Destination: Peru

ECUADOR TO COLOMBIA

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By simonefrancis | Views [1321]

It's starting to scare me a little that danger seems to keep following me everywhere. It started in the Amazon, when a poisonous snake slithered in between my legs, then I was held up by men with guns in Guayaquil, then the neighbours of the house ... Read more >

Peru - Central and South

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By ivanci | Views [986]

We leave Lima from the train station on Friday 10 October at 7am for a twelve hours scenic ride which will rise from sea level to 4800m by the lunchtime going through over 60 tunnels and passing many bridges. For U$40 per person this is a pretty good ... Read more >

Peru - Manu Biosphere Trip

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Views [3758] | Comments [1]

Day 1 Cusco to Pilcopata Having had a briefing the previous night at the Agency Office we were waiting outside McDonalds on the Plaza de Armas for the bus to turn up. 2 of our fellow travellers happened to be staying in the same hostel (Hostal ... Read more >

Tags: amazon, boat, jungle, trekking, wildlife

Gallery: Peru - Manu Biosphere

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By eoghancito | Photo Gallery

Unsere ersten 2 Wochen in Peru

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By aj | Views [1059] | Comments [1]

Erst einmal moechte ich mich fuer all die lieben Kommentare und emails hinsichtlich unseres letzten Berichtes bedanken. Es ist sehr schoen von zu Hause Nachricht zu bekommen! Heute sind es auf den Tag genau 2 Wochen in Peru. Als wir die Grenze bei Macara ... Read more >

Aguas Clientes and Machu Picchu

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By colin_and_lou | Views [591]

The train journey is very long, although beautiful, we see the outskirts of Cusco and the poverty of Peru to the rolling landscape and rapids of the rivers.  The train is very small and a bit odd as you face the people opposite you, a Dutch man and a ... Read more >

Gallery: Peru 1

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By aj | Photo Gallery

The fight to regain travel normality...

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By dysfunctional | Views [761] | Comments [2]

Back in Lima, Peru and almost on track.  We've not done so bad really.  After KC discovered his passport lost while down near Arequipa, we managed to file a police report, bus 15 hours to Lima (through Nazca and Ica), get him some passport photos, ... Read more >

November - La Diablada, Peru

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [3072] | Video

Location: Puno, Peru Dates: Week leading up to 5 November Level of Participation: 2 – demons on Lake Titicaca Description: There are various stories about the roots of La Diablada, in which men ... Read more >

Tags: la diablada, peru, world festivals

Gallery: Peru - Cordillera Blanca

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By ivanci | Photo Gallery

Gallery: South of Lima

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery

floating civilisations of lake titicaca

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 | By lize_youdie | Views [711] | Comments [1]

lake is hardly a word Kim and I used to describe Lake Titicaca at all while we were on it, we felt as is we were out in the middle of the ocean, as all we could see was the point where water meets horizon. there was something magical about this place, ... Read more >

Dunes and the Blue Pacific

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By tpara | Views [693] | Comments [2]

Sunday morning arrived with an early morning wake up call. After loading Herbert, i looked out on a wet cold Lima morning. They told me it never rains in Lima. I organised a taxi to escort me to the Pan American Highway $7.00 well spent. It was freezing ... Read more >

the lost city of the incas

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 | By lize_youdie | Views [684]

as we didn't attempt to book our inca trail trip until 3 months ago, we weren't able to take the traditional route, as this is peak season and people book 6+ months ahead. We did however find an alternative, Salkantay Trek. Roughly 66km climbing up to ... Read more >

Update on Stitchy McPain, Rashy & Spoondog´s Epic Arequipian Adventures

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 | By dysfunctional | Views [597]

And the fun continues... Well, we are all feeling quite a bit better now, after a whole heap of sleep and our first quiet night in ages (in fact, Kim's first night in a bed for days). We were actually making an attempt to leave yesterday, but ... Read more >