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Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [1613]
We woke up with terrible hangovers following the Pisco Sour fuelled excesses of the previous night. I suppose after 2 weeks of relative good behaviour we needed to blow some steam off. But it still felt horrible. We stumbled to a cafe to have a sandwich and ... Read more >
Tags: arequipa, bus, cuzco, hangover, shave
Fri, 3 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [1964]
Alarm at 4.30 this morning, ready for the fional 1200m ascent back to Cabanaconde. We had decided to leave earlier so as to minimise the amount of climbing we would have to do in the sun. It was still dark and prety chilly as we set off, our legs grumbling ... Read more >
Tags: arequipa, colca canyon, dancing, pisco sour, thermal baths, trekking
Thu, 2 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [1510]
The alarm sounded at 6.15am and dawn was just starting to break as we had our breakfast of pancakes and luke warm coffee. The plan was to leave as early as feasible so we could trek in the shade for as long as possible. 5 hours after we set out at 7am ... Read more >
Tags: colca canyon, oasis, trekking
Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [2654] | Comments [1] | Video
So Pablo Tours was open and we managed to arrange a 3 day 2 night trek for the following day. We set the alarm for 3.30am (!!!) and our guide arrived at the hostel at 4am. We jumped in a minibus (technically mode of transport number 11, but I think it´s ... Read more >
Tags: canyon, colca, trekking
Wed, 1 Oct 2008 | By rodolpheandsigi | Views [916] | Comments [2]
Alors pour ceux et celles qui ce souviennent du fameux quizz concernant les 7 merveilles du monde, voici la deuxieme de notre sejour: Le Machu Picchu. Il existe diverses manieres d'atteindre ce fabuleux site. Il y a tout d'abord le tres fameux et hyper ... Read more >
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [1156] | Comments [1]
We flew into Puerto Maldonado from Cusco. We could have gone by road but it would have taken up to a week. Puerto Maldonado was hot, hot, hot and extremely humid. It also isn't that nice so we got to finding a jungle lodge straight away. We blew ... Read more >
Tags: jungle, puerto maldonado
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [2414]
Ok. So the plan was to walk the 8km from Aguas Callientes UP to MP in the dark in order to see the sunrise. So that’s what we did. We left the hostel at quarter to four in the morning and walked through the town and found the Inca trail up to ... Read more >
Tags: machu picchu
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [448]
As we half-expected we could not get onto the Inca trail in Cusco. We investigated other trekking options available but decided instead to go on our own through the Sacred Valley to Aguas Callientes (where Machu Picchu is). First stop Pisaq.... Read more >
Tags: sacred valley
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [1531]
After a long and very winding night bus, sustained only by the wonders of peanuts and rum and coke we arrived in Arequipa, a gorgeous colonial town in Southern Peru. It's nicknamed the white city as the majority of the building are made of a lovely white ... Read more >
Tags: colonial, frog juice, llama, market, museum
Tue, 30 Sep 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [350]
After our tiring day of walking we went to the top of Aguas Callientes to try out the hot springs. It was lovely to sit and soak in hot water for an hour. The next day we got the train and taxi back to Cusco to recuperate for a couple of days. ... Read more >
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [3254] | Comments [1]
After a hearty breakfast of 4 scrambled eggs (I had Claire's eggs, she had my bread - recipe for constipation or what!) we slung on our backpacks and grabbed the smallest taxi in the world to the panamerican highway. As usual driver was very friendly ... Read more >
Tags: buggy, desert, dune, huacachina, nasca, oasis, propellor, sandboarding
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By forgettable_blue | Views [1709]
So there we were, in the Chilean border town of Arica, purchasing our bus tickets to cross into Peru. We'd done it a dozen times already - even in Spanish, buying a bus ticket isn't rocket science. Anywho, after a few minutes of debating which Peruvian ... Read more >
Sat, 27 Sep 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [3046]
Another thing I had forgoten about Latinoameica was the buses. They´re more like planes. We left our hostel in Lima to get a bus to Pisco - thankfully only 6 blocks which gave us the opportunity to try out packs out walking a little in the heat. The ... Read more >
Tags: boat, culture, desert, earthquake, island, peru, wildlife
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