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Mon, 21 Aug 2006 | By nomad_vet | Views [2652] | Comments [1]
There goes my street credibility - a wrinkly old peruvian grandma steals my purse, my 10 soles ($4 aussie) & my pride. Third time lucky for the thieves - 1st failed attempt by street kids in Santa Marta, Colombia; take 2 at Belen market in Iquitos and ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [6251]
We took a bumpy, three-hour bus ride from Arequipas, a white-washed city with a Spanish-colonial vibe, to the dusty, desert-like Colca Canyon. The big draw? To spot condors up close. To see the world’s largest bird, we needed to get to Cruz del Condor, ... Read more >
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Wed, 16 Aug 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1171]
Puno, the Peruvian gateway to Lake Titicaca, turned out to be something of a slum with prisonlike, unheated accommodations, so we opted not to stay there for another night and instead take a five hour bus directly to infinitely more gorgeous “White ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Aug 2006 | By clarinette | Views [2035]
Well, I have been in a city North of Lima for the last 3 days called Huarraz, the gateway to the Cordillera blanca, in the department of Ancash (meaning "blue" in Quechua, named so, to me, for quite obvious reasons involving the quality of ... Read more >
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Mon, 14 Aug 2006 | By clarinette | Views [905]
I spent 3 days in the Northern Peruvian city of Cajamarca which was time well spent and enjoyed. The whole northern part of Peru is largely neglected by tourists, who usually seem to follow the gringo trail down south - Big mistake! Cajamarca is a ... Read more >
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Wed, 9 Aug 2006 | By nomad_vet | Views [5544] | Comments [5]
I'm in the desert, toes dipping in the Pacific ocean. I'm in Colan, Nth Peru. How cool to wake up sweltering in the balmy heat of amazonian city Iquitos, jump on a couple of planes, & fall asleep next to the sea, being lulled to sleep by the sounds ... Read more >
Mon, 7 Aug 2006 | By nomad_vet | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 7 Aug 2006 | By nomad_vet | Views [1581] | Comments [2]
I have 1/2 a day to explore Lima before I fly to Piura in the afternoon. I figure I may as well take the cheap (& safe)Urbanito bus service into central Lima. Good plan, but the bus service from the airport no longer exists, so the only option is ... Read more >
Sun, 6 Aug 2006 | By clarinette | Views [2846] | Comments [1]
This week I have been traveling around the northern coastal regions of Peru. I have visited Piura, Chiclayo and now I am in Trujillo (Which I have to say is by far the best of the 3!) The cities in this area, to me, are less than impressive but luckily ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Fri, 4 Aug 2006 | By nomad_vet | Views [1330]
Its a crazy thing, but all flights out of Iquitos are either VERY early in the morning or late at night. And by early I mean 4:30am which is truly a time when I should be either alseep or dancing, but definitely not waiting in an airport queue. I ... Read more >
Wed, 2 Aug 2006 | By clarinette | Views [1127] | Comments [4]
The border crossing into Peru was a little bit traumatic for me and I am still feeling a little bit raw about it I have to say! I crossed into Peru at the borer coastal town of Huaquillas. The minute I stepped off the bus I was jumped on by a number ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [717]
Travel has a way of bringing you back to the very basics of life—food, shelter, warmth and um, bodily functions. The sad fact is, Holly, Jen and I have spent far more time discussing the bathroom and what goes on inside of it than any other topic, and ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Mon, 31 Jul 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [775] | Comments [1]
Travel has a way of bringing you back to the very basics of life—food, shelter, warmth and um, bodily functions. The sad fact is, Holly, Jen and I have spent far more time discussing the bathroom and what goes on inside of it than any other topic, and ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 | By sarah | Photo Gallery
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Wed, 19 Jul 2006 | By nomad_vet | Views [24515] | Comments [5]
´Priscilla´ the oncilla (the tiger cat that we rescued from the hideous conditions at Inrena) is now ´Queen of the Casa´. She started off living in the bathroom at the vet clinic, but with escalating temperatures in Iquitos and a growing girls need for ... Read more >
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