - the airport was pretty crowded and it's interesting to see exactly what hoops they want you to jump through in the security line. Shoes on, laptop out (I forgot and was THAT guy) going back for a tray....... Flight was about an hour or so.
Got our bags and looked for the van that was supposed to be there - it wasn't. No problem, there were a bunch of taxi guys willing to take us to Puno. It cost about the same - $8 per person for about a 1 hour trip.
Checked into the Casa Andina Private Collection Lago just in time for a ferocious rain storm - with hail!!!! It was pretty cold - the ladies are not happy.
The other end of the pier looking back to our hotel. Awesome place.
Here's the 10 of us after dinner. Luis and Chio, our friends from Guayaquil, Ecuador got the ski caps for us. They are so giving - they either have a shirt or cap and now ski caps. This year is says "Rediker Tour Machu Picchu 2014".
At the end of the day this lady was heading home walking down the railroad tracks right behind our hotel.
The flight to Juliaca was uneventful - the airport was pretty crowded and it's interesting to see exactly what hoops they want you to jump through in the security line. Shoes on, laptop out (I forgot and was THAT guy) going back for a tray....... Flight was about an hour or so.
The Andes were looking pretty cool on the way.
Some Incan emperor (no plaque) one of many massacred by the Spanish, I'm sure.
Checked into the Casa Andina Private Collection Lago just in time for a ferocious rain storm - with hail!!!! It was pretty cold - the ladies are not happy.
Here's Connie standing on our balcony with the clouds coming real low. You should be able to see Lake Titicaca from there. Or not.
Had a great meal - I mean a great meal - I had a local chicken dish with vegetables and some rice.
Nicely presented, and tasty.
Walked up the stairs and I'm talking about 11 feet and I was out of breath and my legs were leaden. This does not bode well for the trekking. A little later quite the headache. Feeling like quite the girly man! A couple of the others are not doing well either. We found an oxygen tank and after gulping mucho coca tea I'm feeling much better. Not moving around much helps as well.
Feeling a bit like Frank Booth from the movie Blue Velvet. Mommy!
This is a walkway to the pier that is at our hotel. Tomorrow morning we will take the high speed ferry boat to Isla Suasi Island almost all the way across Lake Titicaka. We will be staying at another Casa Andina sister hotel on this isolated island. One activity is to walk up a 500 foot hill to star watch - supposed to be spectacular. Tomorrow is supposed to be a full moon as well! May mess with the star gazing a bit. We'll see. Plus we'll see how the 500 foot hike affects us.
The other end of the pier looking back to our hotel. Awesome place.
At the end of the day this lady was heading home walking down the railroad tracks right behind our hotel.
Love the picture of Connie in the cold. That would definitely be me! The area looks gorgeous. Good luck with the headache. Tomorrow should be fine, but you'll still be winded from the hike.
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