Here’s another look at how we spent our time in Peru:

  • Days in-country: 30
  • Passport stamps received: 7
    • 2 entry, 2 exit, 2 for Machu Picchu, 1 for Lake Titicaca
  • Days in the mountains: 10
  • Days in the desert: 5
  • Days in the jungle: 2
  • Days in cities: 6
  • Days on the Inca Trail: 4
  • In-country flights: 4
    • (Lima – Cuzco, Cuzco – Puerto Maldonado, Puerto Maldonado – Cuzco – Juliaca)
  • Longest layover: 8 hours (in the International Terminal of the Lima airport)
  • Bus trips: 8
  • Overnight bus trips: 3
  • Movies seen on buses: 11
  • Matt’s bingo wins on a bus trip: 1
  • Percentage of the local population that we were taller than: 87%
  • Chifa (mixed peruvian-Chinese cuisine) dinners: 8
  • Ancient (pre-1800) cultures we learned about: 5
  • Times we were accosted for massages: 17
  • Times we were accosted for massages in Cuzco: 17
  • Spiders seen in the jungle: 5
  • Polar bears seen in the jungle: 0

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