Destination: Peru

Canyons and Condors

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1467]

Colca Canyon is the second deepest canyon in the world, a mere 163m shallower than its near neighbour Canyon del Cotahausi which is a bit more difficult to get to. In order to visit the canyon, we headed from Puno towards Arequipa, Peru´s 2nd largest ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Floating islands?

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1446]

Lake Titicaca, situated 4000m above sea level, is home to many interesting people, and the next stop on our trip around Peru. We did a boat tour of the lake that visited the floating islands (Uros Islands) and Tacquile Island. The people of the Uros ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Crikey, cusco, via puno, tacna, and ARICA

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 | By becci_m | Views [1723]

WOW!Been a hectic 10 days! First off, we went to do the inca trail, via macchu piccu. This took 10 days, and my lord, it was amazing!! Anyone we have subsequently met who ( in our eyes) have foolishly been to the anciet inca site via the train to aguas ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Gallery: Peru

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 | By ang_glover | Photo Gallery

Counting sheep at Lima Airport

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 | By pistachio_tumbleweed | Views [605]

Hola... well, I´ve made it this far, to Lima Airport.  After 20 something hours doing seated yoga positions on the plane... and plenty of hours at airports along the way.  Well so far I´ve met a nice UK guy living in NZ, a nice NZ girl living in Japan ... Read more >

Tags: Airports

Gallery: Machu Picchu

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Photo Gallery

¡Gooooooooooooooool!

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [829]

The sacred valley of the Incas, an easy day trip from Cusco, and one wrth making. Unfortunatley Pete was ill, so I made the visit on my own. The thing that is so good about this tour is that some of the villages - Ollantaytambo and Chinchero- are built ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

In the footsteps of the Inca

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [2234] | Comments [1]

Well, maybe not all their footsteps... When we arrivied in Cusco, we had not booked anything for Machu Picchu. Mostly I was worried that I would not be able to cope with the walking, so we figured that we would do nothing and see what happened. Luckily ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Qosqo

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 | By pen-eddie | Views [1383]

Upon our arrival in Cusco´s airport we were serenaded by a local band while we waited to claim our baggage. What a great introduction to this fantastic place, a place that has to rate among my favourite cities in the world. Flying in over the Andes ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Gallery: Lima and Cusco

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 | By becci_m | Photo Gallery

Lima to Cusco

Mon, 5 Mar 2007 | By becci_m | Views [1852] | Comments [2]

We made it. So far, so good. We arrived safely in lima on the first, at about 8 ocloack in the evening ( about 1am english time- its quite an odd feeling, chasing the sun round the world!). The flight was surprising good, for an 11 hour flight time, ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Lima, taste the city.

Sat, 3 Mar 2007 | By sally | Views [1985] | Comments [2]

Of course. You must visit Machupichu and take the traditional ‘been-here’ photo but why miss out Lima. It is a massive capital city with zillions of taxis ready for a low-cost ride that can take you to many widely divergent experiences. Some luxurious ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Gallery: Inca Trail

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 | By john_maitland | Photo Gallery

The Beach and Desert

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 | By tom_lynar | Views [1202]

After leaving Ariquipa we headed of the the little beach called porta inca which was the main port during inca times. We camped on the beach which was fun and made a huge fire and a huge bucket of punch and had a great beach party. The next day we headed ... Read more >

Tags: Adrenaline

Gallery: The Beach and Desert

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 | By tom_lynar | Photo Gallery