The next morning, they were up early for breakfast and then attempted to go back to sleep for a while. They left the hostel with everyone a little after one and after a short ride on a mini bus, they boarded a big bus for Pisco. Lori and Ian were nervous about their first trip Read More »
* Because all of the permits to hike the Inca Trail had been used when I booked the trip in August, I had to sign up for an alternate trek, called the Lares Trek. It was a three day, three night, less-traveled trek through beautiful landscape, though it does not lead directly to Machu Picchu. Read More »
After a short flight from Lima we were in Cusco. The flight in through the Andes was spectacular and I wondered why such a big city was in such a remote location. Our hotel, Los Ninos II (The children), was beautiful, very simple but clean and modern. The hotel was set up to fund a Read More »
Well, that sure was a wirlwind trip. I can’t believe it;s pretty much over, one more day to play around in Lima before a midnight trip to the airport. I spent the past few days in Puerto Maldonado, a little ramshackle and hectic jungle town in the south east of peru. It was sure nice Read More »
Nov 11, 2009 Because the tourist bus was going to try a “shady” border crossing and didn’t have a definite plan, we thought it would actually be more secure to travel with a local charter bus. As with all of our Bolivian bus rides, the trip itself was eventful. Thankfully it wasn’t stressful on our Read More »
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Chegamos em Copa e ficamos no Hostel 06 de Agosto. Tem uma placa escrito DIEGO no meio. Pagamos B$ 20,00 com desayuno porque o Brisas do Titicaca era bem mais caro. No outro dia de manhã fomos passear à B$ 20,00 de barco pelo Titicaca até a Isla del Sol, um dos lugares mais bonitos Read More »
36 hours after leaving Rio we finally made it to Cusco in the heart of Peru. To be fair the canceled flight was a blessing in disguise as our airline put us up overnight in a plush hotel. The bellboy didn’t quite know what to do with our oversized rucksacks. Understandably, after so long traveling Read More »
Em águas calientes tem um local pra tomar banho de águas vulcânicas, custa S$ 10,00 a entrada. E uns S$ 8,00 de táxi. Ficamos no Hostel San Gabriel, jantamos pizza com 2 franceses e fomos dormir. Acordamos 04:45 porque o trem Peru Rail sai 05:45 de Águas Calientes. O Trem é tranqüilo, o banheiro mais Read More »
When Jan and I decided to go to South America each of us had a destination in mind that stood out from the rest. For me it was the Amazon. For Jan it was Machu Picchu. I reminded him of this the day before our Inca trek began, as he sat across from me on Read More »
