Category: Peru
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Beach time at Mancora Peru
We arrived in Lima the afternoon we left Nasca and headed to one of the oldest hotels in the city that has been maintained nicely. It was a bit of a step up from the hostals we’ve been staying at. It’s this point in the trip where we just felt like a bit of luxury!…
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Nasca and the Nasca Lines
Our aim was to head to the North Coast of Peru to get some beach time, and along the way was the famous Nasca where they found the Nasca lines of the ancient people after many years. We took an overnight bus from Arequipa and arrived in Nasca about 8am in the morning, so we…
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Arequipa and a trek in the Colca Canyon
From Cusco we took an overight bus to Arequipa in the South. From here we could do a trek to explore the Colca Canyon region. In parts the Canyon is 4,160m deep which is twice the depth of the grand canyon. We looked around Arequipa for a day and then organised a 3 day tour…
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Cusco and the evil Inca Trail
So another 8 hours on the bus to Cusco. Cusco was a really cool city. All the towns and cities we’ve been to in South America have a plaza (square) which is the main feature of town. Directions are given in relation to plazas (a lot are called Plaza San Fransisco, San Fransisco is big…
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Heading to Peru via Lake Titicaca – Copacabana & Puno
We had to head up to Peru to meet the girls in Cusco so we decided to take a route along Lake Titicaca via Copacabana in Bolivia, then across the border into Puno, Peru. Then from Puno we would head straight to Cusco. Copacabana was a nice little town on the lake, we stayed here…