Puno, Peru

The family moon has officially end. The honeymoon started yesterday on a ¨special¨ bus leaving from Arequipa to Puno. Although the bus was advertised as special, it was not that special, especially since I was traveling with some seriously active stomach bugs.

Arequipa was amazing. We traveled with my brother Pete and his main squeeze Jenny. The city is historic, clean and jumping. We used that as our jumping point to go to the Colca Canyon, the deepest canyon in the world. We were all suffering from one bug or another so our trip was a little rough, but all worth it when we got to the middle of the canyon.

Hugo and I traveled solo to Puno yesterdat as it was time for the Americans to go back to work. Puno is another amazing city with so much to explore. We visited the fertility temple this morning and then this afternoon pre-Inca burial grounds that consisted of huge pilars with alpacas and lake views surrounding our tour. Tomorrow we will head to the reed islands and in the next couple of days Bolivia.

Since I could not post pictures, please view my moms pics on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39675392@N04/page8/

The wedding pictures start on page 8. There are no ceremony pictures since she was standing behind us and giving us strength, so enjoy what you can!