weekend in Rio Dulce

Last weekend I made a repeat trip to Rio Dulce, almost on the Atlantic coast of Guatemala.  Despite being rainy season, we had a pretty dry weekend other than the fact that due to high water levels we couldn't go explore a cave that had been on the to do list.

Jefe (featured in both pictures) was the owner's dog and might be one of the cooler dogs that I've met

Peru - Ollantaytambo, Moray, Salinas

Saturday was my last day in Peru and I tried to fit in a couple more sites before heading back to Cusco.  Ollantaytambo has a nice set of ruins right at the edge of town and then I stopped by the terraces at Moray and the salt mine in Salinas…..starting and ending my trip with salt.  All in all a good trip and a nice way to cap off my time in Latin America before heading over to Asia.  

Peru - Cusco, Pisac, and Machu Picchu

After a quick overnight in Uyuni, I flew back up to La Paz and then on to Cusco to continue part 2 of my trip.   Had great views of Lake Titicaca during the flight.

Wednesday I headed to Pisac, a small town in the Scared Valley with an archeological site by the same name.  Got held up on the highway a little since there were elementary school kids protesting for Environment Day.

Thursday I took a micro to Ollantaytambo, followed by the train to Aguascalientes, quick over night in Aguas and then was at the entrance to MP at 6am.  Unfortunately, there wasn’t much of a sunrise that morning, it more or less just got light, but it was still nice to be there before all the crowds started to come in.  By the time that was happening, I was climbing my way up Hyuna Picchu, the peak behind MP, and then followed the trail over to the Temple of the Moon.  Trying to make up for the fact that I didn’t hike the Inca trail to get there, I then also did the hike to the Sun Gate and part of the Bridge hike before walking back down to Aguascalientes and catching the train back to Ollanta.