January 11, 2025
LIMA, PERU to CUSCO, PERU
On the morning of 1/3/25, I left the Ship with 10 other residents and flew from the airport in Lima to Cusco, on an excursion that we cobbled together ourselves. We arrived in CUSCO by noon and started taking our altitude medications. Cusco is in the Peruvian Andes at an elevation of 11,152' , which is a big jump from the sea level where we have been residing. A dull headache was the symptom most of us had. We grabbed a quick lunch and went on a 3 hour walking tour of the City. Above is central town square Plaza de Armas.
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The tour ended with complimentary Pisco sours, we had dinner at a local Mexican hot spot and ice cream on the way back to our hotel.
I got to do 14 dives and 5 snorkel trips over our two weeks at Eco Cove Resort. I feel much more confident and comfortable diving, practice does truly help! Eco has these t-shirts that list all their Resort excursions - we made a nice dent in all of them and it's hard to pick a favorite!
Friday nights at Eco Cove Resort are sunset excursion time. All the guest are taken over to tiny Yeben Rock Island. This time the tde ws coming in quickly and alot of the island was already covered by water but that didn't dampen our party! We had a cooler of beer this time too! We also have become feriendly with the 2 families that were there sharing with us.
Eco Cove Resort in Raja Ampat - Oh what a wonderful place! I have truly loved my time here! Sharing it all with wonderful friends, made it even better. Here's some highlights above and below the water.