Pushing the Limits

I've returned from my Peruvian adventure! I've pushed the limits in so many ways during the last week, it's hard to know where to begin except at the beginning.

Day 1--Cusco Peru
After 24 hours in the air or airports, a three hour nap was all I had to get me ready for our first meeting and first explorations in Peru.

Cusco is a city of narrow streets, 14 catholic churches including the one pictured above. The influence of the Spanish is evident everywhere in the colonial architecture of the hotels, the churches and the streets lined with ornate balconies.

After our city tour, we headed out to our first set of Incan ruins, Saqsaywaman, which overlooks Cusco and the first test of my walking preparation took place.

We arrived just before sunset, so the shadows soon deepened. Closest is a single rock is over 25 foot tall that was used in the formation of these walls.

This is only a small piece of day number one and the adventure...there was much more to come.