Homeward Bound

We finished our whirlwind visit to this area of Peru with our Machu Picchu excursion!  Wow!  Hopefully pictures will do it justice, because words certainly will not.  We had to take a 1.5 hour bus ride, a 2 hour train ride, and then a 20 minute bus ride that wound up the side of the mountain to reach Machu Picchu, but it was well, well worth it.  Unbelievable - a once in a lifetime experience for most of us.

As I type there are fireworks going off (to signal the start of mass or some sort of holiday?) and everyone is slowly waking up and getting moving.  We had a long day yesterday, and today will be filled with travel, too - flight to Lima, tour Lima, shop a little bit more, back to the Lima airport, fly to Houston, layover, then finally fly home.  We are all so excited to be home, but we will miss this group and this amazing country.

Thanks for following along with us.  I hope that despite our lack of consistent internet availability (and 30 or so people sharing one computer here in Cuzco) you were able to get a picture of our trip.  We´ll continue to update and add pictures once we get back to reliable internet and a little more free time.  See you soon!