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Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By augustwilson | Photo Gallery
Photos of the Inca trail and the floating islands in Puno.
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Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By augustwilson | Views [1016] | Comments [2]
We spent about a week in Cuzco prior to starting the trek up Macchu Piccu, so from Arequipa, we took the overnight bus which was 10hrs, about 5 of these were on a road worse than Denise and Phils! We also didn{t sleep a wink as we had a maniac driver, ... Read more >
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [3015] | Comments [4]
Patti: We are on the countdown to coming home and have two major events still to come. We just arrived to Cusco from Lake Titicaca (the largest lake in South America ) where we did a two day tour and visited indigenous people who still live ... Read more >
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [849]
We woke to banana pancake breakfast and coca tea! Then it was off for 8 hours of walking thru the mountains and some of the jungle. The day was pleasant as we walked picking manderines, mangoes, avocados, guava fruits to eat. YUM. We learned about ... Read more >
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 14 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1027]
We decided to do the Inca Jungle trek 4 days 3 nights. Our first day started at 7.30am where we were picked up at our hostel by our guide Hugo. We then met with the rest of our troop. There was 8 of us in total and I was the only girl much to the ... Read more >
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By dragonflynambr | Views [490] | Comments [2]
hi all , The bus is waiting for me. We are headed back down to the coast today. I will fill you in later on. I am ok and still healthy. I just had a small issue with altitude sickness. A bit dizzy last night ( like drinking techila)
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By angelas_away | Views [592] | Comments [1]
Whilst recoverering from the night out in Cusco, I found myself yet again feeding stray dogs on the street. A young ginger dog that looked a bit like Jack caught my attention, because his ribs were sticking out so much. I bought a muffin from the street ... Read more >
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By angelas_away | Views [799]
Well a drunken promise for a "big night out in Cusco" is one thing... but it was quite another when, with the hangover from hell from the night before in Puno, I boarded a bus for the 7 hour journey to Cusco. Kylee´s tour group had left at ... Read more >
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1155]
The Inca´s lived here in Peru. They had built many cities including Cuzco, Machupicchu, Pisaq, Urabamba. Ollyantambo(something like that will fix that spelling later). These were the major cities. Cuzco was the centre of all the cities and the major ... Read more >
Tags: history
Wed, 12 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Photo Gallery
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Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By dragonflynambr | Views [837] | Comments [3]
Ok ok so I am not naked, because if I was I would be a boiled tomato. We are definatly in South America! It was very hot here and even with LOTS of sunscreen I got a little toasted during our outing yesterday. We went to a Site called Tucume today ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [1151]
This is a fairly big city, bustling, loads of local noise, traffic, pretty. Reminds us a bit of Napoli the atmosphere. LOVE IT so far. The city is pretty with it sitting in a backdrop of so many green mountains. The city is 3500meters above sea level ... Read more >
Tags: food, people, sightseeing
Mon, 10 Mar 2008 | By abelaine | Views [2205]
Although it is relatively cheap here in Peru. As usual the touristy things the `prices have skyroketted over the last 2 years. Talking to a local, these trails were much cheaper just 3 years ago before the tourist boom. Prices vary widely, so I suggest ... Read more >
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