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Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By jessia22 | Views [234] | Scholarship Entry
Cusquenita "Mercado San Pedro, baja baja!" the kid called forward to the collectivo driver. As our scruffy white minivan pulled abruptly to a halt, he wrenched open the broken door, ushered commuters off, and chanted "sube sube sube"... Read more >
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Fri, 25 Mar 2011 | By ajstitson | Views [300] | Scholarship Entry
Conversation stops midstream. I’m the only fair-haired Gringo on the bus. “Buenos dias” A gust of air smelling of garlic caresses my face. An elderly woman shifts on her seat and motions for me to sit. Her wrinkled face savaged by the elements, splits ... Read more >
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Thu, 24 Mar 2011 | By travel-tips | Views [13886] | Comments [5]
One of the wonderful things about Latin America is that you never need to worry about being hungry . Cities are dotted with wonderful street vendors selling fruit and serving up hot food. In North America if you are going on a long bus ride or ... Read more >
Tags: cuisines, culture, eating, experiences, food, peru, recipes, south america
Wed, 23 Mar 2011 | By james-karolien | Views [1108] | Comments [2]
At 2.30 in the morning we had to get up to jump on a motorbike to cross the border from Colombia to Brazil. (in Colombia it is against the law to boat before 5am which is not a problem at all in Brazil) At 3 we had to take a little motorboat into Peru ... Read more >
Tue, 22 Mar 2011 | By ezwelty | Views [259] | Scholarship Entry
Jaguar! At 3 o’clock!
The
guide suddenly yelled from under his big binoculars. He signaled the captain to cut the motor and signaled us to
cut the chatter. We drew closer. The small boat tipped slightly starboard as we
all leaned ... Read more >
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 | By ayahuasca | Views [468] | Scholarship Entry
I had spent more than a day with the smell of drying coca leaves permeating the atmosphere but now that I’d arrived in Pucallpa I was in search of a different drug. Probably pre-dating the use of the narcotic leaf that now has such a bad reputation ... Read more >
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 | By ananiat | Views [302] | Scholarship Entry
Not having a concrete plan and an open mind are, for me, key ingredients of an epic adventure. That is the beauty of grassroots travel, you never know what is going to happen and what can go wrong usually does – but hey, you get a great story out of ... Read more >
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Mon, 21 Mar 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [575] | Comments [2]
I´ve been a bit slack lately updating my blog. Been in Cuzco for four days now. Really pretty and safe town. Loki Hostel is on the top of the valley which means hiking up the stairs two or three times a day. I'm glad to report after two days I can ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 | By megan_skinner | Views [1127] | Comments [2]
I just returned late last night from a 5 day trek/ Machu Picchu trip. I think I had fun overall, but it was ridiculous as you will soon read. On the morning of 3/11, we left Cuzco at 4:45am for a five hour drive to the mountain village of Mollepata ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Mar 2011 | By megan_skinner | Views [505]
Hello! I have just finished a trek and have gone to Machu Picchu, but haven´t had a chance to write about Cuzco yet...so here it is! The story about trek/Machu Picchu comes tomorrow. I flew into Cuzco the morning of 3/8 from Lima after a hectic ... Read more >
Tue, 15 Mar 2011 | By wanderling | Photo Gallery
Photos from 14 months in Peru, mostly in a small Amazonian native community.
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Fri, 11 Mar 2011 | By shirley | Photo Gallery
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Fri, 11 Mar 2011 | By shirley | Views [431] | Comments [4]
Hola! Mijn laatste verhaaltje alweer. Ik kan
en wil nog niet echt geloven dat ik maandag weer naar Nederland vlieg. Ik heb
het zo naar mn zin hier. En dat heeft een grote reden. Voor diegenen die het
nog niet weten, ik heb 3 maanden geleden ... Read more >
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This Basotho young man poses next to his improvised shack.
Inside, there is only space for a long banch and wood stove, to help keep him warm through out the day.
He is also a cattle herder and he is wearing a blanket, that he did the embroidering himself.
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