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We did very little on New Year's Day as we were all too tired, hungover, and unmotivated.  We played bilingual bingo and lay in hammocks most of that afternoon and evening.   That night, we went caiman (same family as alligators) spotting.  It was absolutely wonderful to be out on the river at night with the warm wind blowing your hair and the sky lit up with thousands of constellations, unpolluted by city lights.  In the distance, you can see flashes in t...

Just back from my jungle trip it was really good. I landed in Puerto Maldonado which was really hot and humid, I got through the hoards of people at the airport trying to sell tours etc and found my guide. I was staying in a lodge on Lake Sandoval, which is a 45 minute slow boat ride down the Rio Madre de Dios, followed by a 45 minute walk through the forest and then a canoe trip of about 20 minutes. There were a few other lodges on the lake but really it was fairly isolated. I ended up in a...

After a brief stop in Cusco, we flew to Puerto Maldonado in southeast Peru to spend four days at a jungle lodge, Posada Amazona - needless to say, Cindy was happy to head to the warmth of the jungle.  The flight from Cusco was short and our guide Willian met us at the airport and drove us to the “office” which was just a bungalow in the middle of nowhere where we waited while he explained a bit about the next four days.  Eventually we hopped in a truck and took an hour driv...

From cusco we flew into a little town close to the brazilian border in the amazon, where we transfered into a boat to be taken up the river, where we had a 2 mile trek through the jungle to where the dug out canoes were waiting to take us to the eco lodge. This lodge is set on a huge lake, home to cayman, giant otters, and anacondas amongst others. This in mind the canoe trip through the little channels out into the lake in no more than hollowed out trees was exciting, just never really knowi...

One jungle tour van with the window taped on. One broken-down coach bus. One flat tire. One stuck river boat. Ten hours on winding jungle roads that embrace the mountain on one side and dropped off into nothing on the other. It was not easy to get into or out of the Manu Jungle Reserve. But it was a trip well worth it. It was beautiful. And somehow relaxing and adventurous at the same time. We spent four days winding our way into and out of the cultural zone of the Manu Reserve, one of the ...

Being fed up with my routine at home, i packed up and made for hills of Peru!

So after a quick 35min flight from Cusco to Puerto Maldonado we are met by our guide and taken to a reptile park where we see a few different kind of snakes. The park takes captured or injured reptiles and looks after them before releasing them again. We then jump in a boat and head down river to Tambo Jungle Lodge. We get a bungalows sorted and relax before heading in to the jungle for a walk. We see a Giant Anteater about 100m from our bungalow, also see some Tucans and a few other birds&nb...

Here you can see my photos from the 4-day hike we did from Ollantaytambo to Machu Picchu!

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.

Trip to Peru including Lima, Puerto Muldonado, Cuzco, Machu Pichu, and Lake Titicaca.

This blog details the two months i spent traveling around Chile, Peru, Argentina & Brazil in the summer of 2007. At the moment it is just a map of the route I took accompanied by the photos. I intend to include a written account when i find time!

I travelled to Peru in July/August 2006, with main goal to trek the 4 day Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. I visited Lima, Pisco, Ballestas Islands, Huacachina Oasis, Nazca, Arequipa, Colca Canyon, Cuzco, Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley, Puerto Maldonado, Puno, Lake Titicaca, Uros Islands, Amantani Island and Taquile Island