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Tue, 3 Jun 2014 | By claudioula | Views [1684]
A few capitals in Latin America are as interesting as Lima. While your first impression may be that of a modern city, with overwhelming, never stopping chaos – the deafening sound of car horns may drive you insane – the fog that swallows ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, mountains, mystics
Wed, 28 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [679]
The next day on my itinerary there was a trip scheduled to Peru's own home-grown contender for "8th Wonder of the World", Machu Picchu. The trip started badly (again), the driver arrived 10 minutes late. Then after getting away, we had got as far as ... Read more >
Sat, 17 May 2014 | By onecitysun | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 16 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By ayahuasca | Views [882] | Scholarship Entry
All I wanted was to travel down the Amazon and now I was sitting in a darkened room, surrounded by armed men, some searching my bag, and one, with a touch shining on my face, asking questions. How did I get here? I don't know, just in the wrong place ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By aniphoebe | Views [310] | Scholarship Entry
Looking outside the windows, I felt a sense of peace and calm. I had been on the road all day, and left Cusco at the crack of dawn to go to Santa Maria, where I had then caught another bus to Santa Teresa. I had been living in Cusco for a month, and my ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By carlaag | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry
'Look! Look at the black girl!' yelled the old Peruvian lady at her friends, sitting in the front of the local market. They all stood up quickly to have a closer look. Some of them were pushing each other, laughing, jumping. There was no doubt. They had ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By emmawarford | Views [256] | Scholarship Entry
I’m all for an unstructured, plan-as-you-go trip to the Peruvian Amazon, but in the the suffocating midday humidity of Iquitos, along with a swarm of approximately 20 taxi drivers offering their services, both of which have surrounded us on our first ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By stories_of_sophie | Views [333] | Scholarship Entry
The taxi lurched to a stop and our driver blared the horn. All around, the same sounds multiplied and echoed off the walls of the city that my father and I had been exploring through the memories of his childhood. This was Lima, the capital city of Peru.... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By lejos | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry
It sprawled out; a mosaic of pastures, eucalyptus forests, and ancient terraces. It was draped from every surrounding peak like avocado shag carpeting in the 1970’s. It was the tie-dye of mantis, celadon, and absinthe donned by the Jolly Green Giant at ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By kelphe | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
Picture in your mind the home in which you live. See each room with your belongings. Know that at any moment you can go to the kitchen and eat, or head to the bathroom for a hot shower. Now forget plaster and painted walls, forget carpet or timber floors.... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Thu, 15 May 2014 | By eo-ire-itum | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry
Travel means more than just be on the way. It is about discovering, dreaming, exploring, meeting, making progress. Yes, progress in many ways like self development, communication, trust, what you take and leave from people and different places. Not far ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By live-love-learn | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry
I had less than a year, working for this NGO, when I was assigned a trip to Peru. My father's family is Peruvian, and none of us had never been there. That’s why, I decided, to take my dad on this adventure with me. Not only to meet his family, but to ... Read more >
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Thu, 15 May 2014 | By temporarilyspeechless | Views [224] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I tried chicken heart kebabs off a street cart, I was on a short volunteer trip with Mission Peru and Inca Link to Trujillo, Peru. Most of the trip involved the construction of an orphanage, Pasitos de Fe. An intern working at the orphanage, ... Read more >
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