Departamento de La Libertad Travel and Tourism Guide

After all my time travelling, including many hundreds of kilometres supposedly along the coast of Peru, I hadn´t seen the sea since I had flown over it many months ago.  There is something about the sound of the sea, which along with watching fire at night, I think mankind is endlessly attracted to.  So it was great to experience it eventually. Hunachaco is a lovely little place right on the sea front.  Of course it was a bit cloudy and not so warm when I went so no swim...

My travels in the north of Peru, from Lima, up the coast to the border with Ecuador and then east over the Andes and into the jungle. I had to come back to Cleveland unexpectedly, but I hope to start a new travel blog as soon as I can!

Spent two weeks in Peru. Went from the Jungle to Cusco to White water rafting to Mountain Biking to hiking over a mountain to get to Machu Picchu to Home Stays on Lake Titicaca.

von lima geht es weiter richtung norden. die busfahrt (erneut mit cruz del sur, doch diesmal ohne zwischenstopp fuers kofferzaehlen) ist angenehm, da wir uns die luxurioeseste klasse, full-cama, leisten, und fuehrt uns 8h lang der kueste entlang. diese ist nicht etwa gruen, sondern besteht aus einem breiten streifen an eindruecklichen sandduenen und steilen klippen. dazwischen entdeckten wir ab und zu armliche huetten mit waenden aus strohmatten oder durchqueren doerfer die wegen fischtr...