Jose Antonio Cusco

In a bid to get rid of the travel bug and to cross off an activity from my 'to do before I die' list (the Inca Trail), I'm embarking on a trip to four Latin American countries over 11 weeks.

hello friendies! welcome to my travelogue! i'm now many months into my trip around latin america - in search of afro-latino beats - musical, cultural and dance links & connections between here and africa - as well as having all the other fabulous ...

After nearly a year of talking about it, we are finally off on our backpacking excursion. We're going with open minds, blank agendas...and a one-way ticket. Check back periodically for updates from the road!

Audrey and I are going to be living la Pura Vida in Latin America. We'll be visiting Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, Argentina and southern Brazil over approx 3 months!! We'll be updating this blog with news from our travels so that you can ...

Mittel- und Suedamerika

... most visited hotels of the city, La Casa de la Gringa, situated in the artistic quarter of San Blas. Also, José Antonio Gamarra, the operations manager, as well as Fernando Amprimo, the financial manager, are both graduated chefs of Cordon Bleu in Peru ...

... Jen, I just about had enough time to get my things in order before I hailed a cab to the bus station. My cab driver, Jose Antonio was an enterprising young lad who had to give up his garment export business because his family had fallen on bad times. We ...

... every four hours to offset possible headaches.  I also took it very easy the first afternoon, and moved slower than I am used to. Jose Antonio Hotel was nice enough.  We had a view of the hillsides of the Andes, with all the houses lit up at ...

... despite some hardships the resort was really lovely and the fact that we had some hardships added to the authenticity of the adventure. Jose Antonio our guide was fantastic: intelligent, funny and with a real passion, not so much for the job of tour ...

... the other group members for dinner and to discuss the Inca trail, which we were to leave for the following morning, we met our guide, Jose Antonio, who turned out to be a great bloke who spoke great English and was a lot of fun to travel with. We then ...

... by its counterpart, whisky sour, and was believed to have been first prepared by three Peruvian bartenders. On the other hand, in Jose Antonio Schiaffino’s book ‘The origin of Pisco Sour’ it is claimed the inventor of the recipe was the ...

... Cairo.  A lawyer by trade but was following his passion and had a second 3 month fellowship at a spiritual power center in the Cusco Valley.  We had a long talk about his works at the center and our trip.  We left exchanging ...

... a farewell meeting at the hotel (which of course included more Pisco sours:)) and then a farewell dinner at the Mamacha restaurant in downtown Cusco. This is our last night in Peru. Tomorrow we head to the airport ( very early in the morning!) and off to ...

... we had to get back to the hotel for our tour of the city.  Our first stop was were the ruins above Cusco called Saqsayhuaman (pronounced sexywoman).  It´s hard to put into words the beauty.  Then off to Qengo and Tambomachay all above ...

... ; The past two days we were at 9000 feet or so and it didn´t bother me at all.  I suppose I had gotten fairly used to Cusco which is around 12000 feet or so then went lower ...now that we are back I´m thinking that I have to start over ...

... les pattes en l´air... plat traditionnel d´ici... J´ai un sourire en coin lorsque la guide nous explique l´histoire de San Antonio de Padua: c´est le patron des femmes célibataires, et celles-ci ont pour coutume d´écrire leur nom et numéro ...

... is a must for anybody coming in this direction. For information on the trail by another company (which is new and competitive) e-mail Antonio Aguilar at antonaguila@hotmail.com   (262603) A local tells me they are good to the porters and there ...