Yucay, Peru Travel Blogs

Santa Theresa
May 17, 2008 (1 photos)

Santa Theresa

Ops, back in the Navel of the World
Jun 27, 2005 (29 photos)

... though, but who cares - it's a POOL! What a luxury!) I'd come to Arequipa for two main reasons, a) to see a bit of Peru's second largest city and b) to trek Colca Canyon and hopefully see a condor or two (well three reasons I suppose, also to head to ...

Early rise for the Inca Trail
Sep 12, 2007 (35 photos)

Early start today in order to do the Inca trail.  The Inca Trail is a walking route that leads through the mountains above the Urubamba river, following (at least partly) the course of an old Inca roadway leading to the city of Machu Picchu. & ...

Manu National Park
Oct 15, 2006 (3 photos)

The highlights on this day was bird watching at 5 am and Canopy... (sliding from one tree to another on about 40m height). See pics

Toutoutou! Les cités d or....
Sep 18, 2005

... un autre chauffeur et nous avons écourté notre tour... Tant mieux! On the road again! Après ca, ce fut des heures de toute pour revenir au Peru. On est parti de Uyuni le 16 à 20h et on est arrivées à Cuzco le 17 vers 23h... Bus quasi non-stop... En route, il ...

Manu National Park
Oct 14, 2006 (6 photos)

After a nice breakfast we went for 2hours downhill mountain biking. On the way we saw loads of different butterflies,... some of them as big as my 2 hands! Just beautiful. On the 1 hour flat road we crossed several little villages where they had Coca ...

Setting up for Salkantay
Oct 21, 2009 (7 photos)

Note to tourists:  Salkantay is no longer a trek that can easily be arranged with a mule driver for a small group.  If you can carry all your own gear, which is ambitious as an understatement, you can conceivably complete the trek on your own, ...

Rafting
Oct 9, 2006 (7 photos)

Rafting on the agenda today. Level an okay 2 to 3+ and I was not too impressed at the beginning but tame and all as it was for me, I ended up in the river before i knew it so that shut me up!! Pedestrian enough at the start but we hit some really ...

I feel like I´m on a ship, but it´s only Cuzco!
Mar 31, 2006 (3 photos)

... isn´t that big anyway, only about 400,000. - saw a small political rally in Lima on the way to the airport yesterday (Peru has a general election in about 9 days). There were about 100 protesters, and about 150 riot police with big guns and those clear ...

Exploring Cuzco
Sep 9, 2007 (6 photos)

The walk down the hill is worth the effort, cuzco is very pretty, clean and full is colours, including the flag.  Here are some of the piccies I've taken so far...

In the jungle, the mighty jungle...
Sep 20, 2005

Eh ben! ya des places au Peru ou il fait chaud! Etk le Machu Picchu c vraiment WoW malgré les milions de touristes. Etk Pis la jugle c'est vraiment relaxe... on se revoit betot! Luv yall! ciao

Staggering around the Sacred Valley...
May 23, 2006 (16 photos)

Hi everyone We have been busily exploring the Sacred Valley this last weekend, and I´ve also had the Peruvian death flu that seems to have struck down every second person here! Am taking a couple of days off work to try and recover properly before the ...

The 10 1/2 hour trek - Corimarca to Ancascocha
Oct 20, 2009 (25 photos)

Now I wish I could say good morning but I am not sure it can actually be classed as morning yet! It is 3:30am and I have had just 2 hours sleep, my intention to head to bed at 8:30pm last night had not worked out for me, I had suffered all night from ...

Pisaq
Nov 5, 2006 (10 photos)

Busfahren geht hier so: Los gehts in irgendeinem Hinterhof, Abfahrt ist wenn die Sitzplaetze besetzt sind. Und dann wird am Strassenrand noch jeder mitgenommen, bis die Tuer grad noch zu geht. Natuerlich steigen auch an jeder Milchkanne Leute aus. Und so ...

Inca trail day 2 the ofrends to te Apus
Jul 29, 2003 (3 photos)

Leave the village  Wayllabamba, close to the canyon Kusichaka,  this day  rain, was a hard way, i had an impermeable of Mickey Mouse. The road turns complicated , we ascended at 3.500 m.altitude. My steps turn& ...

Ruin´s in the midle to the way. Day 3
Jul 30, 2003 (10 photos)

LLulluchapampa to get to  Phuyutapamarka is the third day , the fog disappear, appearance the sun  that day we out very early to Warmiwañuska the transduction is "the woman dead" , is the point ...

Manu National Park
Oct 13, 2006 (4 photos)

... up by our guide Juan Carlos, his Assistant Eduardo and the Driver Walter to start our excursion to the Manu National Park (Jungle of Peru). After an hour ride through the mountains around Cusco, our self-made type of mini Van had a flat tire and so we ...

A chegada em Limatambo
Sep 14, 2009

Acordei bem cedo para arrumar tudo para ir com Maritza à Limatambo. Me despedi de Bertha, pois sabia que sentiria saudades! Saímos de casa 8h00 da manha para o Paradero Arcopata. Lá, fomos até o ponto de Limatambo, onde um carro comum, do tipo perua. ...

Cuzco
Feb 18, 2007

Best place yet in South America. Set high in the Andes and surrounded by green mountains Cuzco is a smashing example of Spanish colonialism at its best. The town square is a magic with a huge ornate cathedral thing to one side and cloistered ...

Paro agropecuario y caminos cerrados
May 19, 2009 (1 photos)

Al salir de la Reserva Amazonica por la maniana supimos que el sector agropecuario de la zona del Valle Sagrado se habia declarado en huelga por 48 horas. Esto significaba que no ibamos a poder continuar nuestro viaje segun se habia programado hacia ...

Machhu Pichu
Jul 19, 2007 (5 photos)

I arrived at Machu Picchu on the 19th July at 6:00am and stayed until 6:00pm. The plan was to see the sun rise but it was raining when I got there. Around 11:00am the sun came out and you could see the mist lifting quite quickly around the site, ...

Cuzco
Apr 25, 2008 (3 photos)

Cuzco - The Inca Capital. A beautiful city to knock around for a few days as long as you dont have a travel bug! Still here are some photos of the big Spanish Colonial square. They basically killed everyone, knocked down the Inca city and used the stone ...

A bus ride from hell
Apr 28, 2006

Well, I guess I got what I wanted when I signed up for this trip. I thought it would be good to be outside of my comfort zone, and that is definitely where I am right now. This bus trip is my last in South America, and what a one to go out on. The ...

Sacred Valley
May 13, 2007 (12 photos)

What a fabulous day! Up early for a flight on Air Condor to Cusco.  On the flight we could see the snow covered Andes from the window. We arrived in Cusco to bright sunshine and clear, blue skies.  A wonderful change from Lima. Arturo ...

On the road to Yucay
Aug 17, 2005 (6 photos)

I get everything out the door on time and head down for breakfast. There's not too many folks at this hour after the mobs other mornings. It's been hard to find a chair. I end up checking the big bag plus the large back pack. It's really tough to be cut ...

Yucay
Mar 30, 2008 (5 photos)

... we were picked up by Condor Travel to visit several more Inca sites.  We drove approximately 1 hour on our way to Yucay, entertained for the entire time by our guide Jorge who proceeded to regurgitate every fact known to man that was related to Incas ...

Machu Pittchu was a riot for the Inca Princess
Jul 13, 2007 (5 photos)

... Helen and Guy (our "new best friends") while Bren and I headed for the town square with Carol (a tourguide from Peru). What did we come across? Only a riot in the town square....apparently the farmers were protesting publically about the increase ...

Thank the Lord
Jul 27, 2007 (23 photos)

Today is the day I fell off the face of a mountain, literally.  I don´t think I will ever forget this day in my life.  Nor will I ever stop thanking God for saving my life. The day began again at 6am, but I was feeling high energy today.  ...

MACCU PICCU ES EL MEJOR PAIS EN EL MUNDO
Jul 11, 2007 (5 photos)

... get a ticket for the bus to Maccu Piccu. I thought I would get the teacher discount for the bus, but considering the strike in Peru, being a teacher in was not popular! So it must have been good Karma because we were the LAST ones to catch the 12:30 bus... ...

Mollepata
Jul 10, 2007 (8 photos)

The proper trekking adventure begins today ... Although on our morning bus ride, via the short cut because of teacher strikes we had to dodge rocks and some times bolders that had been placed on the road by teachers, but our driver was a gun and got ...