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From sweltering coastal Lima through freezing hail at 4,800 meters
Blog: Trip Down - 19 April 2010
Kai’s private taxi organized by Hostal Kokopelli in Lima for $15 met him at the airport but then told him to wait for another person arriving on a different flight – after 30-40 minutes the taxi driver gave up and drove Kai to meet me at the hostal. We sat and drank some beer and [...]
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Day 65: Long Distance Bus Survivors
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 17 April 2010
Squeezing through a manic street at the border 6 more hours to go and we pull into Lima. After 2 nights on buses and 40 hours on the road, the thing I want most is a bathroom. A shower and a seatable toilet. I'm grittier than had I been wild camping for several days, my fingernails turn black when I scrape my skin. We were lucky and unlucky. Lucky as border crossing went smoothly; I was
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Endless PanAmerican, More Police Mordidas to Lima, Peru
Blog: Trip Down - 15 April 2010
After the marathon 14-hour ride the day before I had a leisurely breakfast in Huanchaco (a rich Trujillo beach house suburb with a not so spectacular beachfront) and set off once again along the barren PanAmericana south towards Lima. Not really sure how far I would make it I drove an unpleasant 6 hours or [...]
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Some ole stuff
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 28 February 2010
As Pete reported on our last blog post, we have logged MANY hours on many different buses throughout this journey! And most times, when we have the option, we take the night bus - it saves on money (one less night in a hostel!), and it is kind of nice to just wake up in the morning in a brand spankin' new location. We have gotten so used to opting for the night bus that we usually don't even consider the daytime option.
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The other side of Lima, and home again (to Cuzco, that is)
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 26 February 2010
Last time I was in Lima I was a broken, battered shell of my former self after a breakneck dash through Guatemala, Panama and Colombia with Sara. We were disgustingly lazy; took in several lovely restaurants and bars, had some great parties and took a few walks about Miraflores and downtown. I left Lima having had a relaxing and enjoyable time, but none too enamoured with a capital that was a city like any other (although perhaps with slightly worse traffic than many).
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Our 6 month anniversary!
Blog: Hecktic Travels - 26 February 2010
It's been a while, but I am taking a turn writing a blog post. Given that we are speeding through new cities, there is not much opportunity for me to fulfill my end of our arrangement (I cook, Dalene writes!), so I'm giving her a break to let her creative mind re-energize. Our three nights in Huacachina were exactly what the doctor ordered. After our helluva trekking trip, ugly bus ride, and Dalene's not-so-fun birthday, we arrived in our oasis,
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Machu Picchu may be unreachable, but Cusco is neither dangerous nor boring
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 12 February 2010
I arrived in Lima yesterday, after a rather late and horrifyingly bumpy flight from Cusco, to a chorus of questions from my friend Ama and her family - how things had been in Cusco, had there been a lot of damage, had we all been safe, and so on. Ama works for a hotel chain that has a few outlets in the Cusco department, so she already knew all too well about the impact on the tourism industry there. It's no surprise, really, that things have been so hard-hit, given the level of misinformation that's being bandied about.
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Why do I insist on making everything so difficult for myself?
Blog: The Brink of Something Else - 23 December 2009
Despite a completely irrational fear of flying that necessitates a hefty dose of Valium every time I so much as look at a plane take off, I adore airports. Its much like my love of long, somewhat uncomfortable bus trips and its why I'm dying to sit on the trans-siberian railway for 7 days solid. The sense of limbo, being between places; everybody intersecting, coming from and going to different, unknown, exciting places. The enforced down-time's an attraction too. Guilt-free hours spent reading, listening to my iPod or watching movies.
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Lima’s faded glory
Blog: One Year+ of Vagabonding through Latin America - 26 November 2009
For no good reason, I’ve been in Lima for two weeks now.. which is about two weeks too long. I exaggerate. Kind of. Like any metropolis of it’s size, there are many Limas.. and some of them certainly are attractive. The central plaza is a beautifully landscaped park surrounded by handsomely restored colonial palaces and other [...]
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Photo Essay: Lima’s Little Known Fountain Park That Costs $1.40
Blog: GoBackpacking - 17 November 2009
Even the tightest backpacker can afford this place.Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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Highlights of Latin America
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 1 November 2009
I had such an awesome time in Latin America it’s pretty hard to pick out favourite moments. But I’m going to give it a go anyway. Here are the best things I’ve seen and done over the past six and a half months, along with links to what I originally wrote about them. Favourite City: Valparaiso, [...]
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The Poor Man´s Galapagos
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 6 September 2009
After finishing the Huayhuash circuit, stopping in Huaraz for a shower, a beer and yet another pizza at El Horno in Huaraz (my regular post-trekking dinner of choice), it was straight onto the night bus to Lima. After spending longer than planned in the mountains, I needed to head south pretty quickly in order to [...]
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12: "Dinners with Élo: Part 2"
Blog: Dispatches from the Provinces of Argentina - 14 August 2009
I sent an e-mail to Élo after I got back from my trip north, just before the new semester was starting.I asked if she was staying in Paraná.A few days went by. No word. I told Daniel I thought, maybe, she’d split and gone away with her boyfriend.She wrote back, saying she was still in town, and that her friend was visiting, and that we should go canoeing on the river sometime soon. I said we should make dinner and make plans.
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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 [...]
