Destination: Peru
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Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By matsmith | Views [1583]
Today we left Ecuador, and it was a 5 hour journey to the border. After getting on the bus Diego told us that this public bus had a toilet on board but with a dead straight face ´only for girls, and only for number ones.´ ... Read more >
Fri, 17 Feb 2006 | By ldeutch | Views [1047]
--sorry to short change Peru on the write up, but I cant type anymore right now--- Crossed the border, and we have been cruising down the coast of Peru for a few days now. northern peru: dry desert, shantytowns, hot, humid, depressing, poor... very ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Sun, 30 Nov 2008 | By steph_dave | Views [837]
The purpos of going all the way to the Argentinian coast and Puerto Madryn was to go whale watching. But did we see any? Were we happy or disappointed? The suspense is killing you I'm sure.
Puerto Madryn is an ok town on the coast. Nothing special ... Read more >
Tags: puerto madryn, whales
Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By christinasandra | Views [819]
Nach einer 12 Stunden Busfahrt sind wir gestern in Arequipa angekommen. Die naechsten paar Tage werden wir die Stadt besichtigen und anschliessend drei Tage im Colca Canyon verbringen. Photos folgen.. Zu Arequipa: Arequipa (2.350m) wurde am 15.... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Thu, 29 Mar 2007 | By pistachio_tumbleweed | Views [696] | Comments [1]
Ok... no, I don't have a boyfriend and no they didn't dump me. It's a surf beach. Yeah right... you call that a wave? And so I was wading... wading in Mancora... in my bikini (shock horror) wearing my cap and sunnies... when suddenly this big wave ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Fri, 8 Jan 2010 | By stefylein | Views [621] | Comments [1]
The Trip has officialy started and it started full on with plenty of adrenaline and adventure... We are a group of 13 people mainly Americans and Australians average age is around 30... really lovely people!!! We left Lima early on the 5th and I do ... Read more >
Thu, 7 Nov 2013 | By aylariver | Views [573] | Comments [3]
Sorry for my last entry, I posted it from a computer at an internet café so I was not entirely sure how to use the Spanish keyboard and had a time limit so it was a bit rushed. Anyways I have gone back and fixed it up if you have a chance. ... Read more >
Wed, 6 Nov 2013 | By aylariver | Views [537]
My first day in Calca, I went to go wander the town and see where I was going to be living the next six months. Calca is a dream come true. It is not a known tourist destination so I am the white face around for now. There is a long dirt road from Viviana´... Read more >
Thu, 26 Jan 2017 | By pennyanddan | Views [477]
We decided to get our yellow fever and typhoid shots early so after finally finding the place in our area that had them, we drove over an hour and waited almost 3 hours, only to find out that insurance does not cover them to the tune of $300.00 each! ... Read more >
Tags: getting ready, here we come!, peru
Wed, 25 Jun 2008 | By reilly | Views [466]
i arrived in lima on wednesday night and took a taxi to my hotel for the night where i played some pool and foosball until about two am with the owner. the next day was another rainy day in lima and i wasn´t exactly excited to walk around in the smog ... Read more >
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [211] | 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 >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Wed, 14 May 2008 | By alpiner84 | Photo Gallery
Condors, Inca graves, and the canyon
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Mon, 6 Oct 2008 | By tpara | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014 | By leomasperu | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Ingredients 1st part – Quinoa Base ½ cup of organic quinoa ½ White thinly diced onion 2 teaspoons of red panca pepper (paprika) Salt Pepper 2nd part – Mushroom Yellow Pepper Creamy Sauce 2 Peruvian yellow peppers thinly diced ¼ white onion thinly ...
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Tags: Passport & Plate: ITALY 2014
Thu, 3 Nov 2011 | By elr1227 | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
Throughout my life, I have had my share of adventure and opportunity and for that I am truly grateful. I grew up in a typical suburban American home at a time when families sat down and had dinner together, watched evening television together and talked ...
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