My 8 Takeaways from our trip to Peru
It's my favorite part of my blog. This entry is all about my takeaways. If you followed or have read my past blogs, you'd know that after each trip, I write a takeaways entry - ....
Category: Peru
American Reps handled our itinerary from Lima to Machu Picchu
For those who know me very well, they would know that I'm not one to book a vacation and rely on a travel agent or booking company. I'm usually the type who would do a ....
Astrid y Gaston – Ranked #33 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
As I had mentioned in my previous entries, we've treated ourselves by dining in the best restaurants in the world during our visit to Peru [caption id="attachment_14466" align="aligncenter" width="277"] Image courtesy of The World's 50 ....
Exploring Peru’s Sacred Valley
It was Nancy's birthday and we had an early morning pickup at our hotel in Lima, Tierra Viva Hotel. We had a flight to catch at 5am. Roger, our driver, was outside the hotel waiting ....
Maido – Ranked #8 in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants
For this vacation, visiting Machu Picchu and the many different ruins was definitely a part of our list of things to do. But Peru also is home to three of The World's 50 Best Restaurants ....
All things Cusco and beyond
We got home quite late to our hotel after we spent a long day at Machu Picchu. We checked in at Hotel Abittare (more details about our stay will be written). We had a very ....
Central Restaurante – the 5th Best Restaurant in the World
NOTE: I am not a food critic. This is not the Food Network. This entry was taken from the perspective of someone who wanted to experience dining in this restaurant that was ranked 5th in ....
How we experienced Machu Picchu
We slept like a log the night before.. We got back to our room by 8:30pm. I started to blog about our tour around the Sacred Valley, but I stopped. I was just pooped. We’ve ....
New passport stamp, Peru!
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - we arrived at LIM (Jorge Chávez International Airport) in Lima. The flight went smoothly and our plane touched down at 10:52pm. We went directly to immigration and lined up on ....
Complimentary mini-spa day at Amex Centurion Club Mexico City & the biz flight to Lima
Our plane landed in Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport just before 1pm local time. We had a little over 3 hours at this airport and we had plans to maximize our stay. We knew ....
LAX Delta Sky Club & flying Aeromexico’s Business Class to Peru
If you know me well enough, you'd know that when it comes to traveling with my family when we're using our reward points, to maximize the value of our points, we typically travel economy or ....
The LAX FlyAway Experience
NOTE: This LAX FlyAway observation was taken from my viewpoint as a resident of Ventura County. I took into account the effort it took to go to this location during my trip to LAX. Every ....
How we booked 2 Roundtrip Business Class seats to Peru using points
[caption id="attachment_13969" align="alignright" width="363"] Image courtesy of World Atlas[/caption] It was Friday morning, December 15, 2017 - the travel world was buzzing with headlines of "Business Class Roundtrip LA – Lima, Peru Just $659" - ....