Travel Blogs from Peru
Adventures at Colca Canyon
We had another day in Cusco after the inca trail, to recover and pootle about...I didnīt do much, just shopped a bit and had a relax, and in the evening we wentto this amazing aussie restraurant which did the nicest food. We had to be up at 5.30 the ...
Day 22 & Rest day 23
... , 3825 meters above sea level. It is located in the Collao Plateau and close to Lake Titicaca. Cuzco is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley (Sacred Valley) of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the ...
Cusco
We arrive in Cusco fairly late in the evening where we get a taxi to the Yanapay where we will be staying and meet Steph and her friend Livvy who arrived the day before. Liv and Steph have a tearful reunion and then we head out into the town to ...
Huacachina og sandboarding
Tog til en lille oase midt mellem sandbanker. Her ku man tage paa Buggy tur og sandboarde ned af sandbjergene. buggyerne = koeretoejerne til opad sand koerte staerkt opad og lavede sving og flyvehop som var man i tivoli. Det kildede rigtigt i ...
Seeing lines in the sand
After Cusco we were ready to be out of altitude. So, to Nazca we went. It is supposed to be hot and dry all year round, an oasis in a desert. It was definitely a desert, but while we were there it was overcast quite a bit of the time and never got that ...
Machu Picchu
It's no wonder why the Spanish couldn't find the Lost City of the Inkas: it takes at least 2 means of transport to get there, and they only had horses. There are people who do following: 1) take a plane to Lima 2) take a plane to Cusco 3) take a bus to ...
Ciao Ecuador, Hola Peru
... about you a lot. How is Euro 2008 going on? A summary of all the upsets and news would be awesome from anyone who has the time. Iīm off, speak to you later. xxxxxxx PS. Paddington Bear lied. Peru is neither dark nor particularly deep. ...
Cute furry animals!
We all draggeg ourselves on a bus this morning for the drive the Colca canyon. A river runs down throught centre of Arequipa and as a result there are some green spaces. Outside of the city there are shantytwons. The closer you get the the city the more ...
conquering the sand
After numerous buses we finally made it from Mancora to Lima dn finally to Ica the sandboarders dream - its a little oasis in teh desert really - the town is surrounded by giant sand dunes where u can spend the day getting sand caught in every imaninable ...
Machu Picchu
Vandaag gingen we eindelijk naar Machu Picchu, een van de zeven nieuwe wereldwonderen. We hadden gisteren al een kaartje gekocht, omdat dat alleen in Cusco of Aguas Calientes kan en niet bij de ingang. Een kaartje kost trouwens bijna 40 euro, dus je hebt ...
Chilly Sunday in Arequipa
... hanging out around the Plaza de Armas, enjoying a leisurely coffee at a café on the plaza, booking my onward flights to northern Peru, and trying in vain to call Martha,Martha for Motherīs Day from almost every public phone I could find! I purchased a ...
Hairless dogs and mud-brick ruins
Arriving in Trujillo, I was struck by how Northern Peru feels like another country compared to Cuzco and Arequipa especially, with desert surrounds, and for some other reason I can't put my finger on. We stopped off in town to visit the ruins of ...
Mancora- Beach Bum
I feel really bad about this but we skipped Lima. Bussed straight up the coast to Mancora, a little beach town near the Ecuadorian border. We spent a few days here just hanging around on the beach, eating seafood and browsing the shops. We met our ...
Almost back home again...
Ok, so I`m almost back home... I had a great evening last night with a few of the Guayaquil CSers, as well as Ivette (my Peruvian friend who`s working in Quito). We made some super yummy causa (a type of cold potato caserole with tuna and mayo ...
Bethany Marston - Coca addict!
Carole Ellisonīs day :) Well, today I had a revelation, in the form of smallish green leaves and chocolate. No idea what Iīm talking about? Coca! Now, donīt you be thinking that 5 days away from home is all it takes me to become a hardcore ...
Finding an Oasis
... Lima to Ica...just 5 hours this time and a day ride for a change, so an opportunity to see some of the landscape. Peru is the third largest country in South America and has three distinct environments, almost all of the coast is desert which then rises ...
Cusco - last time...
Onze 2 daagjes in Cusco vlogen voorbij.. We vonden een leuk hostal 'Emperador' niet ver van onze vorige verblijfplaats in Cusco, zodat we al onze andere spullen -die we daar achter gelaten hadden- makkelijk konden ophalen. Verder vulden we onze dag met ...
Lima - ultima stop
Voor de tweede maal in Lima en nu onze allerlaatste stop.. De eerste dagen spraken we af met Danique -een meisje van Holland die we in Cusco leren kennen hadden-. Samen bezochten we de Chinese wijk van Lima, genoten we van lekkere maaltijden, brachten we ...
Bed Bug Bonanza
... the year that the Camino de las Incas takes place. This off-road rally race takes the participants on a course all over Southern Peru. I was mad because this meant our being unable to pass onto our road and necessitated a two hour delay. This was the ...
Nazca
Nazca was great, arrived at 6am after much fear. My ticket said Lima but I kept saying Nazca. Was worried I might sleep through and miss the stop as noone could tell me arrival time only `very early mananaī. Noone woke me but luckily I was up and ...
Inca Trail - Day Four and Machu Picchu!
... disappointed...especially the honeymooners Shannon and Kevin. I donīt blame them, as this was the main purpose of their trip to Peru! Such a shame. After waiting about 30 minutes, we gave up and started hiking down the trail to the ruins of ...
Have No Words!
After my last blog entry, I received this very touching email from a special friend of mine...Thank you Dan!!! Mucho amor my friend!!! Subject: Have no words! all the new and fun and scary things you have been up to! Am sitting in a big stupid black ...
Semana Santa
What a great first day in Huaraz! First of all I want to thank Manuel for urging me to come to Peru and whose family I am staying with while I am here. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I am sure this will be an experience I will never ...
Condors in mighty flight
I Arequipa er hoved atraktionerne ture ud til kondor canyon og et af byen klostre. Da vi foerst kom til byen havde vi ikke regnet med at blive saa laenge, men vi blev simpelthen noed til at udvide med endnu en dag for at faa tid til at gaa rundt i den ...
Marvellous Mancora!
... getting later & tomorrow's activities. Sally heads to a yoga class which is taught by Alexa, a Californian women living in Peru for 5 years now. A totally relaxing experience - on a roof top watching an amazing sunset over the ocean. Adam then meets ...
Thumbs up for Lima
We didn't have many expectations for Lima from what we had heard from other backpackers but fortunately we were pleasantly surprised! The main detractor was in fact the weather, even though it's on the coast it was pretty chilly and always, always ...
The home of the Incas
... we hadnīt taken to it but after a day or two we really warmed to it. Cusco is said to be the gastronomical capital of Peru but for us vegetarians that wasnīt true. The one vegetarian restaurant we did find had such rude staff that we left before we had ...
Ancascocha to Camicancha
... the first time in 5 days we could have a proper wash. I took the options of bathing in the river, I was in Peru and wanted to experience everything I could, I put on my swimming shorts and in I went, my word it was freezing, it ...