Success!

We all made it to the top of Huayna Potosi! It was hard. Beautiful. We are tired now and going to sleep. Got up at 1am this morning to summit. This will probably be the last 'in country' post since we leave tomorrow so stay tuned for some more detailed posts with  pictures once we get home. Thanks for following our crazy adventures.

We Survived

For our very worrisome followers, the parents out there, you probably know from our itenerary that yesterday was the Road of Death bike ride, and hopefully took my quick post last night about Ben to mean that we were alive. We did indeed survive the Road of Death. Since the last post we had a wonderfully relaxing two days on the Isla del Sol which is a pretty remote island on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca. We arrived in La Paz two nights ago and yesterday mountain biked down about 3500 meters. Steven, Ashley and Matt had a great time. I discovered I find mountain biking very scary. It was beautiful scenery the entire time though and a great experience. Today we leave for Huayna Potosi. Wish us luck at 20,000ft!

Baby Ben

Matt and I are so excited to announce that we are Uncle and Aunt!

Matts brother Andy and his wife Jen welcomed their first child Benjamin Cole Sullivan into the world on May 27th. We are disappointed that we missed the event but very excited for the little family! They sent us pictures and he is adorable. Really. Really really adorable. We are so excited to meet him!

Congratulations Jen and Andy!

Great so far

We have been having a great time!

The trek went really well. We had a bit of rain  and put in a few more hours of huking that we expected but saw a ton of really amazing, stunning scenery and really enjoyed ourselves. Made it over the 15,000ft pass. Macchu Picchu was amazing. So cool. No words, you will just need to wait for pictures. :)

We have been on the move a lot the past couple days so haven´t had a chance to make it to the computer. After our trek and Machu Picchu we went back to Cusco to pick up our bags and catch just a couple of hours of shut eye before spending the day on the bus yesterday getting to Lake Titicaca. We got to make some stops at interesting places along then way and then spent all day out on the lake today. We got to visit some floating islands made of reeds that people live on, and also another island on the lake. It is gorgeous here. Tomorrow we leave for Bolivia!!

Ciao!

End of Day 2

We have had a great first two days! After a quick nap and shower after getting in yesterday we spent the day wandering Cusco. Its a pretty cool old city and there was some sort of festival going on with traditional dancing also. We got a lot of arrangements made for things we will be doing the rest of the trip, had some great food and drink and just got to get a feel for the city. Today we hired a taxi for the day who took us around the Sacred Valley. The Sacred Valley is just outside of Cusco, and aside from being beautiful has a lot of great Incan ruins. We visited Pisac, Olantaytambo, and a few others. Thats all for now. Tomorrow morning we head off very early for the start of our 5 day trek which will culminate in a day at Machu Picchu. We are super excited! Catch ya after!

M&M

We made it to Peru

Hi everybody!

We made it to Peru safe and sound. We just got here and have only had a few hours of sleep so are feeling pretty tired but are ready to get out and explore Cusco today. More later when we have actually done something.

Peru Preview

Here's a little preview of what we will be up to:

Friday May 21: Matt turns 25. Ok, that has nothing to do with our trip, but happy early birthday Matt!

Saturday May 22: Flying, flying. I <3 sleeping pills

Sunday May 23: Hang out in Cusco

Monday May 23: Explore the Sacred Valley area around Cusco. Cool markets and Incan ruins

Tuesday May 24-Friday May 28: Hike the Salkantay trail to Machu Picchu. 16,000ft passes and lush jungles.

Saturday May 29th: Explore Machu Picchu! (Pictured above)

Sunday May 30th: Bus to Puno, which is on the shores of Lake Titicaca

Monday May 31st: Tour of floating islands made of reeds that people live on in Lake Titicaca

Tuesday June 1-June 2: Head over to the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca and relax on the Isla del Sol

Thursday June 3: Death Road bike ride outside of La Paz Bolivia. Don't worry Grandmama, its not dangerous anymore. Mountain biking down 13,000 ft through lush jungles

Friday June 4- June 5: Climb Huayna Potosi a 19,975ft mountain outside of La Paz. We are going with certified guides, don't worry.

June 6-7: More flying, more sleeping pills.

Its going to be a busy, busy trip but we are super excited about all of it and so excited to spend two weeks with Ashley + Steven!

We promise we will try to post more often than when we were in Chile. Don't expect anything too long until we get back beacuse we will be busy having fun! We will try to check in with some updates though.