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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...
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!
I took this photo a couple of years ago while taking a ride on the London Eye . I only realised this weekend that I'd never uploaded it, so I thought I'd share. It wasn't an easy shot to get, I didn't have a tripod and even if I did they...
The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is in the center of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. I wasn't able to go inside when I visited, but I was able to walk around the grounds and admire the architecture. It's a stark contrast to the nearby floating...
Sipping a Singapore Sling at The Long Bar in Raffles Hotel in Singapore. The Long Bar is where the Singapore Sling was invented, so you'd expect to get a great drink there. Unfortunately the Singapore Slings are pre-mixed and taste terrible and cost...
Sunrise at Angkor Wat. The many faces of the Bayon temple. Interior of the "Tomb Raider" temple. Early morning at Angkor Wat. More here .
Santa Cruz Island At the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz Island is a giant tortoise breeding center. They breed each of the species found on the islands and release them in to the wild. Lonesome George is the last known member of the Geochelone...
We arrived on Floreana with a wet landing on a darky sandy beach. Close inspection of the "sand" showed that it wasn't sand as we'd know it, but volcanic ash and a variety of different coloured stones. Pausing only to put our shoes on...
After what felt like a long night on the boat we arrived at Espanola Island. The boat hadn't set sail until midnight; the sound of the engines starting up woke me from my bunk at the top of the boat and once we started moving the up and down motion...
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