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Link to the "Day One" entry . I woke up to a cheery "Hola! Buenos dias amigo!". I poked my head out of my tent to find one of the porters had brought me some hot water to make tea with a basin of hot water to wash with. Washing on the trail is a rather...
It's easy to get to Machu Picchu. You just get on a bus from Cuzco, then a train and then a bus up to Machu Picchu. Easy. The more adventurous though spend three and half days hiking up and down mountains along an old trail to get there. Although there...
Near Cusco is the Sacred Valley of the Incas. This highly fertile area was a major source of food for the Incas and so was treated as sacred. Many people still live here and I got the chance to visit a small village where local people still practice traditional...
Peru has been rattled by a few earthquakes this week causing massive amounts of damage with reports now saying that over 500 people have been killed . The earthquakes have been centered in the Ica region and close to the town of Pisco which I visited...
Arequipa was my first stop in Peru that was any significant distance above sea level. I didn't really notice it until I tried climbing several flights of stairs to reach a rooftop restaurant to see this view: Arequipa is Peru's second most important city...
Leaving Pisco it's a long drive to Nazca through the desert landscape. Thankfully there are things to do on the way. We stopped at an oasis in the desert and had lunch at the restaurant which being entertained by a man who described himself as the "Peruvian...
After a few hours on the bus from Lima I arrived in Pisco, the home of the grape brandy of the same name and it's most famous cocktail the great Pisco Sour. The one thing you must do in Pisco is drink a Pisco Sour or three, because really this small...
Founded in 1535 by the conquistador Francisco Pizzaro, Lima is the capital of Peru. In the heart of the city the Plaza de Armas (main sqaure) is the cathedral. The interior of the cathedral is light with a beautiful ceiling. I took a guided tour of the...
I had an amazing time! I'm catching up on my email at work and working though my photos, so over the next few days and weeks I'll be posting about my trip. I hope you all had a good June!
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