Countdown to Peru!

Wow! Only 1 more week left until we can depart from our routine city working life to the mysterious South American country of Peru. This trip has definitely been overdue as it has been over a year since we left for Cambodia and Thailand last May. 

I'm actually surprised that I was able to withhold from traveling for so long but with the uncertainty of if I was going to quit my job at the end of August and with my sister's wedding this past weekend, the trip planning was a bit delayed and was up in the air as to what will happen.

Richard and I were committed to go, but Rebecca was uncertain what her plans were with her friend Rana and if they were going to travel to Bolivia while Richard and I go to the Amazon.

Richard and I only booked our flights at the end of July after we loafted around and enough was enough, we had to go to Peru no matter what. Unfortunately, this time it is only for 2 weeks for myself and 10 days for Rebecca as Rana will not be able to join us and Rebecca will not be joining us for the Amazon tour at the end of our trip.

Also, our friend Chris decided to join us on this adventure! WOO! Who would have thought that Chris would do a backpacking adventure or even travel anywhere else besides Las Vegas LOL. Every time he talks about going somewhere, he mentions Vegas and is constantly looking at deals online. I can't wait to take Chris on this adventure and to expose him to the world of backpacking and to explore the world.

Then a few weeks ago, my high-school friend, Kim, decided to join in on our adventure as well! Kim has been traveling the world ever since high school and has even lived in Australia for a few years.

I'm so glad that we got a group of friends to come on this adventure. Its unfortunate that a lot of my other friends who were interested couldn't come. Jane was going to come but she has to take some French courses in Montreal. A year ago, I threw the idea out to Eugene so that we can finally reunite after my Euro trip back in 2011 but with me not confirming when the trip is happening, he just came back from Yacht Week in Greece and Egypt,Jordan, Dubai and HK. There will always be another time to meet up again.

Anyhow, this trip is going to be EPIC! It's going to be an action packed/always on the go trip as we only have 2 weeks to do it with many locations to travel to. It is definitely not enough time as it would be nice to be able to stay in each spot longer than a day or two. There is so much to see in Peru but I think our itinerary hits all of the key spots and has some fun activities to go along with it! I need 2 months!!!

I will share more information about our itinerary and activities soon..

The countdown begins! Time for some last minute shopping this weekend!