Destination: Peru
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Thu, 10 Apr 2008 | By kim-bloomfield | Views [5522]
Out of all the towns I have visited in Peru, I think that Trujillo has the best plaza. The city is one of the biggest in Peru. There are warnings about the crime. I did have my wallet stollen. I still have not figure out just how they did it, but ... Read more >
Sun, 1 May 2005 | By true-claims-stories | Views [2755] | Comments [3]
I was trekking at 14,500 feet and started to feel very ill. I had loss of mental ability. Immediatly I decended to the altitude which I had slept at the night before. The next day, I descended further to Cusco, Peru. I felt better that night, but on awaking ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, altitude sickness, peru, true claim stories
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 | By edgarsieva | Views [1324] | Comments [1]
No ASV dodamies uz Dienvidameriku un pirmaa musu pieturas vieta shaja milzigaja kontinenta ir Peru. Taa kaa esam lasijusi ne visai labas atsauksmes par taas galvaspilsetu Limu, lidojam uzreiz uz Cusco. Lidostaa visapkart dzirdama spanju valoda, kas jau ... Read more >
Wed, 16 Aug 2006 | By hollycassandra | Views [1296]
Puno, the Peruvian gateway to Lake Titicaca, turned out to be something of a slum with prisonlike, unheated accommodations, so we opted not to stay there for another night and instead take a five hour bus directly to infinitely more gorgeous “White ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 | By entertainers | Views [925]
Found our niche in cusco, landed on the doorstep of Bruce Peru, Greeted by one of the volenteers and straight away realised this was where we wanted to be for the next week...... together with five other volenteers, we made up the fab seven, who were ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Wed, 14 May 2014 | By 7dayadventurer | Views [884]
This morning I was scheduled to go on the first part of the Sacred Inca Trail tour. I was collected early at my hostela by someone I would come to call Braces Guide # 1, she took me to my coach for the Inca Trail trip. We stopped on the way out ... Read more >
Tue, 6 Oct 2015 | By thewanderingrock | Views [659]
Since visiting Cuenca, Ecuador (Saturday/Sunday) and arriving in Zorritos, Peru (yesterday) there hasn't been much to do or see, which has been a nice change of pace. During the last few days I have been happy to spend more time with some members of ... Read more >
Sat, 15 May 2010 | By jmeh | Views [396]
Lima era conocido como el centro del Reino de Nueva España durante la colonia española. Así que este día decidí caminar por Lima para conocer esa historia que en PR sólo queda reflejada en las murallas del Viejo ... Read more >
Tags: lima, peru
Thu, 11 Apr 2013 | By | Views [332] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The caked dirt on his face stood in marked contrast to the gleaming whites of his eyes. The boy could not be more than 10 years old, yet the maturity in his soul seeped through as he harrowingly directed a group of sheep past a narrow mountain ridge at ... Read more >
Tags: Travel Writing Scholarship 2013
Tue, 26 May 2015 | By | Views [235] | 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 >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Fri, 25 Apr 2014 | By | Views [165] | Scholarship Entry
You never really know a country until you've met its people, experienced its culture, attempted its languages, eaten its national dishes, traveled its roads less traveled, and given back. I've been to Peru 20 times, and volunteered time in it's most dire ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Sat, 13 Jun 2009 | By iainjosim | Photo Gallery
Northern coast of Peru
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Wed, 2 Jan 2013 | By christinetravels | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
I have learned to always have my camera close by. I have chosen work situations that allow me to travel to new places and enjoy new experiences. Most recently, I have worked with Lindblad Expeditions on excursions to Southeast Alaska to the Galapagos....
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Tags: Travel Photography Scholarship 2012