Destination: Peru

A Stranger's Smile

Wed, 27 May 2015 | By envy_fisher | Views [182] | 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 [194] | 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 [194] | 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 [195] | 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 [213] | 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 [217] | 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 [230] | 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 [247] | 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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Love in Lima

Sat, 23 May 2015 | By thelovelynomad | Views [230] | Scholarship Entry

While volunteering in Lima, Peru on a two week trip with my university, I was deeply moved by the people I met there. We were working in the shanty towns and helping build sets of stairs to assist residents in walking up the massive sand dune hills to ... Read more >

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Exploring the Islas Ballestas

Sat, 23 May 2015 | By loraexplora | Views [235] | Scholarship Entry

"I'm pretty sure my neck is going to fall off." My travel partner looks at me and laughs, water droplets bouncing off his face, his hair flying in 10 different directions. Using all of the muscles in my neck, I steady my head to look around me. ... Read more >

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Photos: Semester Abroad '13

Fri, 22 May 2015 | By fiona_la | Photo Gallery

Oktoberfestland

Fri, 22 May 2015 | By fiona_la | Views [497]

Here I was, 2 years ago I decided to do an exchange programme. The chosen place: Munich. Yes, the capital of: Oktoberfest, Bayer Munich football team, BMW and Bavaria. How is it to a latin american student flying more than 15 hours, crossing the Atlantic ... Read more >

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'Corazon de Jesus'-the local ship to Iquitos

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By costisbarbas | Views [216] | Scholarship Entry

Looking for Amazons to shoot down mosquitoes… Amazons, the women warriors that gave their name to the South American selva, used to cut off their right breast in order to shoot more effectively with their bows. Fortunately times have changed and breathtaking ... Read more >

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Photos: Hike to the Lost City of the Incas

Thu, 21 May 2015 | By jchesters | Flickr Photo Gallery