Destination: Peru

House Guests

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [227]

What do you do in this situation:   One of my two roommates told me she was having house guests for 2 days.   OK, no problem.   They were arriving on bikes from Lima (traveling through the Andes for 3 weeks).   When they arrived, ... Read more >

Life Cycles. Round 4 of.. who the hell knows.

Sat, 12 Jun 2010 | By jssr18 | Views [264]

I have now been in Peru for a little more than 6 months.   And, I am going through my 4th round of friends.   First:   The friend of my friend’s husband.   So sweet and kind.   But really we spent time together because it ... Read more >

Recuay to Ayacucho, Peru

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By thefuegoproject | Views [2931] | Comments [1]

Recuay to Ayacucho 14th of may - 9th of june 2010 866 km link to photo gallery on picasa Our bikes are looking flash: new tyres, grips, and blinking clean. Ready for another beating in the Peruvian Andes..... We leave Recuay ... Read more >

Photos: Recuay to Ayacucho, Peru

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 | By thefuegoproject | Photo Gallery

The outcome of travelling

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [1073]

Chachapoyas is a very rural region, its capital town just have 25.000 inhabitants, the roads are generally unpaved and in bad condition, and it takes ages to arrive here, where the jungle meets the green side of the Andes.   There, some of the best ... Read more >

Photos: Chachapoyas region

Sun, 6 Jun 2010 | By julio_martinez | Photo Gallery

Tumbes, End of the Road

Mon, 31 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [944] | Comments [1]

The overnight bus from Chiclayo left nearly on time and we arrived in the dusty town of Tumbes around seven on Sunday morning.   We are just a few kilometers from the border with Ecuador and this is our last stop in Peru.   The sole reason ... Read more >

Stories from the crazy jungle

Sun, 30 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [3005]

So there I went, to the amazon and to the jungle... I couldn't help being in Southamerica for 3 months and not visiting the amazon. Iquitos was the entry point, and it happened that I met my friend Stephane the day before in Lima, and he had booked ... Read more >

Photos: Iquitos and the Amazon jungle

Sat, 29 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Photo Gallery

Chiclayo and the Sican Culture

Sat, 29 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1026] | Comments [1]

Another bus ride yesterday brought us to Chiclayo, three hours from Trujillo.   For a city of 600,000 there isn’t much to do if you aren’t interested in brujos , the witches and shamans that the city is known for.   But it is a good base for ... Read more >

Around Trujillo

Wed, 26 May 2010 | By fieldnotes | Views [1172]

As we moved north from Lima we traveled back in time with the cultures that pre-dated the Inca.   A 9-hour bus ride took us to Trujillo, an oasis in the coastal desert, and to the Moche culture from 200 AD.   The Moche people constructed their ... Read more >

The Uros Floating Islands and Sullistani

Tue, 25 May 2010 | By rjenkins | Views [639]

Went to the Uros floating islands on the 17th and they are really interesting, Lake Titicaca is the only place in the world they exist, and becuase of that they have become slightly touristy but most of the traditional things are still there. The islands ... Read more >

Puno

Tue, 25 May 2010 | By rjenkins | Views [510]

well not much to say about Puno really it´s not the nicest town and everything seems to be half finished. It was also made worse by the fact that I got attacked by 2 dogs at the view point near the hostel. They only just grazed my leg but thought better ... Read more >

overthinking in Nazca

Tue, 25 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Views [995]

Nazca is famous for the misterious Nazca lines, huge drawings made from precolumbian cultures, dating from 500 years b.c. They were discovered only when comercial flights started to operate on the area, as these lines can hardly be recognized from the ... Read more >

Photos: Nazca, Huancachina and Lima

Tue, 25 May 2010 | By julio_martinez | Photo Gallery