Sharry Miller

Peru - Saqsaywaman, Qorikancha

Travel relaxed: Make up your mind to have a good time and let go.... October 6, 2013 New friends! What a wonderful thing. And they all speak English! With our Adventures in Good Company guide, we were now a group of 13 ready to take on Peru. I was thrilled to have compatriots, and to have a local guide to make sure I understood everything I was seeing. Adventures in Good Company (AGC) had contracted... Read more →

Peru - Cusco

Travel courteously: Consideration for your fellow travelers and your hosts will smooth the way through the most difficult days. October 4 - 6, 2013 Cusco, or Qosqo as it's called in Quechua, a city of nearly 400,000 people in southeastern Peru. The Inca called it "the navel of the world," and it was the center of their empire. Now it is a cultural center in Peru, and the usual starting point for trips to Machu... Read more →

Peru - Uros, Taquile

Travel expectantly: Every place you visit is like a surprise package to be opened. Untie the strings with an expectation of high adventure. October 2, 2013 To my great delight, I met a couple from Oregon, Jerry and Debbie, at my hotel. They spoke English! And ironically, they'd lived in Juneau for 30 years before retiring south. These wonderful people were kind enough to let me tag along with them for a day on Lake... Read more →

Peru - Puno, Sillustani

Travel fearlessly: Banish worry and timidity; the world and its people belong to you just as you belong to the world.* October 1, 2013 I pressed my back hard against the cement wall and raised my camera to my eye, hoping desperately that no one would take offense at my photographing the crowd. Hundreds of men and women streamed past me on the narrow cobblestone street, blue and orange and gold hard hats bobbing as... Read more →

Peru - Puno

She woke up and realized she had forgotten the definition of the word "impossible." She decided it must not have been that important.* September 30, 2013 It seems to be my destiny to arrive in a strange (to me) place and hire a taxi driver who assures me he can take me to my hotel and who then proceeds to abundantly prove, even though I don't speak his language, that he has no idea where... Read more →

Hello Home

I'm going to cheat and jump ahead in the tale I've promised over and over to tell. Just 41 hours ago I finally made it home from Peru. I promise, once again, to tell you all about my adventures over the past three weeks, but first I need to express gratitude for making it back home. I was supposed to leave Cusco, Peru last Thursday afternoon at 4:55, but just as we were about to... Read more →

Guest Post at Andilit

I'm off exploring Peru as you read this, but before I left I was honored to have Andi Cumbo ask me to write a guest post for her blog, Andilit, while she is busy getting married. Congratulations, Andi! Andi has a great blog mostly about writing, but also about her Virginia farm, the books she reads and the ones she's writing, and whatever else is inspiring her or making her think. I hope you'll head... Read more →