Couldn't get a visa to Iran...

fast enough to make the trip I had planned this summer, so opted to go to Peru. I have always wanted to dangle my feet in Lake Titicaca (the highest navigable lake in the world, with the coolest name) and see Machu Picchu, not to mention the Nazca lines, the Andes, etc. Why not now? I planned to go alone. But Lady K discovered my plans and volunteered to join me, with Hawaiian brood in tow (including not only Riki and Malu, both interesting travel challenges, for similar and different reasons, but newborn Kahane, too!). So we depart in mid-August. Stay tuned.