Destination: Peru

Sacsayhuaman to Manchu Pichu...

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [2878]

Hello all...sorry it´s been a while since we were last on...but the trail and travel have prevented much journal writing.  This note might be kind of out of order as I´m trying to recap MANY adventures and thoughts. Well...what adventures we´re having!!!  ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

San Jose, Lima Peru and Cusco...

Thu, 17 Nov 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [1549] | Comments [7]

Hello again all... The only details Julia missed in the last entry...first, the crazy bums name was Alvaro de Jesus...and it was hard to tell what was a fbrication and what was the truth.  I believed it all though...and enjoyed the touch of local life.... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Lima Peru

Wed, 4 May 2005 | By ladysilverwolf | Views [543]

Lima Peru was an interesting city.   My first feeling of the city is that it was LA with sand, after spending an afternoon exploring the city I slowly changed my feeling of the city.   The Plaza se Armas has the Government Palace. All over there ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Nazca Lines Peru 2005

Tue, 3 May 2005 | By ladysilverwolf | Views [538]

For my 40th birthday in April my mother and I went to Peru.  We flew into Nazca on one of the hottest days of our trip, crammed into a small plane with no AC.  After we landed I got a good look at the airport tower. WOW, it was a hut on stilts.   We ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Altitude sickness

Sun, 1 May 2005 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2755] | Comments [3]

I was trekking at 14,500 feet and started to feel very ill. I had loss of mental ability. Immediatly I decended to the altitude which I had slept at the night before. The next day, I descended further to Cusco, Peru. I felt better that night, but on awaking ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, altitude sickness, peru, true claim stories

Gallery: Peru

Mon, 4 Apr 2005 | By shaz | Photo Gallery

Peru

Wed, 24 Nov 2004 | By pelzek | Views [487]

where do i begin. days and weeks have passed from steep dramatic mountainous jungle desert place called peru. we have spent more than a month here now, first in the north, wandering the cloud forests by foot and horse, through delirous mud ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Inca Trail

Fri, 23 Apr 2004 | By matt_bianco | Views [898]

Well - one of the best weeks of the trip so far...   After a couple of days in Cusco, we travelled back to the Peru-Bolivia border to go to Puno and check Lake Titicaca out.  Lake Titicaca is set at about 3,500 metres (in attitude terms).  After taking ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Photos: pru

Wed, 23 Jun 1999 | By robrobjos | Photo Gallery