- The Amazon - Tambopata Reserve - Refugio AmazonasDay One - The most beautiful place. After arriving in Puerto Maldonado to much awaited humidity we tok a bus to the main centre of Rainforest Expeditions where onboard we had a basket of organic snacks - Peruvian sugar coasted Posted by m4033bc in What's around the corner? | Sep 27, 2011
- Week FiveThis weekend I finally went camping. We hiked for two hours to the ruins at Pumamarca where we spent an amazing night beneath more stars than I’ve ever seen in my life. The six of us that went packed two Posted by ktconroy1604 in Gap Year | Sep 27, 2011
- Food, Love, and War Well arriving into Lima from Sunny Cuzco was a bit of let down...I enjoyed the flight the whole way there, even the cushy soft clouds that encrusted the Earth shortly before landing. But some dreams die...and after we popped out Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Sep 25, 2011
- Peru Cusco23-9-2011 Only 2 days left before we go home and they are both free days for us to explore Cusco. We enjoy a late breakfast and hit the shops and local markets for those last minute items. Jola wants to Posted by Dennis Maunder in Dennis & Jola's South American Adventure | Sep 25, 2011
- The sacred valley of the Incan EmpireMum, Dad are you out there? Havent heard from you in awhile
Anyways GO THE WARRIORS! Db decided it would be an awesome idea to wake up at 4:30 and listen to the game on a radio through his IPhone. I Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 24, 2011
- Machu Picchu, Peru21-9-2011 We have morning to ourselves so a lie in and a late breakfast. We are picked up at 1.30pm and today it’s a city tour of Cusco which included a tour of the Cathedral. There is more gold and Posted by Dennis Maunder in Dennis & Jola's South American Adventure | Sep 23, 2011
- Cusco, Peru20-9-2011 Today, we are with a coach load of other tourists for the day. Up until now we have had our own guide on a one-to-one basis so this is a new experience for us and it’s only for the Posted by Dennis Maunder in Dennis & Jola's South American Adventure | Sep 21, 2011
- Week FourThat was easily the shortest month of my life. Things got pretty real this week as I paid my first month’s rent. It was an official reminder that I am not in Kansas anymore, so to speak. My nineteenth birthday Posted by ktconroy1604 in Gap Year | Sep 21, 2011
- Sand in your unidesShout outs to the following.
Dad: we have cable in most of our hotel rooms so have been following the rugby wasn't it flippin beautiful when Ireland beat Aussie haha.
Mumma Butler: You can't take that boy Fraser anywhere haha i love Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 20, 2011
- Punto, Peru18-9-2011 Another early start. We were taken to the port of Puno to collect a boat for our destinations, the floating islands of Uros and the island of Toquile. While we were waiting to board there was some commotion at Posted by Dennis Maunder in Dennis & Jola's South American Adventure | Sep 20, 2011
- Copacabana - Puno Peru17-9-2011 A lie-in this morning for a 9.30am start, heaven. Our guide took us for a tour of Copacabana on foot. Woollen goods are so cheap here so we took advantage of it; I’m not sure how we will be Posted by Dennis Maunder in Dennis & Jola's South American Adventure | Sep 18, 2011
- Micros and McDonald'sI've been at Hogar de Esperanza in Trujillo, Peru for 5 days....and in Peru for 13 days. While that doesn't sound like a lot, it often feels like much longer! Tonight as Elyse and I were riding in Posted by angela201 in Así es la vida... | Sep 17, 2011
- Cusco time lapse - nightDave is teaching me a little about time lapse photography. Here is a pathetic sample. I will post the entire time lapse to youtube.
Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Ollantayamboo, PeruChilling in Ollantayamboo, Peru. I call it the Switzerland of South America. I didn’t have Jake in my bed tonight, which meant I got a good nights sleep. I got up before everyone in my room and Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Machu PicchuWas it worth it? Debatable. It is spectacular…just not in a per dollar per minute invested spent spectacular…unless you ask Katie. Ask the kids about how they enjoyed the ruins at Machu Picchu and they will say Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Inca Trail of TearsI don’t think I am going to ever hike the Inca Trail with my wife.
The 15 mile hike we took today to ruins not called Machu Picchu was not my wife’s dream. We got a shoddy map for Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Full DisclosureAnyone that knows me knows that I have kept a handwritten journal since I was in college. My first journal started my last year at Biola. The last entry in that journal was the conclusion of a Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Peruvian DMV and more fun!BLEEP. BLEEP. BLEEP. The majority of this blog post has been censored because of inappropriate content.
The goal was to make it up and out to Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley. We had to wrap Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Colonial Cusco at 4:30amMade it to Cuzco at 4:30 this morning and immediately checked into a beautiful hostel where most of us slept until 9:30. This hostel has a main interior courtyard and a secondary courtyard deeper into the building. Our Posted by thebongas in Bonga Family Adventures | Sep 17, 2011
- Machu Picchu boundFor the last 10 days I´ve been treated like a princess, taken out for dinner every night, driven around to be shown all the sights and it´s been wonderful. Lawrence, my host and long time friend of my mum, has Posted by m4033bc in What's around the corner? | Sep 16, 2011
- The fall of the Incan empireSo turns out Carjarmarca has a lot of history as it is the city where the last Incan emperor came to his defeat. Here in Carjamarca we went to the exact room where he was held at ransom only to Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 16, 2011
- The Pecan BriefNo. of courses (food) consumed on the Inca trail = 38
No. of potato varieties cultivated by the Incas = 2000
No. of pisco shots 'necked' in a minute = 5
No. of own goals Richard scored in a 5-a-side with kids all Posted by millfred in World Wide Wander | Sep 14, 2011
- It's all about the trek!We met up the day before to discuss the trek and make sure we understood what to expect and to pack appropriately.
The group seemed great. I was going away with four Belgians (Celine, Charlotte, Pascal, and Christoph) and an American Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Sep 14, 2011
- Viva el Peru!Well what an experience the bus was...from the many I've been on in South America, I felt like I'd hit the top airline...beautiful hostesses, seatbelt checks, tourism videos not unlike our Qantas ones, safety guidelines and rules on how to Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Sep 13, 2011
- Week ThreeThis weekend six volunteers, a guide named Patucoo, and I made the trek to Lares. Trek is definitely the right word to use seeing as it took us just over eight hours to complete. We met up Saturday morning at Posted by ktconroy1604 in Gap Year | Sep 13, 2011