Destination: Peru

How to hitch hike in South America!

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 | By happyfeet86 | Views [493] | Video

1. Make sure you have snacks in your pack because you'll be waiting for few hours 2. Don't look for your tour guide, he will be hiding to stay away from your complaints 3. At first your hopeful, then you realise you might not get a ride. So give ... Read more >

My slow and sometimes not-so-sure trip from Peru to Quito, Ecuador

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [655] | Comments [1]

Ecuador is beautiful ! I don’t know what sort of great geographical difference there is, but it seems greener and cleaner than Peru; and the Andes….toujours impressionant (always impressive).   *                       *                       ... Read more >

Tags: bus adventures, cuenca, ecuador, loja, peru, piura, quito

Writings from the bus station, hotel for the night

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [749]

Time: 3am Place: Piura, Peru Why: good question…   I arrived in Trujillo at 7:30 this morning and, wanting to assure my trip to Tumbes, I bought a ticket straight away. Happy with ticket in hand, I was taken back ... Read more >

Tags: boarder crossing, chan chan, ecuador, el brujo, huaraz, loja transportes, mancorá, peru, piura, tumbes

Overnight bussing from Huaraz, Peru to Quito, Ecuador

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [3286]

Last night I had quite a headache from the car ride to Huascarán, and I was delighted to find Fleur and Kuwait at the hotel, ready to chat, sympathize, and eat. We went to a local restaurant where chicken and fries were the “in” thing, ... Read more >

Tags: boarder crossing, huaraz, huascarán, lulo, monterray, peru, trujillo, tumbes

20 Aug

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [615]

No space in the bus for Trujillo tonight means I’ll be leaving tomorrow night. We’re off to Huascarán!   *                       *                       * Observations on driving: I think the driver makes every effort to drive on the ... Read more >

Tags: carsick, peru

Post bus-scribbles - unwinding

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [518]

So the previous writings were things we learned on our way to Chavín. The ride itself was a bit long, the ruins were nice, but not as cool as Tikal (in Guate), and the ride back was pretty intensely long. When I got back, I knocked on Fleur and Kuwait’s ... Read more >

Tags: chavín, peru

Bus scribbles

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [538]

[from the bus-trip] -travelling Peru is not for those who get carsick -started at 3100m; climbing to 4600m -“Chavín” maybe comes from “Chaupín” which meant “center of everything” -Incas tried to conquest Chavíñeros ... Read more >

Tags: chavín, peru

Staying sane on 8 hour + bus rides

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [1037]

Writings while on my bus ride: My 9:30am bus has left at 10:11am, so right on schedule =) Oh Latin America… (the movie playing on the bus just subtitled the exclamation “swish!” as “cambio!”) I’m still scratching the sand ... Read more >

Wine-dunes

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [716]

I left the airport by taxi which took me to a stop where an...essentially hollowed out van with "Chosico" written on the front stopped, with promise from my taxi driver that they would take me to my destination, the ruins of Puruchuco. ... Read more >

Tags: bodega, huacachina, ica, peru, sand dunes, wine

Photos: Peru/Ecuador viaje

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By anita | Photo Gallery

Off to Peru!

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 | By anita | Views [530]

Arrived! ...even if quite groggily. I zipped right through customs, took some money out, and at the inexplicably simple push-of-a-green-button, I was released!...to the hoards of taxi drivers. I'm waiting in the airport until dawn, however, before ... Read more >

The Rest of Peru

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By lol | Views [1389]

I first visited Peru five years ago, and have longed to come back ever since. Back then I only visited the Titicaca Lake and trekked the so called Inca trail from Cusco to Machu Piccu, but I knew there was more to Peru. And so, finally, I got to ... Read more >

Tags: arequipa, chiclayo, huaraz, inca, mountain bike, nasca lines, peru, the andes, trekking, trujillo

Photos: Peru

Wed, 4 Aug 2010 | By lol | Photo Gallery

My Video scholarship 2010 entry: "Left Ashore" Peru

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 | By diegotipacti | Views [2936] | Video | Scholarship Entry

Thanks for watching. Visit us here for more http://www.facebook.com/theboyfrompulpos One day on vacation in Peru, I headed to the beach with my camera. While there I saw the backside of a child playing with sand. As the boy turned ... Read more >

Tags: 2010 travel video scholarship

July 16th - Cusco

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 | By jen625 | Views [371]

Today, in the 3rd/4th grade class, I taught them the colors of the rainbow.  I gave each student a paper with a rainbow on it, and had them write the colors in Spanish and English.  After we practiced the words, they were placed in groups so that they ... Read more >