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  • Lima - Paracas (Peru) Tuesday we arrived at Lima Airport 6.30 pm and were picked up by a driver from our hotel. We went for dinner in a very charming Italian restaurant/deli/cheese shop/bakery. We also bought some breakfast for the next mornnig here. When Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 25, 2008
  • Colca Canyon (Peru) At 7.30 am we were picked up in the hotel and started our journey towards Colca Canyon in a private van. We had several stops on the way to see lamas, alpacas, vicuñas, viscachas, different birds and of course the Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 23, 2008
  • Puno to Arequipa (Peru) After a tight schedule we decided to take it slow for a couple of days. We walked around the island of the hotel to see the alpacas living there. At 3 pm we took the first class bus to Arequipa. Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 20, 2008
  • Lake Titicaca - Taquile Island (Peru) This small island 35 km from Puno has been inhabited for thousands of years and the people maintain a strong sense of group identity. Taquile felt like its own little world, completely detached from the modern world. The island was Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 19, 2008
  • Lake Titicaca - Floating islands (Peru) Our hotel was located on a small private island and we were picked up at the private port. Our first stop was the floating islands of the Uros (Uros Islands). The islands are built using totora reeds that grow in Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 19, 2008
  • Inka Express to Puno (Peru) Inka Express is a guided tour from Cuzco to Puno. We stopped at Andahuaylillas - The Sixtine Chapel of America, Raqchi - Temple of Wiracocha God, La Raya pass - 4335 meters above sea level and Pukara. In the evening we Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 19, 2008
  • Puerto Maldonado/Sandoval Lake (Peru) After a short flight to hot and humid Puerto Maldonado we were picked up by our guide Leon. We stopped at an animal conservation centre before we started our journey by boat down the river Madre de Dios. On the Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 17, 2008
  • Leaving Cusco (Peru) Back in Cuzco we enjoyed the pleasures of sivilization. A long hot shower, clean clothes, some shopping and a good restaurant. Again we tasted some local specialities. Cream of Quinua, Corn with cheese, Alpaca with onions and Beef with egg Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 18, 2008
  • Machu Picchu (Peru) Yesterday we got up at 0430 in order to get to Machu Picchu before sunrise. We started with a 2.5 hours guided tour where we got a lot of interesting information about the city and all the myths and legends Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 15, 2008
  • On our way to Machu Picchu (Peru) When arriving in Cusco we met a travel agent (Adan - http://www.awecusco.com) who has helped us with all our outstanding arrangments. For today he fixed a privat driver to Ollantaytambo and train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu town). Yesterday he Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 14, 2008
  • Sacred Valley (Peru) Yesterday we all went on guided tour to the Sacred Valley of the Incas. After a short photo/market stop in the mountains we stopped at the Pisac ruins. It was quite a hard and steep walk to the top, but Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 13, 2008
  • Cusco city sightseeing (Peru) Jørgen, Kristina, John and Laura arrived early this morning and we all had breakfast in the hotel. After lunch we went on a guided tour of the city and the inka ruins in the area. In the city centre we Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 12, 2008
  • First day in Cusco (Peru) We arrived in the hotel in Cuzco around 1 pm and got a fantastic welcome. We were served a cup of coca tea (for the altitude) in the lounge while the staff handled our luggage and all paperwork. We booked the Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 11, 2008
  • Lima (Peru) All the guidebooks claim that Lima is a dangerous and unwelcoming city. We have experienced the oposite. The driver that picked us up at the airport was very friendly, and in spite of very limited Posted by gunnhild in Fredrik & Gunnhild | Jun 10, 2008
  • Cuzco - Center of the Incan Empire We took a small plane on AeroSur from La Paz, Bolivia to Cuzco, Peru. It was an early morning arrival 7am in Cuzco. We found a nice little Hostel, Hostel Cuzco de Plaza. A small but very Posted by Changos in Bolivian Adventure | Jul 21, 2009
  • Keep On Keeping On We really are hopeless! We come to a place, stay in a nice hotel, and plan to have a rest for three days. And after two days of inactivity, we’re twitching like mad twitchy things and staring at the walls as if Posted by mancmiller in Around the world in 187 days | Jul 19, 2009
  • Can’t Get Out Of Bed So, as promised yesterday, today we did sweet FA all day! We got up for a very poncified breakfast in the hotel; the sort where the staff were re-arranging the pieces of fruit to maintain the immaculate breakfast array. And any Posted by mancmiller in Around the world in 187 days | Jul 18, 2009
  • Suburbia If you’ve been following this blog all the way, you’ll know we hate early mornings. This is usually the point in which I’ll go into flowing detail about how bad it was getting up. I’ll not bother doing this now, Posted by mancmiller in Around the world in 187 days | Jul 17, 2009
  • Trujillo and Huaraz It was cold and rainy on our final morning in Cuenca, and I was starting to feel fluey - so a 25-hour bus ride to Trujillo in northern Peru wasn't the most pleasant of prospects! But telling ourselves we could Posted by Ross-Lori in Ross & Lori | Jul 13, 2009
  • PERU pt1, 'BG' (before Ging Gang - Steve's mum) OK, so we hung around in Panama for about a wk longer than expected whilst Steve was recovering, cheeseburger after cheeseburger. Time to get outa there we booked ourselves a ridiculously overpriced one way ticket to Lima to make up Posted by jessnsteve in Kays Odyssey | Jul 13, 2009
  • Onward to Puno Distance traveled 241 miles Our bus from Cusco to Puno took us to several interesting points along the road. The first was the Sistine Chapel of the Andes in Andeyhuallilas. It is Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Jul 16, 2009
  • Five days with lovely D.! We finally had to say goodbye to Agi (we still miss you!) and continue our adventure without her constant advices that alcohol helps for everything (we learned that already and didn't Posted by kreglicka in WANDERLUST | Jun 18, 2009
  • Relaxing in a surfing town... We spent our last three days with Agi in Máncora, the most popular surf town of Peru. We really wanted to continue our surfing education there or at least learn how to kitesurf, but un Posted by kreglicka in WANDERLUST | Jun 18, 2009
  • Jungle Boogie I’ve just finished my first week in the jungle and I’m now back in the nearest city of Puerto Maldonaldo for a day back in civilisation, which mostly consists of eating lemon meringue Posted by monkeyboy1 in Monkey boy's travels | Jul 15, 2009
  • Mountain Town Exactly 33 hours after the double decker VIP bus pulled out of Terminal Terrestre in Cusco, we amble into the tall metal gated terminal for Movil Tours buses in the city of Huaraz. From southern Peruvian highlands to central Peruvian Posted by retomer in greg and renee ramble on | Jul 13, 2009
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