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I had an amazing time in Peru. Spent time in Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu and Lima. Adjusting to the altitude of Cusco was unquestionably necessary. The people, their crafts and the ruins of this region are simply beautiful.

I´m spending around 1 year in South America, I´ve had an amazing time. Enjoy my pictures.

Last night was very interesting... we went out to dinner at Los Delfines - The Dolphins. Was a very posh meal along side a window to a swimming pool maybe 1/2 to 1/3 the size of the 50m outdoor pool at the Lido, with two live dolphins. It was rather curious having them swim up along side your table and watch you eating a seafood dinner. They must get bored out of their tree but at least they aren´t being served for dinner! There was a casino attached and I went in search of a...

After waking up ridiculously early at 4:30am to make sure I didn’t miss my 7:20 flight, I get to the airport to have my flight delayed 3 hours.  Not that surprising for Quito Airport, due to its altitude, perpetual cloudiness, and well, being in Latin America.  I finally get to Lima, which I won't say much about because it didn't strike me as very unique or interesting, although I spent very little time there and all in the relatively wealthy Miraflores area.  L...

The adventure was getting over. I was flying back home, to my dear Lima. I was feeling happy, because I'd see my family and Gunther again, but also sad, because I didn't want to stop traveling, :( Well, I might be flying back to the States soon, hehe.As I said before, I wasn't able to sleep during the flight. Not because I was uncomfortable, but because of the interesting person I met. His name is Jean Pierre. He's from Montreal, has been in many countries all over the world, plays the guitar...

ANDREI - Had to bid Nicola farewell as she was due to return to England while Kerry and I met up with Budget Expeditions tour in the evening.  Tears were shed after she left to hook up with her friend Gemma and we had to get used to travelling without her. After, we had another little wander around the vicinity of Hostal Roma, then congregated in the hostal's cafe for the pre-departure meeting with our tour leader (Mateo, a Brit - the locals have trouble pronouncing "Matthew")...

Doing the Gringo trail

Sky & me 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 only thing we knew for sure is that we wanted to fly over the Nazca lines. I have been reading about them since I was in school, but never overfliew them. So, this time was the right time to do it. We...

So it was about 8 in the morning when started the steep stair climb up to the gate at Machu Picchu.  The steps seemed to be normal in height, but after a few minutes the steps were just too small, about four inches high.  I don't know what's worse, too high or too low but it became agonizing and strenuous to our legs and knees. After about 40 minutes on what could have taken 20, we stopped and rested five times to catch our breath as the air seemed to get thinner and our our ...

WOWEEE, I am alive and totally loving the fact that i saw the sunrise this morning! I have just had some of the craziest and more fulfilling stuff happen too me in the past four days than i can recall ever happening too me and even better is the fact that i got to see one of the true seven wonders of the world, MACCHUPICCHU, and got there and back for $28AUS!!! So i will share my epic adventure and a few secrets in achieving this goal (luck plays a big factor too!!!) and i...

Well here I am at the Lima airport after 24 hours of travel so far. Yesterday after I had packed everything into my brand new pack ordered online from Mountain Equipment Co-op, I put the damn thing on on my way out the door and... oh crap it was sooooo uncomfortable! Really badly designed I must say. It was the MEC Walkabout Travel Pack and I strongly do not recommend it!! So Karen (who was also visiting us in Kelowna at the time) bought me the bestest present ever of a new Asolo Odess...

The photographs and books I have read for most of my life just don't do it justice. I caught a cab to the train station early, early in the morning. I took the backpacker train, so no fluff. However, they did serve a really nice cocoa leaf tea that really tasted good and seemed to give me a little lift. The people on the train were not typical tourists. Those rode the Hiram Bingham train, which is first class and SPENDY. Those I shared a ride with me were very similar to myself, other than m...

From Vilcabamba south towards Peru most maps show a road going only as far as Zumba, a 5-6 hour bus ride away. In fact, there is a road, or more accurately a dirt track that runs south from Zumba to La Balsa, which sits at the Ecuador-Peru border. So I was in fact going where the roads do not go, at least the paved ones. The bus ride from Vilcabamba to Zumba was a slow one, the road was unpaved but in rather good condition, despite the few rivers and waterfalls that flowed across the ro...

Two weeks in Peru. Hanging out in Iquitos, boating and canoeing (And swimming!) the Amazon river. Visiting two remote villages and getting to know the people.

My first friend was Mike from Australia i met him around 2 years ago he invited to me to join this webside then I met Local travbuddy in Lima Like Yadira, Romain then we made a mini meet up with Soledad from US.2 colomnian friends Diana and Marcela came to Peru and we met all together in Romain Apartment and we went to dance and drink cold beers then Romain and me had a mini meet up with Local travbuddy Like Yuliana, richard, Jesus, Sunsan all together went to drink cold beers and we end in T...