Pacha Hotel

... to basics…… That afternoon, we hiked up to Pacha Mama (means Mother Earth).  The local people still pray to Pacha Mama before planting or harvesting their crop.  The people here live off the land.  The only jobs they have are ...

... of good food like potato plate, alpaca meat, and beef. I also got Chicha Morada. Everything is good, but Xue wants to go back to the hotel now. She is not feeling well at all. It's probably the altitude. So we are waiting for them to bring us some ...

... watching women shop I called it a day and headed back to bed to catch up before an even bigger party the next night at Pacha which didnt start going until 330am and ended about 8am. Met a lovely German lady here whos over here studying and spent a very ...

... ·Sleeper Train Pajama Party ·The Art and History ·Environment Day with Kayla ·The Red Sea ·Kids Club at Le Pacha Resort Lowlights ·The suicide bombing in Cairo ·The animosity towards westerners. A woman in her full Burka (Moslem ...

... the machines were on. We danced and danced and danced in the midst of all this craziness. Swedish House Mafia finished and Pacha closed at 7am, and everyone stumbled out into the day. Some people were ridiculously drunk or high or just completely zoned ...

... ;), we hit the hay around 10:30pm.  (What I won’t tell you is that after Murray secured accommodations for us at Hotel du Pacha, we ate at the McDonald’s at the train station.  I’m not telling you this because, well, I’m ...

... pub with pool tables. We played a little bit and drank beer (beer in Argentina come in jugs), what made me come back to the hotel completely exhausted. This Monday morning was a fine day for a walk at the park. In Buenos Aires, on the estuary of Rio de ...

... very popular Dried Llama Foetus, dried bejewelled frogs and even a dessicated cat! We settled for a small stone statue of Pacha Mama herself, a Bolivian Shepherdess and Sheep game, and some nice embroidered Incan calendars!! Tomorrow we are driving to ...

... /C@fe/Internet” shop, where one hour of Internet cost six dirham (less than $1 – not bad!).  Since our current Hotel du Pacha has wireless but we have been unable to access it, we needed to check our email accounts and also – lesson ...

... speaking boat captain! On Saturday night, we headed back into Naama Bay and went to a couple of bars, before going to Pacha.  I impressed Darrell with my dancing skills to cheesy pop ("Sweet Home Alabama" AND Jackson Five?!!!  It was my ...

... , enjoying a great breakfast and generally catching up on some emailing and other Web stuff.  At noon, we went back to Hotel du Pacha and checked out – then left our luggage there and headed back down to the Medina (Old City). Today, we avoided ...

... ) respect for Pacha Mama (Mother Earth).  It`s been really interesting learning about the history and how central a role Pacha Mama has played and continues to play in their traditions, beliefs and rituals.  This is also very apparent ...

... step foot on it as the place shows all the signs of it trying too hard to be Ibiza. Right next to our hotel is a disco called Pacha and there are lots of restaurants, mini-markets, fast-food joints and souvenir shops lining the boardwalk. We do not feel ...

... now Oliver was being very fussy about his Guinea Pig!  We eventually, after about 2 hours, ended up back on our hotel road at a relatively quiet, authentic looking place.  The boy on the door was quite friendly and the Guinea Pig ...

... we have had in South America thus far. Good food and great sevice. High Recommendation. Copacabana day 4 The breakfast at the Hotel Utama is amazing, including pancakes, eggs, cereal, yogurt and fruit – all included with the room. We were informed ...

... down with his worst traveler sickness yet that kept him hotel-bound for 3 days.  He wasn't getting better so I had the hotel call a doctor.  Get this, a doctor's "house call" and a pharmacy run for 6 different prescription medications came to a ...

... was open. I was expecting to have to wander around for a couple hours waiting for hostels to open but luckily we found one (Hotel Milan). We wandered for most of the first day after getting settled. We visited a couple of the main plazas, Plaza de San ...

... positions. We arrived in the sleepy town of Copacabana and found a place to stay pretty quickly. It was a really sweet hotel that was a very welcome change from our rustic mosquito nets. Unfortunately Matt wasn't feeling too well so our first few days ...

... our riad (Moroccans like their palaces!), so we did pop in to take a look.  While in a great state of disrepair, Dar Pacha Tazi was still quite beautiful, with lavish gardens, fountains, and mosaic work.  Also before going back to our rooms, we ...