Destination: Peru

Road to and at Pisco, Peru

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1428]

We asked the day before at the tourist office about travelling to Pisco on the coast by bus. They assured us there was only one bus and it left at 4am. Ok. So, up at 3am and taxi to the bus office and lo and behold there are 4 other buses and a van ... Read more >

Gallery: Huancavelica

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Machu Picchu

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 | By thebigtrip | Photo Gallery

Ascending Machu Picchu

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By thebigtrip | Views [2458]

Friday morning we left Bolivia behind and boarded a bus for Cusco. We were delighted to get going after being held up by the strikes. We arrived at the Point Hostel Cusco late in the evening. Next day we explored the city. Cusco is a colonial city ... Read more >

Tags: cusco, machu picchu, peru, sacred valley

Gallery: to Huancavelica

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Huancavelica, Peru

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [1269] | Comments [1]

Our trip from Huancayo to here was supposed to take five hours, but the road is new and we made good time, arriving at 3pm (four hours). The scenery on the way was magnificent, similar to the road from La Union to Huanuco. Over huge hills and through ... Read more >

Gallery: Huancayo

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Monkey magic

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By iainjosim | Views [1712] | Comments [1]

Ok, so it’s been a month – probably time we updated this blog. After Galapagos we spent about a week being beach bums on the coast of Ecuador, and getting in a bit of hammock-time. Puerto Lopez has hundreds of humpback whales which come ... Read more >

Tags: argentina, chavo, ecuador, iguazu falls, iquitos, peru, pilpintuwasi, puerto iguazu, puerto lopez, red-faced ukuari

Huancayo, Peru

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [991] | Comments [1]

We spent so much time on the internet in La Merced that we ended up leaving on a 4pm bus to Huancayo. It was supposed to take 4 hours but we arrived there after 9pm and then by the time we got organised later again. We took a taxi to town as it was ... Read more >

Gallery: to La Merced

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Road to La Merced

Sun, 19 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [3470]

Take one Toyota 4WD double cab ute, put road tyres on it, add 2 intrepid kiwi nomads to the back tray where there are planks for seats and drive around the small town of Pasco for an hour at 3am searching for passengers. When the front cab has a ... Read more >

Gallery: to Pasco

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Pasco, just for a night

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [968]

We took the river back to Puerto Sungaro where we got a collectivo ute to any place about 3 hours south. That happened to be a place called Pasco in the area of Constitution. Carol had tried in Puerto Inca to get a boat all the way there but it worked ... Read more >

Gallery: Puerto Inca

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Photo Gallery

Puerto Inca

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By nomad_kiwis | Views [3030]

We decided to go to Puerto Inca and not Pucallpa which is a big city and only visited by those heading inland to Iquitos (the largest city without road access in the world) by river. We boarded a pickup and they put us in the front seats, it is cheaper ... Read more >