Preparation for the Big Journey!!

Why Peru??

As most of you are probably wondering/asking (Kara, Emily, Mike, Michelle, Tanya & Myself)...what was the reason for choosing Peru?

Emily and I decided a year or so ago that it would be good idea to set a traveling goal.  The travel bug had bit us hard after traveling to Thailand/Laos, but there were so many places to see that it became a little daunting.  Most of you probably saw the movie "The Bucket List," in which Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman travel the world and check things off their bucket list.  The movie inspired Emily and I and helped us narrow down our world travels...we decided to make our goal to visit the seven wonders of the world.

Now this brings up a another question....which seven wonders?  When we looked up the seven wonders of the world there were tons of different lists...modern, natural, new, etc, etc, etc.  Luckily for us the world voted on a new set of seven in 2007...that are now the designated seven wonders of the world (of the original seven wonders only one still exists - the pyramids in egypt).  The pyramids were named the honorary member since they still stand...and the additional voted seven are Machu Pichu (Peru), Chichen Itza (Mexico), Great Wall (China), Taj Mahal (India),  Petra (Jordan), Collosseum (Italy), Christ Redeemer (Brazil)...so eight total.

Hopefully this answers your question!  Machu Pichu is the first of the wonders that we will visit...and from what I have heard it will be a spectacular start to our life journey of traveling the world!