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  • 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
  • The Peru-->Bolivia Route distance 1259.4 km vertical climb 29100 m 17 days not including hanging in hammocks near Machu Pichu at Yellow River, Santa Teresa. Start in Cusco and begin over the Abra Malaga Pas Posted by risajs in Bicivida = Bikelife | Sep 12, 2011
  • There's nothing quite like a 12 hour Sunday driveSo heres a map to show you just how far we have travelled already Anyways to make it from our last destination to Carjamarca there is only one way and that's to take the back roads of Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 12, 2011
  • Lost in TranslationWe've spent the last four days in Huaraz (a town near the base of the Andes). If this part of the trip is any indication, God definitely has his hand on Elyse and I as we travel! On Posted by angela201 in Así es la vida... | Sep 11, 2011
  • Rally of Peru and our first taste of pre Inca ruinsWell we have left Moyobamba and now find ourselves in Chachapoyas. Lets just say the drive here was one of the freakiest rides i have been on for awhile. Take a road to Whitianga half it, then put a mini Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 10, 2011
  • Lima es LocaUpon arrival in Lima, we immediately went through customs. Peru has to have the most simple customs routine in the world...well, maybe not as simple as Italy who let me in the country without even seeing my passport, Posted by angela201 in Así es la vida... | Sep 6, 2011
  • Oh the joys of a third world countryWell good news i have my ankles back :) bad news i (Sherry) since i lasted posted got the squirts which was bound to happen i guess. I am better now as i got all drugged up (legal ones) and Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 8, 2011
  • Goodbye London... hello Guinea Pigs!So, my first diary entry of my trip and I´m writing from a cafe in Madrid airport overlooking the loading bays while eating a stale tuna baguette at 10am... not quite the glamorous start I was hoping for - although Posted by m4033bc in What's around the corner? | Sep 7, 2011
  • TaraportoSo we left the Amazon heading towards the highlands (mountains) where the town of Taraporto is. Got quite freaked at first because the flight we were on stopped at Taraporto before heading on to Lima. Once off the plane and waiting Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 6, 2011
  • Week TwoThe Awamaki employees have coined the term “Peru Day”, which essentially means that your day was a total bust due to completely avoidable causes. I had my first Peru Day on Friday. Thursday I taught my first computer classes Posted by ktconroy1604 in Gap Year | Sep 6, 2011
  • Cooeee! I'm in Peru!Well that's how you pronounce "Cuy" or guinea pig, as we know them to be. Cute little animals. Delicious too! So I guess this is the place to start. I arrived in Arequipa all keen to chill out for a about a Posted by worldweave in Weaving Around the World | Sep 5, 2011
  • Good bye Iquitos, hello Taraporto Happy belated father's day Dad! What an adventure so far. I (Sherry) was actually pretty sad to be leaving Iquitos, it is such a crazy place but the locals were soooo kind and Ranger and Elvi Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 5, 2011
  • Going down the AmazonToday may have been one of the best days of my life besides the last day i saw my ankles haha. No but seriously today was EPIC. we travelled to the port of Iquitos today where the river meets the amazon. Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 2, 2011
  • Welcome to the jungleWell we arrived in Iquitos and BAMM we were hit with a wave of heat like we have never experienced before. My (Sherry) body is in such a state of shock that it has done the following to my ankles. Posted by The Flying Kiwi in The secret world that is Peru | Sep 2, 2011
  • The Sacred Valley and Inca Trail to Machu PicchuWe checked into Hotel Prisma which was perfectly nice however lacked the atmosphere of our hostel. It was however a luxury to have a nice private hotel room, bathroom and even a TV! We went downstairs to attend Posted by marney86 in Miss Mash and Me... | Mar 3, 2011
  • CuscoWe arrived in Cusco at 4am on New Years Eve to a cold and busy bus station. As soon as I heard the words "Puno, Puno, Puno, Puno" being shouted at the top of the lungs of the ticket Posted by marney86 in Miss Mash and Me... | Mar 2, 2011
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