Peru, Paper, Stanford
I can’t believe it has been so long since I’ve updated. I was doing good for awhile but then life happened. Peru was amazing. Ash and I saw many animals in the wild and to our delight, we even saw a jaguar! I especially loved the monkeys and the colorful birds but the whole amazon experience was amazing. I only wished Dave had been there too. The second half of our trip was spent hiking to Machu Picchu. There were some real highs…Salcantay mountain, making a wish to the gods, and seeing macchu picchu. We went through the company Viajas Cuscos and it was dirt cheap ($250 for 5 days 4 nights including meals and entrance to the Macchu Picchu). However, the downside was we had to carry all our stuff the fourth day and we felt there was some mistreatment going one with the cooks/porters. We were shocked by how little everyone was tipping. I know the entrance to Macchu Picchu alone is 150 so the last 100 dollars were split between the guides (who probably got more), the 2 cooks, an