Peru Travel Blogs - Page 4

Early in the morning we jumped in the car and headed out towards 'Asia' a group of private beaches eighty to ninety km from Lima. The concept of the private beach in Peru had become quite controversial in recent years.  Apparently the primarily white, wealthy property owners of 'Asia' had mad…

FLIGHTS So we were pretty excited about leaving Mexico. Not that we didnt enjoy it, we were just looking forward to starting the next leg of our trip! We got to the front of the que for our flight and the guy at the desk informed us it was for the day before!! Oops!! We got new tickets which on…

Knowing that at the end of the day I will be in Peru, to start my holiday in that country, makes waking up at the shockingly and horryfingly early time of 04:30h worthwhile after all.A taxi is needed to take me to Schiphol Amsterdam Airport - at this time of night, the public transport system is as…

     We had a free day in Cusco upon our return from Machu Picchu and I decided to explore as much as I could.  Being a teacher, I was anxious to see several museums and their treasures.  Some places allowed pictures, other prohibited them.  I would have liked to sneak…

      Today we spent the morning hours at our hostel using the Internet and doing a couple loads of laundry . Since we had just returned from the Inca Trail, I had a lot of work to do on my travel blog, which occupied most of my morning. Meanwhile, Karen and Jason took on t…

Just like Los Angeles, only less skyscrapers, and more beautiful! There was a bit of smog and grafitti, but I'm guessing that can be found in any major city. My parents thought the grafitti was a shame, but I thought the grafitti was very artistic...funny, no?There are many, many cathedrals to be s…

Finally we arrived to Lima around 2am! Was the flight so short? Not at all. Buenos Aires is two hours ahead of Lima, so actually we arrived at 4am, that’s why I was feeling tired. Anyway a good thing of a delayed flight is the fact you arrive to the airport while nobody is arriving, haha. So,…

Sky & I arrived to Nazca last night, after a long bus drive... We left Lima around 3:30pm and were at the hostel around 10:30pm. We were tired and just wanted to have something to drink and sleep. Our adventure started on Friday morning. We weren't 100% sure about what to do in Nazca. The onl…

Very cultural day today!  We took a taxi to the Museo Rafael Larco, a private museum with an outstanding collection of Peruvian antiquities - lots of gold pieces and a massive collection of ceramics from the various Peruvian cultures.  This museum also has good English explanations in the…

"And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it" ..... Paulo Cohelo - The AlchemistI've been dreaming about Europe since I was very young, for some reason the old continent always got my attention, but at the same point it became some sort of a such a far away…

Wow, another TB year is ending and I feel as if I've been part of this site for years and years, hehehe. It's part of my regular life and really enjoy sharing my experiences with this awesome community :)Last year I was able to keep on traveling, but not as frequently to the USA as the year before.…

Well, we arrived to Lima early - around 4:30pm and they left us just walking distance from my house. Although Justin was saying that walk wasn't so short, hahaha. Justin's big backpack was at my house, so stopping there was a must, hahaha. Also he had to visit the HQ. What can I say? He was impress…

The drive back home took longer than expected. I've forgotten how bad the traffic could be here... oh well, more time for the nap, hahaha. When I arrived home, nobody was waiting for me. I opened the door and saw my baby!!!! He was in the back yard and started to jump. I run to open the door for hi…

I couldn’t believe it, I was back home!!! I was able to communicate to my mom while I was in Miami, so she sent a taxi to pick me up from the airport. Doing customs wasn’t bad, since I left the plain early, but picking up the bags took a long time!!! Actually the longest was getting out of …

I have to confess, I almost don't recognize the city, seeing it in the middle of summer.  My previous experiences of a gray, polluted, humid, depressing urban jungle are happily things of the Lima winter only.  Every day it's been in the 70s with brilliant sunlight, exuberant flowers and …