Such Is Life In Costa Rica

In the last Perú post  we had visited central Cuzco, for our third day in Peru we decided to go a little bit towards the north, to a town called Písac where we were going to visit the ruins of a very interesting agricultural terraces which were clue to Inka farming. We didn't actually go to the ruins but instead stayed at the farmer's market happening in the town itself (a really good post about Písac Ruins can be found here ). We bought our souvenirs and had an absolutely wonderful ear of corn with the kernel's the size I've never seen before. We managed to catch a very nice procession to the church and traditional dancing by men. After spending all our money here jaja we went for some lunch to a little place called Blue Llama . The food was really good and we were practically by ourselves there (bathrooms were nice and clean as well). Make sure to take a good look at all the places Blue has been and all the interesting people he's met! From here we walked to t...

It's the small stuff...sure a big gesture warrants gratefulness, but to me, the everyday small stuff is more meaningful. It is a constant influx of efforts other people do to make you happy. I realized this today as I was talking to my husband about an upcoming trip we're planning. We are both very laid back and adventurous, we both work from home and we rarely do fancy stuff. But one of the shortlist items for this trip is having High Tea in London. I've been going back and forth between a fancy Tea Room, like Café Royal or the Ritz, or a Thames Tea Cruise (suggestions are welcome!). Anywho, I asked my husband about it this morning...also explaining that we would probably need to dress up for it - I mentioned that the Ritz requests jacket and tie and both Café Royal and Bateaux are smart casual. I was totally expecting him to tell me to ditch the High Tea but instead he put on his thinking face and the first thing he said was "we need to figure out where to rent ...

We took a late afternoon flight and got to Lima around 7pm. Since we were taking another flight to Cusco in the morning, we stayed at a hostel about 5 minutes away from the airport. It was nice and clean, but we discovered this style is not our cup of tea for sure. We did have a delicious beer (1 liter bottle) and went to bed early to have energy for the next day. On Saturday we took the flight to Cusco and arrived around midday. We hired a taxi cab inside the airport (this is important) and were driven to our accommodation. Please please please hire the cab inside the airport! Just by driving by we saw beautiful buildings and water sculptures we wanted to visit straight away! Good thing we had a plan, that way we were able to fit these in :) I had booked the best deal I could find that was near Plaza de Armas. It turned out to be this tiny place right in Plaza de Armas, which made exploring the city a beauty - and for just $50 a night for the three of us it was perfect for our b...

Lima Airport It was one of those bucket list trips I've had since I saw the show "In Search Of..." where they showed the Nazca lines. I was always attracted by the mystery behind all these wonderful places and usually let my mind wander as a child. So when I learned of the really cheap flights Avianca was offering I immediately booked 3 tickets! This is very unusual for us, we like to plan things well in advanced and make doubly sure of everything, but for this trip we just bought the tickets and sorted it out later. As a family we'd already traveled to Guatemala, but that trip was wholly planned by my father-in-law seeing that he lives there and knows his way around. For Perú, it was completely up to us. This is when I was introduced to all the wonderful cheap hotel sites out there, especially Hotels Combined  and Booking.com . I managed to score very good prices at locations that couldn't be beat. We are not typical travelers, we like to enjoy local...