Emily Simmons Sep 28, 2018 8 min The Sacred Valley – Five Inca Ruins from Ollantaytambo When people think of Incan ruins, they immediately think of Machu Picchu. Of course we visited Machu Picchu and we saved it for last, but...
Emily Simmons Sep 9, 2018 6 min The Sacred Valley: Cusco and Rainbow Mountain When most people think of Peru, they think of Cusco and Machu Picchu. We were included in most people before we left, making Machu Picchu...
Emily Simmons Sep 1, 2018 1 min Street Art: For Better or for Worse? This past summer I worked as an instructional coach to help develop new teachers through an alternative certification program in...
Emily Simmons Sep 1, 2018 8 min Huacachina, Peru- Climbing up & falling down sand dunes in the world's driest desert Plus two days in Ica and Paracas After recouping from the jungle for two days in Lima, Jesse and I headed to Ica where we would be based...
Jesse Simmons Sep 1, 2018 8 min Iquitos: Into the Jungle Once we reached Iquitos we teamed up with the French couple from our cargo boat adventures to get a good price on a jungle tour. We woke...
Emily Simmons Aug 29, 2018 16 min Human Cargo on the Slow Boat to Iquitos Jesse and I didn’t plan anything in Peru beyond our first two hostels in Lima and Huaraz, which would get us through a week and half....
Emily Simmons Aug 21, 2018 9 min Laguna 69: Rent Camping Gear & Camp Overnight at the Lake We thoroughly enjoyed our previous two day-hikes to Laguna Wilcacocha and Laguna Churup, but Jesse had a wild notion that we may actually...
Emily Simmons Aug 19, 2018 7 min Trujillo to the Jungle: A Long Story THE BUS By Jesse Simmons The bus ride was an action packed 20 hour journey. It began innocently enough; we arrived on time and everything...
Emily Simmons Aug 13, 2018 7 min Laguna Churup - Day Hike No. 2 in the Cordillera Blanca Laguna Churup was our second day hike in Huaraz and although many consider it an “easy” acclimatization hike, it is known as a more...
Emily Simmons Jul 29, 2018 4 min Wilcacocha - An "Easy" Acclimatization Hike We made it to Huaraz, Peru, which is the starting point for many hikes and treks in the Cordillera Blanca and our home for the next week....
