La Rosa Nautica is one of Lima's most famous restuarants. It's absolutely gorgeous location at the end of a pier under the Lima cliffs is its best ...

Leave it to Lima to make dessert controversial. There's a big ice cream parlor near Parque Kennedy with some awesomely huge ice cream dishes. Also ...

How often is it that you can go back in time and fly in one day, and in one city? No, dude, I'm not on crack; I'm in Lima. Pachacamac In the mor...

This place was kinda lame. There's an English speaking tour available and you get to see some wax figures and go down into an area that used to be ...

In the morning we headed to downtown Lima, to Plaza mayor, the historical area of town. The square is surrounded by stately 16th century buildings,...

OK, so I admit to being a compulsive hair cutter. I get bored and change my hair. Which is what happened our second day in Lima when I wandered by ...

On suggestion from the guidebook, we stayed in Miraflores, a less dangerous but still lively area of town. By lively, I mean there were cheesy club...

We woke up the next morning with the sun already drifting through the mosquio net walls of our hut. The couple in the neighboring hut called us ove...

Iquitos is the place to book various jungle lodges, which will allow you to stay in the Amazon and see the jungle close up. There are various lodge...

Sunrise in Iquitos is gorgeous. Somehow the colors seem different -- hotter, pinker, dreamier, and in the morning, the wilderness seemed more prono...

  We landed in Iquitos the next evening after a long transfer through Lima. As soon as we descended the stairs onto the tarmac, the humidity ...

I really liked this place-- good food, convenient location, helpful patrons, friendly service and booze. Apparently, it serves American food, but m...

We woke before the sun and caught the bus from Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu, a 30 minute ride winding up the mountain to the ruins. By...

This isn't so much a review as an overview of transportation to Machu Picchu from Cusco. I decided to put them in one place as the information seem...

There are three different trains from Cusco to Aguas Calientes: Most people take either Backpacker (see my other review), or the Vistadome, as the ...

The Backpacker train is the best value option to get to Aguas Calientes. Experience-wise, there is barely any difference between the Backpacker and...

We left Hotel Qusqo at 5AM to catch the first train to Aguas Calientes. The trip is about 5 hours total, and begins by climbing...

Guinnea pig, or "cuy", is part of the traditional Andean diet, so on day 2 in Cusco, we decided we needed a peice. We went to a place r...

1AM Trying to sleep in the Lima Airport. 4AM. Still trying to sleep in the airport. The LAN sales desk was marked to open. It didn't. I try t...

Our stay in Hotel Qusqo was an excellent deal. $40US between three people for a large room with four beds, cable TV, a private bathroom, free break...

Warning: Due to TSA carry-on bans and reduced packing space, all photos in this travel blog were taken largely without the aid of hair gels,...