Country Info
- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
- Currency
- 27,483,864
- Population
- PE
- Country Code
Jaen
Travel Blogs from Jaen, Peru
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Jaen
Switch van to collectivo for another few hours. Kidneys and nuts very sore from the horrendous ...
Na skroty do kolejnego panstwa
... sie, ze musze najpierw jechac do miejscowosci mniej wiecej w polowie drogi i dopiero tam moge zlapac docelowe "auto" do Jaen. Oczywiscie w tym miasteczku jeszcze zalapalem sie na mototaxi za 1,5 sol, bo przeciez peruwianski styl jest taki, ze robia ...
border crossing continued (still no sleep)
Arrive in jaen take sexy trike transport to other bus station where we board another combi for an hour. Laura loans her CD to the driver and we listen to the Spice Girls through very bad speakers. Fellow Peruvian passengers ...
Andean border crossing
... wanted to cross at a small border, we prefer the lack of crowds and touts. Leaving Ecuador was a piece of cake, entering Peru was a little more challenging. There was no one at the immigration office, so we waited at the door until someone fetched ...
Jean, no, it's Hay'n
... roads. Thanks Bilstien. The onboard mechanic gave it time to cool down then removed it and hoped to find a replacement in the next town Jaen. A few km.'s further we hit pavement; now that's luck, we can easily manage the next 55 km.'s to Jaen. There ...
Border Crossing
... the simplest way, we decide to go cross county, which takes about 2 days longer but saves on kilometers (sound familiar?). Leaving Jaen at 8am, we arrived in Vilcabamba in Ecuador at 2am the following morning, having taken a bus, then a shared taxi, ...
From Jaen to Yurimaguas
... that our first bus was not full enough and to make a good profit, they were making us wait for the next bus, which left Jaen at 4pm. A guy told us we could sleep on the nice bus while we waited for the next bus, which didn´t actually show up ...
Dead calm?
... from the windchill. Claustrophobia and boat fear aside (I sound like the worst traveller)I'm excited to be heading to Iquitos in Peru, a place of reported noise and chaos. It's the world's largest jungle locked city only accessible by boat or air. Any ...
a vortex and incongruencies that intrigue
... . stares, incongruent answers, good intentioned warnings and smiles. one sol and 50 is all that a mototaxi costs in jaen. don't be fooled. since couchsurfing where i witnessed fleas, living, eagerness for love and antiques, i made ...
Rolando´s Place
... Peruvian dish that is very tasty called tacacho con cecina. It is basically bananas smashed and fried with bacon. Rolando changed our whole outlook on Peru. His and his family´s kindness were much appreciated and showed us how good people can ...
Van grens tot grens!
... . Na een paardrijtocht door de bergen, vergezeld door een gezellige cowboy, was het tijd voor mijn volgende paspoortcontrole: op naar Peru! In plaats van te kiezen voor de makkelijkste optie, vond ik het het avontuur wel waard om recht naar het ...
Jaén the middle of nowhere
Here at the moment, calculating our next step to head toward the Equadorian border. Looks as though we may need to cash up with US dollars.And then find out where the collectivo to San Ignacio leaves from. More to ...
Rolando´s Place
... three students. After class we came back downstairs and his nice big welcome mat had been stolen! There is a lot of crime in Jaen and people will take just about anything. He saw the humor in it, since they swiped it right from under his ...
Jaen
Very small town with dirt roads and almost no cars, only 3 wheeled moto-taxis or tuk-tuks as Sherise calls them. Surrounded by mountains and nearly pretty. Really nothing to do there except use as a stop over to ...
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