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Travel Inspiration – Inspired by Peru
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 3 February 2012
I was on the phone with one of my best friends. She had just found out the news that she had been selected to lead a research and development team in Peru for 6 months. After my congratulations I just blurted out, “I’m going to visit you”.
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The Great Wall of Peru, The Ruins of Kuelap
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 31 January 2012
Our original plan was a 4 day hike/horseback ride to the pre-Inca ruins of Kuelap, but 2 days into the hike I (Luis) had a slight mishap involving my ankle (read about it and the hike here). So I made it to Kuelap by Mercedes Sprinter and Lacey arrived on foot . We had never [...]
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Astrid and Gastón: The High Art of Peruvian Cuisine
Blog: GoBackpacking - 30 January 2012
n 2011, Lima’s Astrid & Gastón was ranked #42 on a list of the world’s 50 best restaurants. It was one of only three restaurants in Latin America to make the illustrious list, with the majority being located in Europe and the USA. Even if I had been planning to travel in these regions, I knew such [...]
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Photo of the Week: Llamas at Machu Picchu
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 29 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights this week’s Photo of the Week is back from our time in Peru. The presence of llamas at the ancient Incan citadel Machu Picchu is a classic South American image.
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A Digital Nomad Budget: One Year in South America
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 27 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights, it’s South America Week on Never Ending Voyage. We’ve compiled the favourite destinations on the continent of 31 experienced travellers and today we share exactly how much we spent during our one year in South America.
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Alpacas: Cute, Soft, and Delicious
Blog: GoBackpacking - 27 January 2012
is for Alpaca. The most versatile, delicious, and nutritious creature in Peru. I became enamored with these soft and friendly, llama-like creatures during my stay in Cusco. For thousands of years, alpacas have been raised in Peru for two primary purposes: fiber and meat. Alpaca Fibers Alpaca fiber is used for knitting blankets and clothes. [...]
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The Best of South America Part 2: Travellers Share Their Tips
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 25 January 2012
To celebrate the launch of our free ebook South America Highlights we asked other travel bloggers to share their favourite places and experiences on the continent. In Part 1 we heard their top tips for Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, and Brazil and now in Part 2 we move on to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia.
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Solo Travel Destination: Machu Picchu, Peru
Blog: Solo Traveler - 24 January 2012
This Solo Travel Society member fulfilled a longstanding travel dream, quitting her job and traveling to Peru to take in the breathtaking Machu Picchu.
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Beyond the Hotels – Big City Homestays in South America
Blog: Vagobond.com - 24 January 2012
Unlike hostals, hotels, and hospedajes, a homestay is often a rented room in a private home. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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South America Highlights: Launching Our FREE Ebook
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 23 January 2012
Today we are launching our first ebook South America Highlights and it’s free! We spent a year in South America exploring white sandy beaches, bug-filled jungles, snow-capped mountains and elegant colonial cities.
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Walking With The Children of The Clouds: Chachapoyas, Peru and Pre-Incan Ruins
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 22 January 2012
The long drive to Chachapoyas proved to be well worth the fuel and time it took, a great town with a very interesting history. Chachapoyas is named after the Andean people who inhabited the area before the Incas and Spaniards came along is surrounded by the ruins of their settlements, dating back to in some [...]
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Natural Wonders of Peru: From Forests to Canyons
Blog: WildJunket - 20 January 2012
This is a sponsored guest post by Virgin Holidays. Peru is home to the famed monuments of Machu Picchu and to the vibrant capital city of Lima.
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How We Find Apartments Around the World
Blog: Never Ending Voyage - 19 January 2012
View from our apartment in Medellin, Colombia. We may be travelling permanently but this doesn’t mean we spend all our time in hostels and hotels. Living in hotels may seem a glamourous life but it gets old fast. After a while we crave a couch, reliable internet and a kitchen so we don’t have to [...]
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Machu Picchu and the Land of the Incas
Blog: Canada's Adventure Couple - 13 January 2012
Peru was one of those destinations that completely astounded Dave and I.There was no way we were going to miss seeing Machu Picchu and since we only had two weeks in the country, we made a beeline to the star attraction.
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Driving to Chachapoyas
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 12 January 2012
Looking at a map, it is easy to understand that Peru is a very large country. However, it wasn’t until we started our drive to Chachapoyas that we really got a full understanding of just how large it is. Our route on the map takes up only a very small portion of the country, but [...]
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A Detour to Peru’s Chavin de Huantar
Blog: Vagobond.com - 12 January 2012
Ancash lies quietly to the north of Lima, ignored by too many people who hop past to the golden northern beaches, the central jungle, or Cusco and Machu Picchu. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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Crossing the border to Peru
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 10 January 2012
After an amazingly long time traveling in Ecuador, our visas were finally running out which meant it was high time to get moving. We choose to cross into Peru by the coastal border crossing because we had heard that it was the biggest and busiest border crossing and we were hoping that the more people [...]
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Driving to Chachapoyas
Blog: Lost World Expedition - 10 January 2012
Looking at a map, it is easy to understand that Peru is a very large country. However, it wasn’t until we started our drive to Chachapoyas that we really got a full understanding of just how large it is. Our route on the map takes up only a very small portion of the country, but [...]
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Vagabond Teacher – Melissa Ruttanai
Blog: Vagobond.com - 7 January 2012
Melissa's great adventures and fun writing are not strangers to Vagobond readers, but we thought it might be fun for you to get to know her a little bit better. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more!
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A Fellowship in Photos (Part 2)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 4 January 2012
By Kate Bennett, KF15 Ecuador / KF16 Perú After my first placement in Ecuador, I thought I knew living and working in South America- three months in Ica, Perú proved me wrong. New (and delicious) food, a drastically different (and drier) climate, and wonderful new friends, coworkers, and chicha-vending Kiva borrowers showed me another side [...]
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The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu
Blog: GoBackpacking - 2 January 2012
he highlight of the 4-day Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is the opportunity to walk in the shadow of the snow-capped Salkantay Mountain (6,264 meters). Unlike the classic 3-day Inca Trail trek, which requires you book a spot at least 5-6 weeks in advance (in the low season), the Salkantay Trek can be booked in Cusco [...]
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My Travel & Business Year in Review
Blog: GoBackpacking - 28 December 2011
his year passed in the blink of an eye. Or at least that’s how it feels looking back. I’m lucky enough to say I’ve done exactly what I wanted to do, and had a great time doing it. This year had its share of low points too, however by surviving them all, they only served to [...]--------- Join Travel Blog Success today and learn to build a better travel blog. Membership includes 27 tutorials, 12 expert audio interviews, private support forum, and much more.
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The backpack diaries – our top ten South American experiences
Blog: Chronicles of a year-long break-up - 21 December 2011
So this post is a little late – over a year late to be precise – but that’s okay because we still remember every miniscule detail of the trip as if it was yesterday. We’re determined to get back on the blogging horse and we have a few great European posts up our sleeves for [...]
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Pastoruri Glacier: Journey to 5,000 Meters
Blog: GoBackpacking - 18 December 2011
astoruri Glacier is located a few hours from Huaraz, in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca. Those who have been following me since my ’round the world trip know I’ve got a fascination with creeping up to higher and higher elevations. I can still remember when I thought hiking the Tongariro Crossing in New Zealand, which hits 1,800 [...]
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Christmas Party with the South American Explorers Club in Lima, Peru
Blog: Vagobond.com - 17 December 2011
Year-round the organization offers great advice and concrete information about traveling through South America.
