Destination: Peru

Rain on the River Sea

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By bethpratt | Views [253] | Scholarship Entry

In Iquitos the rain falls like grenades, drop after stinging drop. No mercy until it is quite finished. And the speed, from a kind of lynching sunshine to the barrage of thunder and raindrops - breathtaking! So although the wooden planks we stand on ... Read more >

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You simply can't prepare for a monkey in your bed.

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By hannahonthemap | Views [304] | Scholarship Entry

I’ll never forget the day I stepped outside that airport. What am I doing? Why am I in this country I barely know anything about? Why am I alone? Will I make friends? It was my first solo trip, the first time I had ever been anywhere by myself without ... Read more >

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My Guardian Angel

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By luludoubleyou | Views [406] | Scholarship Entry

I hold my hand out behind me and the lady in the yellow sweater reaches out to cradle it. Her touch sends a wave of warmth through my body and as she holds me tighter, I can feel the rough calluses on her palms. Everyone is crouched down in the aisle ... Read more >

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On the Sacred Inca Trail: Raiders of the Lost Inca World, Monotaxis and Eucalypti

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [633]

This morning I was scheduled to go on the first part of the Sacred Inca Trail tour. I was collected early at my hostela by someone I would come to call Braces Guide  # 1, she took me to my coach for the Inca Trail trip. We stopped on the way out ... Read more >

The Performance

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By squirrelgirl26 | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry

The air is ripe with anticipation as I ease through the crowd. I claim my seat along the marked concrete slab, folding myself inwards to occupy as little room as possible. Year round, this plaza lies empty and unused---save for today. Sport enthusiasts ... Read more >

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The Passport: from Lima to Boulevard de Asia

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By glindys-luciano | Views [285] | Scholarship Entry

It was hot and my skin continued to soak in the sun as my friends and I were waiting for a cab outside of Lima international airport. We cannot believe that we saw Machu Picchu and visited Cuzco city—this was all very surreal to us. The cab driver finally ... Read more >

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My first glimpse of the Pacific Ocean

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By rlishman | Views [290] | Scholarship Entry

When I first glimpsed the Pacific Ocean it was glistening steely white under a strong afternoon sun. I was a dusty, dishevelled young backpacker who paused only briefly to appreciate my arrival, at a coastline that, until then signified the furthest I ... Read more >

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Caral

Tue, 13 May 2014 | By vfang | Views [179] | Scholarship Entry

"Now close your eyes," he says. "What do the knots tell you?" Gabriel has made his own quipu like the one they've found in the ruins of Caral. We sit on a hill at the edge of the excavation, desert sand blowing in faint gusts against our faces and arms.... Read more >

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Photos: Chasing a Dream

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By backpackingtheworld | Photo Gallery

Europe: the beginning

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By backpackingtheworld | Views [537] | Scholarship Entry

The first time I thought about it, about the possibility, about a dream that can actually became true. I have never traveled abroad, and the few trips I made, here in Peru, were when I was a little kid, we are talking about 10 or 12 years old, so as anyone ... Read more >

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Being Richie Rich

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By alvaropizarro | Views [268] | Scholarship Entry

I truly will never forget the day I came back to Peru after working for five months in the US. It was crazy -aside from my family giving me endless hugs and food like there's no tomorrow- because I realized that the money I had was worth almost three ... Read more >

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Gringa Vs Apu

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By manubartlettstastny | Views [192] | Scholarship Entry

My body swayed left. I caught myself. If I didn’t stop I would soon find myself hurtling down the side of the mountain. After 4 hours of hiking up past 4,600 meters, my head was pounding; my eyes swam in and out of focus; my legs felt like two throbbing ... Read more >

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Tourism v Authenticity

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By socaltoeurope | Views [292] | Scholarship Entry

We ended our Peruvian adventure in the Amazon. The scenery and weather were perfect, but my trip to the Amazon did fill me with a slight sense of despondency. One question kept popping into my head: is it possible to experience something like the Amazon ... Read more >

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Riding on the Wild-Mouse.

Sat, 10 May 2014 | By jmillerjtm | Views [444] | Scholarship Entry

Our Peruvian van-driver never told us the macabre stories of landslides, bus-collisions or flash-flooding watersheds that frequented the road carved into the sides of the Andes Mountains we were following, though most of the tales demised with a plunge ... Read more >

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CHILDHOOD: PRICELESS

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By uyenangel | Views [501]

On street market in Lima, Peru, you can see the kids are playing those (i called it’s a worldwide tradition game) games; I was just standing there to watch them. Happily. I can see my childhood in them. I used to play this game so well and forgot ... Read more >

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