Peru Travel Blogs - Page 13

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 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…

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…

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 …

Despite the last few days being the most expensive of our trip so far, it's hard to put a price on seeing Machu Picchu, especially when we got the only sunny day amidst the first rain we've seen for a month. We ended up getting the train from Poroy (as the station in Cusco was blockaded - sound fam…

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 …

Strikes in Bolivia and Peru are very common, disagreements over roads land and money are the main cause. Today we are due to take a bus for 7 hours from Puno to Cusco. We were informed that the road was closed due to a strike, we had 3 options 1.Wait until the strike ends which could be 3 days…

Finally I arrived to Lima. I cleared customs and was waiting for my big bag. "Mmm, what's going on?" There was my small bag, ok, but the big one wasn't there... Then I noticed I wasn't the only one with that problem. We were 12 people. We all went to the desk and started to ask for our bags. I…

Intro Peru 2006   Day 1 May28 2006 Lima Arequipa  What a great first impression of Peru flying over the mountains to Arequipa and straight into "Volcano Country" I have been waiting for this moment and have been  dreaming about being surrounded by Volcano's, since booking this trip,…

Arrived into Lima and then flew to Cusco, much better than the 20 hour bus journey we could have taken! We got into the tiny airport in Cusco after flying through the mountains which was amazing but slightly scary. The altitude hit us almost as we got off the plane, a feeling of light headedness an…

A friend of mine who lives in England came on 1 december to Lima so we shared great days here and I deceided to meet with them again in Arequipa for spend Christmas Together then we went to Puno to see las islas flotantes and Bolivia ´´Copacabana ´´ i really liked this trip 8 wonderful days with my friends :)

Peru is a country graced with intriguing history, welcoming people, amazing food, infectious dance rhythms, and breathtaking geography.

Cool weather and grey sky is the winter look of Lima.. It seems it'll be better in Summer here :)) Miraflores region and Larcomar is wonderful though..