Peru Amazon

Detailing my travels in Peru, from Lima to the Andes to the Amazon, and back.

My 35 day trip to Peru has started! It's been a little over 6 yrs since I've been back to visit my extended family so I'm way overdue. This time I'll be bringing my boyfriend for his first time to experience how latinos live it up.

... up at Kennedy Park to get a better “feel” for the area since it's the central socializing place for the locals. Peru Amazon & Lima Attractions LIMA: a  We spent the first three nights at this hotel, the Jose Antonio Lima Hotel. ...

... again! The last few days have been amazing. We left Lima on the 9th and flew to puerto maladona which is part of the amazon jungle/basin. As soon as we landed the heat and humidity hit us .  It was an instant sweat fest.......Lovely image!!!. ...

... , toucans, vultures and many other species that we can’t even remember. There are over 1,800 types of birds in the Peru Amazon which is nearly three times that of SA. The most interesting bird was called Hoatzin and is a prehistoric bird that is ...

... back. If you would like to read a more complete account of this Amazon cruise , please click this link, An Amazon Cruise from Iquitos Peru to a Festival at the Frontier. If this article is interesting to you, tell your friends, ...

... a boat, fill it with a couple dozen American tourists, strap their ankles with snake gaiters then set it on the Amazon river at Iquitos, Peru, and give it a nudge upstream towards the Pacaya Samiria Reserve? Well, you get a week full of experiences, ...

... come up and we weren’t beached anymore.  Ricardo introduced us to Diomenez, an employee of UNAP (University National Amazon of Peru), who took us on a guided walk through the rainforest.  The university is doing a botanical study of the ...

... finishing at around 9pm. Some memorable highlights include: - Uta catching her first ever fish – a piranha! - Swimming in the Amazon River with pink dolphins - Our getting lost with our guide in a dugout canoe under the undergrowth of the rainforest ...

... cappuccinos! LIMA to IQUITOS: Up at 5am!!! To catch a 7am flight from Lima to Iquitos. This took us back up to North Peru and into Amazon land. IQUITOS to THE AMAZON: After our flight we jumped onto a tiny little boat and sped for 3 hours up The ...