Peru Travel Blogs - Page 12

A more humorous look at my attempt to learn about other cultures and places.

Cusco, which is 11,151 feet above the level of the sea, has allot of diversity, with a European feel. Have lunch on the balcony of one the many resturants overlooking the Main Square and people watch...see the colorful clothing, the school children in their uniforms, the old man on the park bench. Then explore the many Museuems and Grand Churches.

After a not so long but some turbulences flight we arrived to Lima. LAN is a great company and the service was perfect. The only problem were the turbulences. I didn't feel them as bad, but the pilot turned on the lights telling us not to leave our sits. The poor flight attendants tried 4 times to …

Huacachina is a oase in the desert. By taxi it is about 10 minutes from Ica. The one of the billets of Peru shows this place, but in real it is much nicer. In the center is a big pond and around are palmtrees and some hostels. You can walk the sanddunes, ride in desert buggies and go sandboarding!

Cusco and the surrounding area is the obvious base to get aclimatised for high altitude activities such as mountain biking above sacred valley, and trekking the Inca trail to machu Pichu, due to the airport being the only 1 for some distance. Flying into Cusco is great as the runway is flanked on b…

First night in Lima we just went for a meal and went to bed because we were tired. The next day we went and saw some bones in a catacumb (dont know how to spell that) and went to some museams and cathedrals. The taxis here are crazy. We got drunk in loki hostel on the night which was really awesome…

The first time that I went to Mancora was on march during holidays, I take first a bus from Lima to Piura (14 hours) and then I have to go to Mancora with a bus for 4 hours more or a "van" for 2,5 hours :) I decide to stay at hotel in front of the beach, with great view and cheap :) I love the sunset there. And at night we have differents places to go to drink and dance .........ohhh is a great place to go and relax....I returned on the end of may :) Mancora is a great place!!!!!!

It was a long time ago and I don't think it's worth diarising every day of the nine days, as I can't remember! Suffice to say that Machu Picchu was at the top of my list of places to visit and I wasn't disappointed at all. The three day trek on the Inca Trail was hard work but thoroughly rewardi…

I arrived friday around 6:30 am to Lima after a wonderful trip vacation with Frank my first travbuddy so i took a taxi and i arived home after 20 minutes  first i started to make my student homeworks  then i took a shower to keep awake to receive my students luckly they arrived around 9&n…

Ok, so we arrive at the Jorge Chavez international airport in Lima. I was so excited to see my family again. They all live in Peru, and even though I visit them once a year, I still miss them terribly.  At the airport they were already waiting for us, of course, it was a very emotional meeting…

I met my Canadian friend some time ago by Cs so I offerted him  a couch . It was nice to have my first guest at my place :) So i went to pick him up to Lima Airport over there i met his friend Koen, It was around 1  am  by the delay  from the plane so all together with…

Piura is the first town I´ve visited in Peru, having taken the easier and safer border crossing via Macara (recommended, no hassle at all getting across thank goodness, although the passport inspector was visibly sceptical that the person in the photo was actually me.  Although this concerned…

I arrived in Cusco, Peru on the 8th of November.  Its such a cute little city in the middle of the mountains but a little swamped with tourists.  Nonetheless it was my first experience in a town like this and my second South American country so I was very impressed.  It was also the …

Paracas is located in the department of Ica in the Province of Pisco 260 km south of Lima, Peru. The tourist attractions include the Ballesta Islands (birds, sealions, Humboldt penguins and occasionally dolphins), the national reserve (museum, Paracas culture, wildlife and beautiful coastline) and adventure sports such as diving, dune buggies and hang-gliding).

South America's a bit more sketchy than other places I've been to, so here's some preventive measures I've taken.- Money belt on my waist, inside my pants, with half my credit cards and a photocopy of my passport- Holster-style money belt under my shirt, with the other credit cards, bank card, and …