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Wed, 9 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [751]
Another early start in torrential rain slightly shattered our faith in the mountain Gods. It was so wet, the tents started leaking and we started to lose amusement with the mountains. Today was to be the easier day, the relax, post Dead Woman and ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1014]
Today
was the most exciting day of my time in Peru. I visited Machu Picchu! I woke up
at 4:00 AM, packed up, and went down to the restaurant for breakfast. I had
pancakes, but there was no syrup. It reminds me of cereal with no milk ... Read more >
Tags: monuments
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [577]
05:00 breakfast followed by a presentation, to our porters, of a bag of Coco Leaves each (definitely designed to give them a little more energy) set us up for a good morning. Our guide showed us the profile of the rest of the trek, which to be honest ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Tue, 8 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 7 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [663]
05:30 start followed by some very plain and boring scrambled eggs made for a rather grumpy Sue. Never the less we jumped in the mini bus and half an hour later arrived at the check point where you have to produce your passports and get them stamped ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [1554] | Comments [5]
As described by our amazing guide ´Miguel´, this was a relaxing, acclimatising introduction to the Inca mentality. Our anniversary was so romantic and spiritual! The theme was to turn our crazy lives into an existence in the mountains, where you worship ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By sandn | Views [716] | Comments [11]
We have just come in from a lovely afternoon/evening in cuzco city. We can not tell you how nice this place is. It is so amazingly friendly, unthreatening, clean, somewhat spiritual and lovely. It is set in the Andean mountains, so it is totally surrounded ... Read more >
Tags: mountains
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By johannhermann | Views [720] | Comments [4]
(JH) Unsere Zeitmaschine war ca. 30 m lang, 4 m hoch und eben so breit. Angemalt war sie in verschiedensten Farben und bedient wurde sie von zwei Peruanern. Nachdem in Peru das Preisgefuege noch mal ca. 30 % unter dem Argentiniens liegt war auch das ... Read more >
Tags: People
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Sat, 5 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [956]
I
woke up not feeling well this morning on my 6 th day in Peru and the
beginning of my big trek of the Inca Trail. I only slept two hours last night
because of the ruckus next door. At 5:00, I ate breakfast but there was nothing
really ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, ruins, trekking
Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By jason_kidd | Photo Gallery
Lima, Paracas, Nazca
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Fri, 4 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [2209]
Last night I finally got a good amount of sleep! Well rested I wanted to visit some interesting sites today. Asking around, I found out about Saqsaywaman; it sounds like "sexy woman" to the untrained ear. When I set out I inquired about a ... Read more >
Thu, 3 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 3 Jan 2008 | By koleta | Views [688]
Volunteered for two weeks with PeruForYou. They have established 3 preschools in Huancayo and need more volunteers time and money to keep the schools running (it cost $260US for 4 weeks). We worked with a school in San Fernando where we did activities ... Read more >
Tags: People
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery
The long 35-hour journey by bus from Huancayo to Cuzco, via Ayacucho, Adahuaylas, and Abancay. Valle de Ayacucho is home to the last remnants of Sedero Luminoso (Shining Path) and was part of Che Guevara's legendary motorcycle journey
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