Country Info
- Lima
- Capital
- Nuevo Sol (PEN)
- Currency
- 27,483,864
- Population
- PE
- Country Code
Peru Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Peru
time out for gratitude....
This is a top pick! Rattling through the Altiplano in this loosely connected bus. My IPOD is barely overtaking the volume of the shaking window but once again, I'm blissfully entertained by the magnificent scenery of the Andes, the fields of llamas and alpacas grazing ...
Peru and Bolivia
This is a top pick! Went to Peru and Bolivia with Antipodeans. Machu Pichu was an amazing ...
Pisco
This is a top pick! ... a lot of shacks and huts made out of items you would never think could create a home. On the bus ride from Lima to Peru we saw these massive cities that are simply a collection of roofless huts and shacks scattered in the sand. No streets, no stores, ...
Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... I can finally see Machu Picchu. The beauty of Machu Picchu not only lies with its stunning location within the mountains of Peru, and the stone craftsmanship which must have taken years to complete, but the perfect preservation of the city of the ...
Lines in the Peruvian desert
This is a top pick! Alex & Dean: On the trip from Ica to Nazca the desert changed from pretty sand dunes to the rocky flatlands that the Nazca lines are cut into. We passed over the lines (the Pan-Am highway actually cuts one of the images in two - the Lizard) but ...
Colca Canyon
This is a top pick! ... burning ensured that the land remained fertile. Those are but a few examples of the hard life led by the highland people of Peru. Despite it being a little bit crowded we enjoyed basking in the warm sun and water at a hot springs site near a river. ...
1st Week Day 1 - 3
This is a top pick! ... an hour on the internet, so skyped Jay my brother and Nick my best friend. Skype is a wonderfull invention. To phone home from Peru would cost a fortune but with skype you can do it for free and the sound quality is amazing. I also downloaded my pictures ...
Day 4
This is a top pick! Monday Day 4 13th Sept Today I visited another possible placement. This was a kindergarten for kids. Iīd be teaching English to 3 different classes of 3, 4 and 5 year olds. Although they were very cute, didnīt feel overly confident to teach them by ...
taking it all in....
This is a top pick! ... letting in fresh ocean air...even though it's about 10 PM people are bustling in and out of this hostel in Miraflores, Lima, Peru. What a dramatic change from the single digit temperatures of the last few days in Syracuse...it's not that I don't ...
Ruins And Crashes
This is a top pick! We decided to make the trip out to the famous Pisac ruins and Sunday market. It was only a half hour minibus ride. We shared a taxi to the main ruins entrance with a friendly Italian couple. The entrance ticket set us back 70 soles (~$27). ...
Walking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
This is a top pick! ... Anna within the group, not only for her naturally perfect Spanish but also for the additional information she could provide on Peru and Peruvian culture. Angelique and Lydie, two French ladies who helped reconfirm that not all the French are bad! ;-) ...
Why did they do it?
This is a top pick! Why did the Nasca people do the large drawings on the floor of the dessert? We will never know for sure, so pick your teory: to mark underground water, to use as a start chart, for religious purpouses, to greet the gods, to greet ET... goes on ...
At last....the beach!
This is a top pick! ... Our day just got 10 times better :) So, here we are, in Punta Sal, which is situated on the northern coast of Peru, between Mancora and Tumbes. A perfect location, because it means that the bus journey across the border into Ecuador will only be a teeny ...
Back to Lima
This is a top pick! Easy day walking around Miraflores, including the Indian market with all the wonderful handicrafts from all over Peru. All high standard so lovely to look at with lots of pieces of art and wonderful ceramics. I didnt realise that ceramics was the main ...
Airport Drama
This is a top pick! Hi Everybody, No I didnīt vanish off the face of earth but I have arrived in Lima, Peru safe and sound. Being able to get here is another story a touch of luck I guess. I flight from LAX to ...
And you swear it's flat from here?!
This is a top pick! Of course, the main attraction in Peru is Machu Picchu and rather than doing a day trip I opted for something a little more adventurous: the four day jungle trek. With the word 'trek' in the name, I was a bit skeptical at first but with everyone I'd met ...
Lares Day 2 - amazing scenery and villagers
This is a top pick! ... It is initially relatively steep up a hillside where we pass small farms growing potatoes (there are HUNDREDS of varieties of these in Peru makes us look boring), onions, cabbages, etc. They operate a commune like system working on each others farms. We ...
Hurts So Good...
This is a top pick! ... . I have heard it lots lately on the radio, and also watched the music video several times on TV both in Bolivia and here in Peru. Considering it being a hit from 1982, it has taken a few years to travel down here (maybe it is just well traveled and are ...
3rd Highest Waterfall and ruins again
This is a top pick! ... Republic of the Congo Gocta, the fifth highest in the world at 771 m (2533 ft), located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru - DONE! Yosemite Falls, arguably the tallest in North America, located in Yosemite National Park, United States - DONE! Niagara ...
The hiking Mecca of Cordillera Blanca
This is a top pick! ... . You can see over 20 snow-capped peaks over 5000 meters, of which the most notable is Huascaran (6,768m), the highest mountain in Peru." And its true :) We spent a few days in Huaraz just chilling (yes we do seem to do rather alot of that)but it ...
Lost in the Amazon Basin
This is a top pick! ... of this region is an experience unique to this part of the world. I would do it all again in a heartbeat. Kristina returns to Peru tomorrow and will be meeting me here in Iquitos. From here, the two of us and some friends plan on getting a three ...
Mummies, Canyons, and Condors in Arequipa
This is a top pick! ... I was in a warehouse. I finally got up around noon and headed out to see the city. Arequipa is a town in southern Peru that is known for its strong regional pride and political activism. The people here seem to have more province pride than national ...
Bald dogs and funny biscuits
This is a top pick! ... once you've eaten them) and 'English Toffees' which have a picture of a Scots Guard on the front. I'm sad to leave Peru, I really liked it when I was here in the south last year. Peruvian people are friendly, small, and interested in where you're from ...
Salkantay
This is a top pick! OK, so it's taken me quite some time to get to a computer capable of uploading my photos, which I thought was pretty important for the blog... so sorry for the delay!! This is a bit sparse on photos, but there are many more in flickr - see the ...
First Week in Pisco
This is a top pick! Ok, this keyboard is really crap but Ill give this a shot. Getting used to life in a disaster zone takes some time, but we are making good progress. I (John) have spent most of my first week in Pisco and the surrounding areas doing demo work on ...
Altitude and Alcohol - what a mix!
This is a top pick! Alex: We rounded off a 14 hour bus ride walking around Cusco (3326m above sea level) trying to find a nice place to stay as we will be here for 5 days before heading out on the Inca trail - after about 5 places we were so knackered and out of breath we ...
A March to Picchu
This is a top pick! OK, the secret's out. We’re back in Australia. "But your blog says that you’re just about to go to Machu Picchu?" you doth protest. Those of you who have been following this blog know that we were playing a game of catchup with our posts, ...
The Inca Trail (Day Two)
This is a top pick! I much prefer the name Warmiwanusca to Dead Woman Pass!!! That`s what we were facing today. At a height of about 4200 m, the biggest challenge today involved overcoming the first of three mountain passes on the trail. As a whole, it took our ...
Piura, a Second Chance and Cruz del Swell
This is a top pick! ... you do not have the minimum expected of a tourist - at least $20.....I was reading blogs of nasty situations from Peru/Ecuador/Bolivia and have decided I am paying the big bucks for the buses that are doing something to keep their ...
Mmm, this Alpaca tastes like fish...
This is a top pick! The main reason people go to Arequipa is because it is the base point for visiting the worlds deepest canyon - Colca Canyon, more than twice the depth of itīs more famous counterpart the Grand Canyon. Nervous after hearing horror stories of how ...