Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu has long been on my bucket list and was, in fact, my plan for 2017.  What I hadn’t counted on was that, while there is no government restriction on the upper age limit, the trekking companies use 67 as the cap and many even will not book a single traveler who is over 60.  That restriction put me in such a snit that I boycotted Peru and instead travelled throughout Europe (see site page Europe).

Well, I have calmed down and made a rational plan to visit the Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu in May, 2018.  I won’t be doing the full trek but will be staying in Cusco, then taking a train, then staying in the Sacred Valley, before experiencing Machu Picchu.  In the course of making reservations, I discovered that temperatures in July and August drop to the 30’s at night!  What was I thinking?  Camping when it is freezing cold out?  Thank God I wasn’t able to book the trek last July.  Being a Florida girl, I do not tolerate cold well…especially when camping.

The temperatures in May are a bit more moderate (still cold though) and I am staying in a nice hotel in Aguas Calientes, a quaint little town in the Urubamba Valley known for its thermal bath.  So, I should be plenty warm at night.

This trip will be a little different for me as I won’t be completely alone.  My sister, Mary Pat, and her husband, Rick, decided that Peru was a destination they too wanted to see so they will be joining me. YAY–company!