Hey, 300 days in! Pity I wasn’t paying attention to that. This was another marathon workday. In the office bright and early and powered through all day. Stopped at a little pizza place by my place on the way home, Mozza. And that was literally all I did today.

Now that I’m back in Lima I have a ton of work to do before heading back State Side in a few days. I headed over to the office first thing an just started powering through work. I got a quick lunch at No Te Rajes, the taco place across the street. In the evening a group of us went to Maido, another one of the best restaurants in the world. This one has more of a sushi/Asian theme. We did the tasting menu which was excellent. However, like Central I thought it was a little overrated.

Heading back to Lima today from Cuzco. Went over to the airport and posted up in another terrible airport lounge. Eventually the scheduled departure time for my flight rolled around and there was no indication as to what was happening or where to go for that on any of the boards. So, I nervously wandered around the whole airport to individually check each gate. On the second lap I ran into someone from the airline (finally) who informed me that the flight had been delayed for an unknown amount of time. So I returned to the lounge for a few hours and this time the thing actually came up on the board and informed me where to go to get on my plane. Win! It’s an easy flight back to Lima, just up and down. Endured the annoyance of trying to track down an Uber in the chaos of the Lima airport and then headed home. Even though it was a short trip I was still pretty exhausted from the weekend so I went right to sleep.

Today was a pretty uneventful day spent by slowing working my way closer to Machu Pichu. During the rainy season (now) apparently trains don’t run all the way from Cuzco so I had to begin the morning with a two hour bus ride to the nearest train station. The drive (the parts I didn’t sleep through) was gorgeous, though. Then I boarded a train for the remainder of the journey and more great views. The train was very well done, good service, good snacks and the extra large windows were great for the ride. The town at the base of Machu Pichu is called Aguascalientes (because of the hot springs) and it’s a funky little place. Much like Cuzco it’s got a very international feel because of all of the tourism coming in from all over the world. But it is a tiny little place tucked along the river. I had lunch at a neat place called The Tree House which had excellent food. I was unusually tired, though, so I basically just rested for the remainder of the day as I had yet another early start in store for tomorrow.

Leaving for a very compressed trip to Machu Pichu today. My timing couldn’t have been better, either. Peru has been experiencing massive flooding lately and the word was that running water was getting cut off to Lima. I had enough time to pack and get some work done before heading to the airport and right as I was finishing up to leave our water ran out. It’s an easy flight to Cuzco from Lima, just over an hour. Spoiler alert, the domestic lounge at the Lima airport sucks. Made it to Cuzco and then met up with another Remote for an extremely important event, St. Patricks Day! It just so happens that “The World’s Highest 100% Irish Owned Pub” was only a ten minute walk from my hotel. As we both had early days the next day things didn’t get too crazy and it was still a relatively early night.

Another early start to the day and I headed right over to the work space. I had a lot to do to try and clear my schedule for my departure to Cusco tomorrow. Broke for lunch at a mediocre sandwich joint across the street, J. J. Sandwich. I intended to work through the rest of the evening but got distracted by a dinner invitation so I ended up heading back over to the JW Marriott with a fellow Remote. Then called it a day.

Another productive day. Was up and at the work space early. Broke for lunch at this little place Smutis across from the office. It was alright but I don’t know that I’ll return. Basically worked right through until eight or nine and then called it. On the way home I stopped at this sandwich place La Lucha Sanguchería Criolla that had some of the better fries I’ve ever had.

Actually did get an early start to the day today and was up and a beacon of productivity at 5am. Which was good because I got a little bit distracted around lunch. Some of the other survivors of our weekend trek were going to my favorite, La Mar, so I had to go as well. Killer ceviche at this place. Then it was back to the workspace to work for the rest of the day. Around eight I was really hitting my breaking point so I headed over to the bar at the JW Marriott, my hangout at home in these situations. The one here is nice, looks out over the ocean but the really great thing about this place is they have excellent live music every night. Worked there until around ten or eleven and then called it a day.

Still pretty worn down from the weekend. I had intended to snap right up and get to work but that didn’t happen. I wandered around and got breakfast at La Bonbonniere which is in this really nice mall that overlooks the ocean. Not a bad spot for breakfast. Secured some replacement clothes at that mall and then headed over to the work space for the rest of the day. On the way home I got sidetracked by a small Italian place that was just ok and then called it a night.