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Marveling at Machu Picchu in 2022
Dear friends and family, Finally: this week we get to tell you about Machu Picchu, one of the seven modern wonders of the world. Our favorite parts of our year of travel have been wandering through the ruins of ancient civilizations and marveling at what humans can accomplish – and how much can remain after…
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Base your Machu Picchu trip out of Ollantaytambo, not Cusco!
Dear friends and family, You might remember that our trip to Peru didn’t exactly end the way we hoped it would. Yet despite our misadventures with political turmoil here, Peru was Perry’s favorite part of our travels through South America. (Pete’s was the cruise to Antarctica, which, fair.) Peru was amazing. It had the travel…
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7 Travel Tools You Need When Stuff Hits the Fan
Dear Friends and Family, Hi, it’s Perry, your friend and type-A travel planner. Today’s newsletter is a practical one – a list of travel tools that we’ve relied on not just during our week stuck in Peru but throughout our travels. (In case you missed it, we’re safely home and no longer in Peru.) Even…
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Here’s what it was like to leave Peru in December 2022
Dear Family and Friends, If you’re reading this email, it means that we made our flight from Lima back to the United States. We’re writing while drinking complimentary pisco sours (thanks, Priority Pass) in the Lima airport, and we’ll be high over the USA when this email sends. I’m not sure who exactly smiled upon…
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So we’re in Peru right now…
Hi friends! Quick note from Perry: We’re deviating from our usual narrative to send a special Saturday email. After Southeast Asia, we spent two months in South America. We made it to our last stop – Machu Picchu, Peru – and suddenly found our travels blockaded by rapidly escalating political protests. After traveling to 29…