Hostal Salvatierra

... . Our cab driver was nice enough to drive us around seeking other hostels, but alas. All were full. Our second choice, Hostal Salvatierra, also with a pool, was full for the week. We finally ended up at Hostal Rocha, a family-run property. It ...

... society of Peru in the forties, now popular with backpackers and the hostels are mostly the old hotels of yesteryear. We chose the Salvatierra which had huge rooms with high ceilings, a nice courtyard and a pool! The bathroom was open-air out the back of ...

... he didnīt go very far at all and was just standing on the board with very little movement!! He He. We went back to the hostal and prepared for more sandboarding and dune buggying!! We were first  to get in the buggy so hopped in the front, and off ...

We had the one of the best meals so far at an economic restaurant, La Sirena.  The nightlife was whack (it was a Sunday), so we made up for it with ice cream.  Everyone here is constantly eating ice cream, which explains the commonplace spare ...

Stifled in our attempt to get from Pisco to Cuzco all at once thanks to the flood of people buying up the bus seats for the Peruvian Independence Day hollidays, we spent a night in this dune-encircled town just outside of Ica. Not such a bad place to get ...