Category: Travel Abroad

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Egypt Trip- Cairo & The Giza Plateau

How we got to Cairo We flew into Cairo from Istanbul. I gave more details about our travel route in my previous post. Right after we deplaned, and before we got to the immigration area, a representative from or tour company greeted us. He escorted us to the section where...

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Peru Trip- The Route of the Sun & Lake Titicaca

With everything that has been going on globally and personally over the last couple years, it took me quite some time to come back and finish these last set of posts from this trip. I wondered if it made sense in doing so after so much time had passed. However...

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A Non-Hiker’s Guide to visiting Machu Picchu

Machu Pichhu is of course the highlight of many a trip to Peru and the Cusco region, and it was no different for me. This has always been a bucket-list item, and in fact I planned my entire trip around being at Machu Picchu on my birthday! There are several...

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Peru Trip – Cusco and The Sacred Valley

In my previous post I gave a general overview of our trip, including details of how we got to Lima. The next stop after our overnight at kangaroo Wasi was a flight to Cusco the next morning. We had arranged the round trip with the taxi company that we took from the night before, so getting back to the airport was pretty painless.

Rainy day at Machu Picchu 6

Peru Trip- General Overview, Logistics and Tips

I’ll use this first post to give an overview of our 11-day trip to Peru and some general tips. I will then follow up with a series of posts breaking down what we did in each region that we visited. The main regions we visited were: Getting to Peru Getting...

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Mediterranean Vacay- Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul. I really, truly enjoyed this part of the trip and I can definitely say that I would return. We only scratched the surface of what there is to see and do in Istanbul, and Turkey by extension. How we got to Istanbul The flight from Athens was straightforward. Before...

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Mediterranean Vacay- Santorini, Greece

Getting to Santorini So our trip to Santorini almost started off on a bad note. Long story short, we made it to the gate on the wire for departure. Funny thing, we didn’t even get to the airport late. I had paid to check in a bag during online check...