Transportation

Peru is an interesting place to get around in, the main forms of transportation are taxi, buses and plane flights within the country. To give you an idea what that will look like:
Quito-Lima (bus): 25 hours
Lima-Cuzco (bus): 24 hours
Lima-Cuzco (plane): 1.5 hours

The locals use bus, taxi and their personal vehicles to get around the country. Taxis can also be motorcycles and that can be fun for tourist, though we won't be using this as a form of transportation. When it comes to grabbing a taxi in the country, the price is not fixed but negotiated with the taxi. The best advice as a tourist is to ask the hotel or hostel staff about what is a good/average fair price for the area so we don't get hustled out of our money.

With that being said, we will be landing in Lima and checking into a hostel. Later, we will be taking taxis to Urubamba (spending the night in a hostel), Ollantaytambo (spending the night in a hostel) and then Aguascalien (hostel again), all with the hope of meeting some local activist groups who are doing social justice work and doing systems change work for foster youth/orphans. This will all take place between July 31st to August 4th.

We should arrive at Machu Picchu on August 5th, and explore one of the wonders of the world. We all need to remember to bring our hiking shoes and smartphones for pictures (Peru has Llamas). On August 6th we will travel back to Cusco then Lima and fly out of Peru August 8th.

We have a couple members in our group who speak Spanish and this will be helpful navigating our way around in the country. We will be using a guide at Machu Picchu and potential the assistance of a peruvian friend (of one of the travels).

I'm super excited for this trip, and we will be blogging while we are in the country. I know everyone reading this would love to be there will us in the physical. Even though you will be at home reading this from a computer screen or from your phone, you can give to the cause by sending positive vibes through comments, tips about the country if you have been or being a philanthropist by clicking this, I am a Philanthropist.