October 8, 2024 - Urubamba to Lima, Peru

Today is our last full day in Peru and we started off with our departure from Urbamba at 7:30am with our drive back to Cusco to catch a plane to Lima. This was a statue at the turnoff to our hotel. Corn is one of the major agricultural products in Peru and we saw lots of places selling corn on the cob (and the kernels are huge!).

Sights along our two hour drive.

Llamas

More terraces up on the hill

Back in Lima

After our 1-1/2 hour flight, collecting luggage, and herding 18 people to the bus, we finally arrived back at our hotel at 2:30 this afternoon!

Tobey took off for a massage and I took a walk and did a little shopping. I ran into one of the couples on our tour and they were lost in search of the Indian Market where I had just been so Googlemaps and I helped them find their way!

We had our farewell dinner tonight at Restaurant Pucllana right next to the Huaca Pucllana Archaeological site we visited on our first day in Lima. The food was great and we had a fun time visiting with folks on our last night here. The view at night was beautiful!

Our time in Peru has been interesting and we have enjoyed all the sights we have seen. Neither of us are sure we're cut out for tours, but it's often the best way to see a place. Driving here is crazy and for the most part, the roads are not very good, so having someone else take care of that was good. One of the things that neither of us got used to is how heavy the hotel blankets are and how hot the rooms are. (air conditioning is not a thing here!) 

Tomorrow we have a LONG travel day - leaving the hotel at 8:00 am and scheduled to arrive back in Denver about midnight. We fly through Atlanta, so we are hoping Hurricane Milton does not disrupt that part of the trip! We are both looking forward to sleeping in our own bed, but then it will be time to start thinking of the next adventure!