Destination: Peru

Cusco Day 2

Fri, 4 Oct 2013 | By ericayu | Views [515]

After a restless night of sleep, I pulled myself up into the 40 degree weather to catch the end of breakfast. We went on Cusco's free walking tour such as what they have in many big cities. As we were waiting for others to arrive, I had my first entirely ... Read more >

Tags: alpaca steak, city tour, cusco

und schon wieder Lima..wer haette das gedacht..

Fri, 4 Oct 2013 | By farfalla | Views [347]

Die Reise mit  Tonny und Rebecca  war super. Sie begann an meinem Lieblingsort (La Merced) und mit dem ersten Wiedersehen von meinem Liebsten. Wir reisten zu dritt zusammen und einmal ging ich nochmals einen Liebesumweg. Was immer mit viel ... Read more >

Cusco

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By ericayu | Views [435]

After an extremely long 25 hours of multi connections flying and sleeping on airport floors, we finished our journey with a beautiful sunrise flight to Cusco. At this point, I was so tired I kept hitting my face on the plane window but managed some decent ... Read more >

Tags: altitude, cusco

Photos: Cuzco, Piscac, Ollantaytambo, Chinchero, Urubamba and Qoricancha

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Boat trip from Iquitos and jungle tour

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Sun and Moon temple (Trujillo)

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Chan Chan (near Huanchaco)

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Photos: Chachapoyas and 3 hour trip (approx 60km) to Kuelap

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery

Cuzco

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Views [320]

Arriving in Cuzco was great after the jungle, a white washed city full of tourists and nice looking restaurants.  We bought a 10 day tourist ticket, which is a bit of a waste of money, as we did get a bit sick of Inca Ruins after doing 4 in one ... Read more >

Iquitos and the Amazon Rainforest

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Views [487]

We made a bit of a mistake here.  We should have gone to Iquitos from Chachapoyas (via Tarapoto) which would have saved us some money, but the books are not very clear, so we didn't realise the flights stop on route from Lima.  So we went all ... Read more >

Huanchaco, Peru

Thu, 3 Oct 2013 | By southamerica | Views [464]

This is a brilliant little fishing town just north of Trujillo.  We ended up staying here for 6 days as it was so relaxing.  The local fishermen use boats that look like large surf boards made out of reeds to fish in the shallow water. ... Read more >

Over the last high pass in Peru "La Raya" and then all the way to Puno. (20th - 21st of September)

Wed, 25 Sep 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [3087] | Comments [1]

The "rough" part of the purr from my new chain and cassette soon turned into a problem called "chain suck"  created by the steel middle chain ring, because it had been worn and didn't agree with the new chain we had installed in Cusco. James had ... Read more >

Good bye Cusco - Urcos, Sicuani and the Hot Springs of Occobamba.

Tue, 24 Sep 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [3400]

It wasn't easy to leave our little Cusco Nest, but we tore ourselves away    and I was happy to be on the road....back on my Surly, listening to the strong purr of my new chain and cassette. Being off the bike for one and a half weeks ... Read more >

Chachapoyas

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Views [378]

We would not have bothered with this route had we known how long it took in advance.  It took most of the day, starting very early, a bus, a taxi, a border crossing, a combi (taxi for the first four people to arrive) and then another larger minibus ... Read more >

Photos: Huanchaco, Peru (learning to surf)

Sat, 21 Sep 2013 | By southamerica | Photo Gallery