TravBuddy.com: gentry591's Nineteen days in Peru travel blog Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC http://www.travbuddy.com/blogs/19403 We spent 18 days in Peru from Aug 29 to Sept 15, 2005. en-us Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:45:54 PST Puno and Lake Titicaca http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Puno-and-Lake-Titicaca-Puno-8 Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:45:54 PST Puno and Lake Titicaca Puno, Peru, Aug 09, 2008

  We drove to Puno today arriving late afternoon.  Lake Titicaca borders the town.  Our elevation here is 12565 feet so we will be a...

]]> Colca Canyon--LLlama, Alpaca, Vicuna, Condors http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Colca-Canyon-LLlama-Alpaca-Vicuna-Condors-Chivay-6 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:30:51 PST Colca Canyon--LLlama, Alpaca, Vicuna, Condors Chivay, Peru, Sep 07, 2005

  We hop on another small bus and head to the vicinity of Colca Canyon (Colca Canyon)  click link for good description.  Was an inte...

]]> Arequipa- Convent of Santalina and http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Arequipa-Convent-of-Santalina-and-Arequipa-5 Fri, 02 Sep 2005 16:06:12 PST Arequipa- Convent of Santalina and Arequipa, Peru, Sep 02, 2005

We caught our bus which was a little late but I was very impressed with it.  The chairs reclined and were very comfortable.  One big prob...

]]> Nazca lines, Ancient pre-Inca cemetery with mummies, silver -gold extraction http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Nazca-lines-Ancient-pre-Inca-cemetery-with-mummies-silver-gold-extraction-Nazca-4 Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:03:15 PST Nazca lines, Ancient pre-Inca cemetery with mummies, silver -gold extraction Nazca, Peru, Aug 31, 2005

  We arrived in Nazca late yesterday PM and went directly to our motel on the outskirts of town.  Turned out that it was one of the two n...

]]> Ballestas Islands http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Ballestas-Islands-Pisco-2 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:59:23 PST Ballestas Islands Pisco, Peru, Aug 30, 2005

  Had a fast breakfast and loaded up on our small bus and went south of Pisco to catch a moterboat to see the Ballestas Islands, a National Re...

]]> Ica--Huacachina oasis--sandboarding http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/Ica-Huacachina-oasis-sandboarding-Ica-3 Tue, 30 Aug 2005 17:32:01 PST Ica--Huacachina oasis--sandboarding Ica, Peru, Aug 30, 2005

  After we got off the boats we boarded the bus and headed south toward our destination  for tonight,Nazca.   Just as we were ...

]]> First day in Peru-LIMA http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/19403/First-day-in-Peru-LIMA-Lima-1 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 13:34:05 PST First day in Peru-LIMA Lima, Peru, Aug 29, 2005

We arrived in Lima around 11:00 PM and since we had just brought backpacks as carry-on we wasted no time and exchanged some money in the airport so...

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