Destination: Peru

The Inca Trash

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By charlies | Views [195] | Scholarship Entry

I arrived at the location at about six in the evening. There was precisely enough time to scout the terrain and to determine the place of assault using all the volume of light provided by twilight. Soon the expected ford had been found. Awaiting for the ... Read more >

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Photos: Huancavelica Glacier

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rachelgy | Photo Gallery

Huancavelica Glacier

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By rachelgy | Views [191] | Scholarship Entry

The world was a mixture of bright shades of turquoise, a collection of browns and glistening white. The air was crisp and fresh. All was quiet, until exclamations were heard: ‘We’re so f****ng HIGH UP!’ That was in fact an understatement. We were not ... Read more >

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Sunset Reflections

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By thetravellingot | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

My favourite part of a sunset is the reflection. Tonight I sit on the beach, watching the sun chase its reflection over the water. The soft orange and yellow hues dance in the waves. The warm breeze tousles my hair and I snap a picture of the horizon.... Read more >

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The best hike of my life: Laguna de los Condores

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By travelwedo | Views [322] | Scholarship Entry

The best hike of my life happened in 2013, when I saw Laguna de los Condores in Peru. On horseback or on foot, depending on terrain, it was kilometres of constant uphill and downhill through what seemed like beds of mountain springs and not paths, slippery ... Read more >

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Beyond the Inca Trail.

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By snidger | Views [188] | Scholarship Entry

Machu Picchu has a magnetic pull that entices people from all over the globe. The awesomeness of this majestic Inca temple is indisputable. Although this is where I begin my tale, up there, high in the sky, I would like you to follow me now, beneath the ... Read more >

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A Stranger's Smile

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By envy_fisher | Views [157] | Scholarship Entry

I was not exactly happy while walking the Inca Trail from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu in Peru. On the first day I'd contantly been awestruck by the Andean mountains and ancient Inca ruins. On the second day I came down with food poisoning. By the end ... Read more >

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Afternoon

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By gone | Views [164] | Scholarship Entry

I remember the afternoon so vividly, I’m not even sure why. I think for me it was the moment I felt I had truly become a local in this strange new city that I now called home. The plastic cup is passed to me again. The man to my left pours the beer. ... Read more >

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San Pedro Market

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By hewatson | Views [156] | Scholarship Entry

I discovered the market of San Pedro in Cusco. It had all of the usual llama merchendise, but there was something different about it. The jumpers, keyrings and hats sat next to food, flowers and coca leaves. These were things you could see the locals ... Read more >

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El Patio Pardiso - A day in Lima

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By livedlifephotography | Views [163] | Scholarship Entry

I opened my eyes to beams of sunlight filtering between the golden curtains of our little room. We had arrived in the early morning and as I stepped into the courtyard it was as if I had been transported in time. All the hours of flights, layovers, and ... Read more >

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Uros

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By dirtyroads | Views [181] | Scholarship Entry

Why do we travel if we don't want an experience? If all we want is a brief peek from a tour bus and a recited spiel from Buddy the Guide; why not stay home, save money, cruise YouTube? If we're going to do it; book off work, get our typhoid shot, board ... Read more >

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At the Centre of the World

Tue, 26 May 2015 | By robertratcliffe | Views [178] | Scholarship Entry

I wake in Cusco, Peru, ‘the navel of the earth’, and want to die. Yesterday's headache is still with me, and I can detect new accompanying symptoms of a slight fever, body aches and fatigue. Is this altitude sickness? I don't know. Possibly. I can't summon ... Read more >

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Photos: The week I turned 34 in Peru ;-)

Mon, 25 May 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery

Tags: arequipa, birthday, cuzco, strike

The living forest

Sun, 24 May 2015 | By kari | Views [196] | Scholarship Entry

Five steps was all it took for the outside world to disappear. I’ve heard it before, told again and again by both tourist operators and locals: the Amazon rainforest is a living creature, and if you let it, it can swallow you whole. We’d travelled ... Read more >

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The Road to Ollanta

Sat, 23 May 2015 | By howardwalfish | Views [209] | Scholarship Entry

We were somewhere between Cusco and Urubamba when our van hit the wall. It was almost 6am, still pitch black and pouring rain, and the wall – about a foot high and made up of rocks about the size of grapefruits – stretched across both lanes of the road.... Read more >

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