Destination: Peru
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Mon, 5 Feb 2007 | By bec-and-phil | Views [10270] | Comments [5]
Well I didn´t find Paddington, but ... Phil and I made it to Bolivia and the falling down grandeur of La Paz. On the way into La Paz we stopped at the ruins of Tiahuanaca which were amazing. This civilisation pre-dated the Incas by a long way - they ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 8 Sep 2015 | By ioanaalex | Views [1925] | Video | Scholarship Entry
I learned about the World Nomads scholarship on a Friday afternoon and next Tuesday I was flying to Iquitos, the gateway to the Peruvian jungle, to interview Tamara. It was an act of recklessness and courage at the same time, given that this would have ... Read more >
Tags: 2015 Film Scholarship to Colombia
Fri, 7 Jul 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [1246] | Comments [1]
We had traveled to Peru to join a 4 day trek on the Inca trail. My girlfriend came down with severe fatigue, congestion, sore throat, nausea and lack of appetite and these symptoms progressively worsened once we arrived in Cusco. It became apparent that ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, true claim stories
Wed, 12 Feb 2014 | By kabrjb | Views [1114]
Hola, hope this update finds you all well and happy. We are staying in a great hostel in Mira Flores which is one of the wealthiest suburbs of Lima. This is so very clean and not what I was expecting. There are no strange smells and ... Read more >
Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By nomad_vet | Views [977]
Cant wait to speak english....& have real conversations again. You would imagine my spanish would be awesome after 9 mths but far too much work & not enough study means, my spanish is still rubbish. MY GOD yesterday I found out that i have been ... Read more >
Wed, 31 May 2017 | By lyn | Views [739]
Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire, and there is still plenty of evidence such as walls, streets, buildings and drainage channels throughout the city. It was conquered and plundered by the Spanish in the 1500s.
My guide during my stay ... Read more >
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [639] | Comments [1]
Two big cities in 4 days, Lima, Peru and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Tricky little sods because with some many people (in combination well over 20 million) and such large areas - Sao Paolo is spread over 30k square kilometers - it is so hard to get to the real ... Read more >
Tags: lima and sao paolo
Sun, 3 Apr 2011 | By gloriamelody | Views [581]
Shopping tils that is! Viva Lima. It's weird, Lima is like any other capital city in the world. It's got everything you need, movie theatres, restaurants, casinos (boy oh boy are there casinos). They´re everywhere. At least two within two blocks from ... Read more >
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 | By lauramco | Views [576]
After working as photo editor for my high school yearbook, my write-up on the last page said: "Watch for my name in the pages of Nat Geo some day!" While this was the dream, professional photography is a difficult business. I have not let the fact that ... Read more >
Tue, 1 Feb 2011 | By shirley | Views [509] | Comments [6]
Ja daar was ik weer. Heelhuids terug vanuit de jungle. 1,5 Week geleden ging ik samen met twee vrienden uit Cusco richting het busstation. Het was nog even stressen om op tijd te komen, maar uiteindelijk zaten we in de bus op weg naar Puerto Maldonado.... Read more >
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By richardlee | Views [417] | Comments [1]
7am arrival at the rafting place. Luckily, the company I booked with, which i subsequently discovered had an awful reputation, didnt have enough people to run a trip, so they put me into another companies. Relieved, i boarded the bus with the other ... Read more >
Sat, 23 May 2015 | By howardwalfish | Views [258] | 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 >
Tags: 2015 Writing Scholarship
Mon, 24 Nov 2014 | By | 
Flickr Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry
My name is Janelle Tan, I'm 18 years old from Ontario, Canada. I am in my first year of undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo for Biomedical Sciences in hopes of pursuing a career as a Pharmacist. In the past I attended a high school specialized ...
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Tags: 2014 Travel Photography Scholarship
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Sun, 20 May 2007 | By shannon-andy | Photo Gallery
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