Peru Travel Blogs
- Machu Picchu: The City of CloudsMachu Picchu, one of the most iconic and breathtaking ancient sites in the world, continues to captivate travelers with its beauty, history, and mystery. Before you embark on your journey to this UNESCO World Heritage site, it’s essential to plan Posted by dreicop-364 in Discover Machu Picchu | Oct 11, 2024
- Peru 2024: The Airing of Grievances Peru-Related Grievances (in no particular order): 1. Public Urination. Not good. I mean, we witnessed several men just peeing into the gutter on streets that had a fair number of p Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 22, 2024
- Peru Day 16: LimaHola Amigos! We spent our last day in Lima mostly in the Historic City Center. We started out visited the San Francisco Basilica, Monastery, and Catacombs. Unfortunately, they had a strict no photos policy. The art was really Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 22, 2024
- Peru Day 15: Madre de Dios to LimaHola Amigos, We are in Lima, thank goodness. We have escaped from the oppressive humidity and heat, to the cool and dry of Lima. Tomorrow night, we fly home. Let's get caught up, shall we? Now that we are Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 21, 2024
- Peru Day 13 & 14: Inkaterra Amazonika ReservaHola amigos, This is a super quick update. We are well, more or less, but in a place with severely limited internet access. We are in the rainforest, in a place that reminds me of Fernwood Camp for Girls, a summer Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 19, 2024
- Peru Day 12: Cusco!Hola amigos! We had a relatively leisurely breakfast at the Aranwa Boutique hotel in Cusco. Freddy met us at 9:00. The driver was a little late and we actually had to go to a different location to meet up Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 17, 2024
- Peru Day 11: Machu Picchu Pueblo to CuscoHola Amigos, The three of us got up very early this morning, around 6:00, to take advantage of one of the programs offered by the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo-- a bird walk. As we assembled, we became aware that Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 17, 2024
- Peru Day 10: Tour of Machu PicchuHola Amigos, It's been another fabulous day in Peru. The tour of Machu Picchu was epic, but let's start with the big news of the day: we had an imodium-free day (I'm knocking on wood as I write this). Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 15, 2024
- Peru Day 9: A Hike on the Inca TrailA couple of data points for today: Miles Hiked: 7.2 (plus a few random other walks) Elevation gain: +2655 ft (yikes!) I'll share a summary of the day and then add a bunch of photos at the bottom. It's been a long, Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 14, 2024
- Peru Day 8: Pumamarca, Choquechaca Forest, and Other ThingsBuenas Tardes! It was another big day in Peru. We began with another nice breakfast at the Inkaterra Urubamba. This time, we sat near this interesting couple, who appears to have been caught doing something they shouldn't be doing: [img=https://phot Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 14, 2024
- Peru Day 7: Huaypo Lake, Moray, and Maras Buenos Tardes Amigos! We enjoyed another relatively leisurely early morning, with a delicious breakfast at the hotel-- our last easy morning for a while. We were picked up and delivered Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 12, 2024
- Peru Day 6: Cusco to Urubamba Buenas Tardes Amigos! The day began with a bit more leisure over breakfast than we've had in a couple of days. Our Cusco, Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu guide, Freddy, met us in the lobby Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 11, 2024
- Peru, Day 5: Arequipa to CuscoBuenas Tardes, Amigos, It was a very, very early day for us, with a 5:00am pick up at the hotel. We all managed, but we were all groggy. We arrived early for our flight. Our guess for the Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 10, 2024
- Peru, Day 4: Condors! Buenas Tardes Amigos, Today was condor day and those birds were really amazing. We then explored a bit more of Colca Canyon and Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 9, 2024
- Peru, Day 3: Arequipa to ColcaWe gathered for breakfast at 7:00. Deedie reported that she was starting to feel the altitude, so she took some oxygen before we headed out. Jorge, and driver Jaime, were right on time. Since we would not Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 8, 2024
- Peru, Day 2: Lima to ArequipaIt was an early start day, with our driver picking us up at 8:00. Joseph, Deedie and I agreed to meet for breakfast at 7:00. Julio was in the lobby a little early, to transport us from the Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 7, 2024
- Peru, Day 1: LimaHola, amigos! The three of us gathered relatively early this morning, to enjoy the hotel's breakfast buffet. Our tour guide, Juan, for the first half the day was scheduled to meet us in the lobby at 9:00. Juan escorted us to Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 6, 2024
- ArrivedWe arrived in Lima and have checked into our hotel. There were a few short naps through the day, but we've been up since 4:00am. It's time for bed. More tomorrow. Posted by ORWAT in O Reisert Where Art Thou: Peru | Jun 6, 2024
- No panorama in pretty foggy Lima🇬🇧 There are capitals, and then there are Capitals. Lima definitely belongs to the latter. With its estimated twelve million inhabitants (and counting!), it turned out to be a city of some unexpected [b]superlatives, not all of them necessarily flattering Posted by richandwinni in Buena Onda | Jun 1, 2024
- Huacachina & Paracas: Was Wüste mit verwüsten zu tun hat 🇩🇪 Reisen bildet: Und deshalb wissen wir jetzt, dass Wüsten nicht nur zu Afrika gehören. Auch Chile und Peru haben davon reichlich. Schon die Busfahrt von Arequipa nac Posted by richandwinni in Buena Onda | May 30, 2024
- Sunny days and fluffy animals: Arequipa and the Colca Canyon🇬🇧 Peru has a „White City“ of its own: Arequipa, in the middle highlands, with just over one million residents. The moniker comes from the many structures in the historic centre that were built with sillar, a slightly shimmering white Posted by richandwinni in Buena Onda | May 29, 2024
- Machu Picchu - volle Packung Kultur, volle Packung Kommerz 🇩🇪 Machu Picchu gehört zur Perureise wie de Posted by richandwinni in Buena Onda | May 25, 2024
- A start on a high in Peru: the City of Cusco🇬🇧 Peru‘s signboard is quite an invitation: cradle of the Incan empire and a score of other ancient civilizations that left unparalleled achievements behind, amalgamation of climate zones from deserts to a chunk of the Amazone, and as close Posted by richandwinni in Buena Onda | May 24, 2024
- PERU[video provider=youtube videoid=zsVw2UpSHCM?si=dGG9X0x2hVUwNwgI Posted by MikeSebastian in Imagine the World | Mar 17, 2024
- The South American Capital - where the City meets the SeaBefore we leave Cusco, I wanted to share a few photos from the Monasterio which was our home for two nights while in Cusco, Peru. It is a former monastery dating back to 1592 and is considered a protected Posted by Where2FromHere in Where 2 From Here? | Feb 1, 2024
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