Tag: travel
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Scaling the heights, finding transformation
Thursday October 30, 2025 Thursday morning dawned bright and beautiful. It was a great beginning for our bus trip to Ancasmarca, an archeological site on a mountain of 5,198 metres. The name is of Quechua origin, meaning blue village, or village of eagles. The part we were visiting was referred to as the blue balcony.…
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From Ruins and Textiles to Agriculture
Tuesday October 28, 2025 The grounds of the hotel, a former monastery, were incredibly landscaped. In addition, there were fields of corn and other crops behind the buildings. Here are a few images. San Augustin Monasterio de la Recoleta was founded in the 17th century and the buildings and chapel have been preserved as an…
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Transition Day
Monday October 27, 2025 Th day began with plenty of sunshine and an early morning trip to the San Pedro Market. It was also the day I had to check out of the Hotel Siete Ventanas and travel with Wilbert to the town of Urubamba in the Sacred Valley. The rest of my group were…
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Inkilltambo: Inca Garden of Flowers
Sunday October 26, 2025 The Cusco area and the Sacred Valley tend to have two seasons rather than four: the wet season and the dry season. We are here at the beginning of the dry season and it feels like Spring and it is. Crops are being planted, ewes are lambing, llamas are giving birthing…
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Cusco: the navel of the world
Saturday October 25 2025 Cusco, the ancient capital of the Inca Empire described as the centre of the universe is busy metropolis that continues to expand population wise at a high rate of acceleration. We arrived late evening of Friday having made two flights from Pucallpa. At an elevation of 3,399 metres, it has a…
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Up the Rio Ucayali
Wednesday October 22, 2025 It was a hot and sunny morning as we left the hotel for the port of Pucallpa to board a river boat for a trip to the Shippibo village of Limongema. It was a bit of a shock and surprise to find the river had shrunk in size. In March, the…
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A Peruvian Adventure
Where a house is built and the high god explored To my gentle and dedicated readers, my deepest apologies for abandoning you in February 2025 in Portugal. Seventy years of life caught up with me and I had to deal with it in my own way. Unfortunately, that excluded this blog. However, I am back…
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Festival das Amendoeiras em Flor do Algarve
The Algarve Festival of Almonds and Almond Flowers One of the joys of visiting the Algarve on an annual basis is the opportunity to take in the yearly seasonal events such as the Almond Festival held in Alta Mora in the eastern Algarve not far from Castro Marim. Over the years, it has grown in…
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Blue skies, sunshine, fresh air
Friday January 31 2025 It was a perfect day for a hike over the hills and through the verdant valleys surrounding Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo about a half hour drive from Estoi. Two of my neighbours in the Quinta, Harald and Guido, elected to participate in this hike organized by Kim. Perhaps you…
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PORTUGAL: Algarve winter
Welcome back to Estoi: Sunday January 19, 2025 It’s more than half-past January and I have been in Estoi a total of 24 hours. It’s wonderful to be here again and renew acquaintances and begin revisiting old haunts and make plans to visit new sites. Quinta Pé da Cruz is once again my home for…
Five Feet, Nine Inches Above Ground 