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Monday, 3 Aug 2009 | Views [79] | Comments [1]
Costs pp: bus Urubamba to Pisac 2s, bus to Cuzco 2s or collectivo car 5s, bus to Puno 15s. Rooms ave 20s matrimonial no baño, 30s with baño. Collectivo boat to Uros 10s with island entry 5s. Unsure where to go next we decided on Pisac which has ... Read more >
Sunday, 2 Aug 2009 | Views [56]
Costs pp: collectivo to Santa Maria 8s, Tanker to Ollantaytambo, collectivo van to Urubamba 1.2s. Single room (2ppl) at Hostal Urubamba 15s. We didn't think we would have a problem with the return journey but after taking a collectivo to Santa Maria ... Read more >
Saturday, 1 Aug 2009 | Views [89]
Costs pp: Train to Hidroelectrica 24s, collectivo van to Santa Theresa 3s We slept for 14 hours! Packed and down to the train only to find that todays train is full. Why they allow people to stand in the aisles in the buses and not in the trains ... Read more >
Friday, 31 Jul 2009 | Views [121]
Costs: bus Aguas Calientes to Machu Picchu US$7 / 21s. Entry to Machu Picchu US$40 / 124s. Buy these tickets as soon as you arrive in AC at or near the plaza. This is the place that helped in our deciding where to travel, Kent has especially been looking ... Read more >
Thursday, 30 Jul 2009 | Views [81]
Costs per person: Cuzco to Santa Maria by bus 15s, Santa Maria to Hidroelectrica by collectivo taxi 12s, Hidroeclectrica to Aguas Calientes by train 24s. Total = 51s. We were up at 6am to get to the Santiago bus terminal for the 7am bus. This is ... Read more >
Tuesday, 28 Jul 2009 | Views [61]
Mostly buses run bang on or close to time but not the bus to Cuzco. It had come from Lima and the only passengers to pick up in Nazca were us and two Irish guys we made friends with as we waited patiently for it to arrive. Finally it came at 5.30pm and ... Read more >
Sunday, 26 Jul 2009 | Views [61]
Why is it that taxi/tuktuk drivers always suppose you are going to want to take the most expensive route to the next destination? We blame the americans... After assuring our tuktuk driver we didn't want to go by collectivo he dropped us at the most ... Read more >
Friday, 24 Jul 2009 | Views [155]
We got an earlyish bus to Ica and after reading the LP guide decided to head out to a nearby oasis called Huacachina. On arrival we went looking for a room and found everywhere was pretty expensive as Peru is about to have a few days of festivals and ... Read more >
Thursday, 23 Jul 2009 | Views [68]
We asked the day before at the tourist office about travelling to Pisco on the coast by bus. They assured us there was only one bus and it left at 4am. Ok. So, up at 3am and taxi to the bus office and lo and behold there are 4 other buses and a van all ... Read more >
Tuesday, 21 Jul 2009 | Views [61] | Comments [1]
Our trip from Huancayo to here was supposed to take five hours, but the road is new and we made good time, arriving at 3pm (four hours). The scenery on the way was magnificent, similar to the road from La Union to Huanuco. Over huge hills and through ... Read more >
Monday, 20 Jul 2009 | Views [74] | Comments [1]
We spent so much time on the internet in La Merced that we ended up leaving on a 4pm bus to Huancayo. It was supposed to take 4 hours but we arrived there after 9pm and then by the time we got organised later again. We took a taxi to town as it was so ... Read more >
Sunday, 19 Jul 2009 | Views [126]
Take one Toyota 4WD double cab ute, put road tyres on it, add 2 intrepid kiwi nomads to the back tray where there are planks for seats and drive around the small town of Pasco for an hour at 3am searching for passengers. When the front cab has a ... Read more >
Saturday, 18 Jul 2009 | Views [53]
We took the river back to Puerto Sungaro where we got a collectivo ute to any place about 3 hours south. That happened to be a place called Pasco in the area of Constitution. Carol had tried in Puerto Inca to get a boat all the way there but it worked ... Read more >
Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [83]
We decided to go to Puerto Inca and not Pucallpa which is a big city and only visited by those heading inland to Iquitos (the largest city without road access in the world) by river. We boarded a pickup and they put us in the front seats, it is cheaper ... Read more >
Wednesday, 15 Jul 2009 | Views [57]
Headed to the 'buses leave from here' part of town and watched out for one heading for Pucallpa. We were unsure whether we were going to go there or head south at Km 86 where the road divides. Found a bus and a bus helper gracias enough to organise front ... Read more >
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2009 | Views [88]
Got a mototaxi (or tuktuk in the east) to the bus, luxury but it was too far to walk with our packs. Ate there then had a 3 hour journey to Tingo Maria which is north of Huanuco. Carol went searching for a room and was a bit dismayed with what was on ... Read more >
Monday, 13 Jul 2009 | Views [62]
Found a hotel (Fergo) just around the corner from where the bus came in. Got a nice room con bano and tv for 15 soles(double). Not sure that it´s a good idea to have a tv, time just disappears watching mindless programs and we tend to stay up really ... Read more >
Sunday, 12 Jul 2009 | Views [104] | Comments [1]
We were up at sparrows fart ready for the 6am bus to Huanuco in the freezing cold. Yes there we were in the street, packs at the ready but the bus was not. We finally left at 6.30am, not a long wait but we really are just not used to cold weather! We ... Read more >
Saturday, 11 Jul 2009 | Views [111]
You may have noticed that the name of this page is La Union and not Huánuco. That is because even though Huaraz and Huánuco are only about 150 kilometers apart as the crow flies but by road it is 354 kms and therefore 2 days travel! We left Huaraz at ... Read more >
Monday, 6 Jul 2009 | Views [61]
We arrived in Huaraz, a small city surrounded by snowcapped mountains and famous for it's wonderful trekking, at 6.30 am. Not wanting to disturb anyone that early although it seems that most people in this part of the world start their days at 5 am, ... Read more >
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