Bump Bump Bump!

Bumps in the road seem to be a common theme lately in regards to travel.  The most recent bump is the political unrest in Puno/Lake Titicaca in Peru - our 3rd destination of our trip.  It has several tiny islands made of reeds, along with all their huts/homes and canoe boats.  We are so totally bummed, but what can you do?  All the travel advisories are telling tourists to stay clear for the next few weeks. 

SO we began today readjusting our air-tight itinerary and so far have found no more bumps in the road, but one.  Carolyn has points we're using for a free room for our last night in Lima to use at a Doubletree hotel - yep, finally a HOTEL instead of 14 days in hostels and 3 nights in tents!  We needed to add a night there to finish our re-routing of the trip's details, but found out that OF COURSE we couldn't use her points on a 2nd night - it would cost like $250 for the room the 2nd night.  FORGET THAT!  We're only spending like $5-15 per person per night the entire rest of the trip, so NO we won't be staying there 2 nights!  Oh well.  Not a big deal.  We're getting used to changing at a whim's notice!

If you'd like to follow our adventure, we're going to TRY and upload pictures and stories to the following blog:   www.paradingthroughperu.blogspot.com    and we hope you'll enjoy our little journey.  Don't forget to leave a comment or two!  We leave on Sunday morning for Lima and should be in Cuzco by noon on Monday.  We signed up for some rock climbing/zip lining on Tuesday and will hook up with some tours for the surrounding areas the rest of the days. 

Saturday (6/18) is the BIG day - we begin our Inca Trail Trek into the Andes Mountains at Km88, ending on Tuesday (6/21) in Machu Picchu at sunrise.  We'll stay in Cuzco 2 nights, where we should be able to upload pictures and stories from the trek.  We head to the Amazon Jungle/River for the next 4 days and then will spend a few days in Lima before heading home.