Peru in Review

Looking back on my last month in Peru, I feel very accomplished - I've done a lot in the last four weeks:

• Explored the capital city of Lima
  
• Wondered around the cobblestone streets of my favorite Peruvian city - Cuzco
  
• Hiked and camped (trekked) for four days along the Salcantay Trek to Machu Picchu
  
• Enjoyed wonderful food and nightlife with new friends
  
• Visited the floating islands of Lake Titicaca
  
• Spent a night with a local family in their adobe (mud brick) guest house on Lake Titicaca's largest island (pretty small without roads or cars)
  
• Wondered around St. Catherine's Monestary in Arequipa (a walled city within a city)
• Watched the condors soar over the world's deepest canyon (Colca Canyon)
• Went sandboarding on huge sand dunes in the Peruvian desert
  
• Tasted wine at artesian vineyards in Peru's wine country
  
• Cruised on the Amazon River
  
• Relaxed in a hammock on the balcony of my bungalow in the Amazon Rainforest
  
• Paraglided along Lima's cliffs
  
• Enjoyed fresh ceviche, long walks on the beach, and my first surfing lesson in Peru's beach resort town of Mancora.

All by myself (with myself).

A truly incredible experience. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to escape reality for a while and live a free, adventourous lifestyle for a month in South America.

Fuel for my soul...