Peru
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 | Views [1403]
We have just returned from a three day trek that starts in the Sacred Valley, and which is known as the Lares valley trek as it ends in the small town of Lares. As we don’t like doing tours we organized things ourselves and carried our own kit and ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
Monday, 8 May 2006 | Views [1283]
We´re in Cusco, which for the Incas was the “navel of the world”, the centre of their massive empire which ran from southern Colombia to northern Chile. When the Spanish conquered Cusco in the 16 th century they symbolically demolished the ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Wednesday, 26 Apr 2006 | Views [441]
It’s been quite a while since our last post and we have covered a lot of ground. We celebrated one year on the road in Huaraz in the spectacular Cordillera Blanca, a famous trekking area. We spent about a week there and did a few day treks from Huaraz.... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Saturday, 1 Apr 2006 | Views [513]
The roadblocks by the highland people, protesting about the free trade agreement with the US, cut off Riobamba for 4 days from the main north-south highway. We went walking on the old Inca royal trail up in the nearby mountains to find it being used ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
