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Arrival into Arequipa
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 24 October 2009
Alright alright! We’ve spent the morning so far eating our standard breakfast of two rolls of bread with margarine and jam, watching the pregame show for the bullfight we’re going to tomorrow and just relaxing. It’s been quite nice. After Machu Picchu we returned to Cuzco and passed out hard. The next day, [...]
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Warning: Peruvian bus driver may actually be Mario Andretti
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 15 October 2009
Leaving Huaraz, we knew that we had to get moving to get to Cuzco. It was a long trip, but we knew it would be, so I suppose we were mentally prepared. But you can’t really prepare for something that long. We left Huaraz around 10pm and got into Lima around 6am, [...]
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Seeing Machu Picchu (despite the clouds)
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 7 October 2009
It has been noted in the past that I can be somewhat…competitive, and the prospect of competing with two hundred other trekkers to get to Machu Picchu made me determined to beat them all. So despite a few two many beers the night before, Adrian & I found ourselves getting up at the ungodly hour of [...]
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The Inca Trail
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 5 October 2009
To think I wasn’t even going to do the Inca Trail orginally. I’d fallen into the trap of listening to too many other backpackers talk about how it’s too touristy, too expensive, and not even as good as the many alternatives such as the Salkantay Trail. Luckily, a comment from Gillian on this post started to [...]
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Machu Picchu
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 5 October 2009
The traditional Inka trail trek is so popular that you have to book a place several months in advance if you plan to do it. I didn't, so an alternative was always on the cards. I wasn't much up for gasping my way through thin air and days of leg burning hikes, so signed up instead for a different tour called 'Inka Jungle' which offered a bit more variation and a bit less exertion {well, supposedly}.
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Proxima para; Peru
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 5 October 2009
From one side of Lake Titicaca to the other, from Copacabana I crossed into Peru to the nothing-to-write-home-about town of Puno. Of more interest here than the town itself are the unique and unbelievable floating islands, still inhabitated by what looks to be the final generation of the Quecha speaking fisherman culture, now entirely reliant on tourism to survive.
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Cusco
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 3 October 2009
In my first few months of traveling, I’ve hardly managed to get away from the gringo trail, so I’m quite used to seeing places that are full of tourists. Nothing could have prepared me for Cusco though – it’s easily the most touristy place I’ve been to so far. The city is absolutely heaving with [...]
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Peru. Checking off More of the Life List before we Kick the Bucket
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 12 June 2009
Last year a fantastic movie with Jack Nickleson and Morgan Freeman came out, and everyone jumped on the band wagon of making a “Bucket List.” I am glad that this started getting people to finally get out there and start living their lives. Now that we have crazy and more extreme ambitions and it is nice to visit places like Victoria Falls or Egypt, where we can tick a bunch items on our “bucket list” in one destination. That was what it was like when we visited Peru.
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What to do with 2 Weeks in Peru; Part 1
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 9 June 2009
When you don't have a lot of time, Peru can be a little overwhelming to try and travel through. It is a vast country with so much to see. Where do you start? Do you go to the Amazon Basin, check out Lake Titicaca in the far south or do you climb Cordillera Huayhuash? Having never been before, we decided to do what the tourists do, since we only had two weeks in Peru. How can we go all the way there, and not see Machu Picchu? It would be like missing the Pyramids while in Egypt.
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Coca tea or Cappuccino - in Peru
Blog: Heather on her travels - 1 May 2009
When you fly in to a high altitude city like Quito or Cuzco, the first thing you should stock up on is the Coca tea. It has a vaguely herbal taste but the real reason you’re taking it is to ward off the effects of altitude sickness which could catch you unawares and spoil your holiday for a [...]
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