u/Jumpy-Ad7111

Hello there! I’m returning to Peru 6 years after my first trip there, this time conversationally fluent in Spanish and nearing the end of my 20’s!

My last time I went I was with my older mom and we did Peru’s greatest hits: MP, Nazca, Cusco/sacred Valley (obviously not all of it), lake Titicaca, and Miraflores in Lima.

Dates of this trip: June 9-25 (although it’s a refundable ticket so I can extend or move it a week)

In this trip I’m hoping to get to the places that are not just the Must Sees of Peru but some cooler offbeat stuff. I’m hoping to see some archeology, and hike a bit (as last time I went with my mom who has not so great knees).

I’m interested in going to Arequipa, Iquitos, Huarez, and Cusco. My friends live in Iquitos so I will go there for sure, and between Arequipa, Huarez, and Cusco idk what to prioritize. I’m not too keen on going to Machu Picchu and all the craziness of getting there again, but other sites would be really cool! I’m not sure if I’m fit enough to make it up choquequiaro or if that kind of trekking will be a separate trip in the future.

For context I love hiking but Laguna de los tres kicked my ass last January. I loved Ushuaia and El Chalten, and I know whatever I do in Peru is going to be a blast!

I can add a photo if needed, but would have to unroll it. I have a rug from the 1930s that is pretty badly dry rotted or some other form of degradation where the fibers are falling off the rug. I took it in to get cleaned before I realized this and the shop told me they couldn’t clean that one (they did clean my other 1930’s rug, a neat Turkish one, I do like them its a guy down in Ocala Florida). Is there anything I could do with it other than throw it away? It seems like a shame given it’s almost 100 years old now. My hand turns red from the fibers when i pick it up for context of how gone it is