Destination: Peru

Change of Plans, Big Change of Plans

Fri, 28 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [540]

Change of Plans, Big Change of Plans   The plan from Arequipa was to head up to Puno, travel across Lake Titicaca to La Paz in Bolivia, where we would cycle the 'death road' and do a tour of the famous salt lakes in Uyni. Sadly we hadn't ... Read more >

Photos: Cusco, Peru

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 | By sheree | Photo Gallery

Photos: Inca Trail/Machu Picchu

Mon, 24 Aug 2015 | By sheree | Photo Gallery

Photos: Peru - Arequipa

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery

You're-a-keeper Arequipa

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [578]

You're-a-keeper Arequipa   Another early morning flight and we landed around 9am, straight to our hostel which thankfully had our room ready. Our host was lovely and gave us all the info we needed to get out on the town and see what ... Read more >

The Amazon!

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 | By sheree | Views [554]

Day 1 We checked in to our flight that was flying to Iquitos. It's probably the most incredible flight I've been on, firstly flying over the Andes which is a huge mountain range. Some parts had snow on them and cloud surrounded the peaks. I've never ... Read more >

Tags: amazon, animals, lodging, monkeys, peru, pink dolphins, piranha fishing, river, sloth, tribes

A day in the capital of Peru, Lima

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 | By sheree | Views [469]

We finally arrived in Lima, the cab driver who drove us to our hostel ripped us off. We paid double ($50AU) of what we should have and they guy at reception didn't speak a word of English and somehow didn't have our booking. We waited 20 minutes and ... Read more >

Tags: capital city, cerviche, city, lima, paddington bear, peru, pisco sours

Photos: Lima, Peru

Tue, 18 Aug 2015 | By sheree | Photo Gallery

Photos: Peru - The Inka Trail to Machu Picchu

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery

The Inka Trail to Machu Picchu

Mon, 17 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [2252]

The Inka Trail to Machu Picchu   Day 1 (16km)   A 3am  alarm is never welcome but there was an a feeling of anticipation in the air, maybe even nervousness about the conditions ahead but we were up and about, unlike the ... Read more >

Photos: Peru - Cusco

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery

Getting high in Cusco

Thu, 13 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [410] | Comments [1]

Getting high in Cusco   We arrived in Cusco early morning and checked into our hostel. The air was thin, really thin, 3400m above sea level is quite high, our second story room meant stairs, and stairs were the first sign we were struggling.... Read more >

Photos: Peru - Lima

Sun, 9 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery

Photos: Peru - Nasca

Sun, 9 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery

The Nasca Lines and Wines

Sat, 8 Aug 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [398]

The Nasca Lines and Wines   After a couple of days chilling in Lima we headed to Nasca to fly over the famous carvings in the rocks and sand. We organised a tour, a bus that took us to Nasca, put us up in a hotel over night, sorted the transfers ... Read more >