PERU | Wednesday, 1 Oct 2014 | Photo Gallery
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The tour bus took us out in the direction of the city, but we had gone scarcely any distance at all, still in Miraflores, we come to our first stop and first highlight. Huaca Pucllana is Lima's most famous archaeological site, containing a large adobe ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 10 Sep 2014 | Views [969]
The Hotel, Antigua Mirafores, has a kind of old colonial hacienda look to it, perhaps more accurately I might say, estancia , as its probably not big enough to be considered a hacienda. Old it is, but it is in good shape and looks like it's ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 8 Aug 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Insulated inside room 206, upstairs in Hotel El Promedio Anodino Casa , I didn't really hear much noise during the night. But by the time I came down for El desayuno I realised that the wrecking gang had been at it all night demolishing the building ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 17 Jul 2014 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 16 Jul 2014 | Views [702]
I was collected at the Casa Andina at 7am by yet another braces-wearing Peruvian guide to drive to the (inland) port. The port was quite close by, but as usual we had to go via umpteen other hotels to pick up the other passengers. When we eventually ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 3 Jul 2014 | Views [686]
The next morning I had my umpteenth cocoa tea in Unaytambo and scuttled out for another early start on the road. I was taxied across town to the Cusco depot of WonderPeru on the other side of Av de Sol. To my relief, given my recent experiences, they ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 2 Jul 2014 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 28 May 2014 | Photo Gallery
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The next day on my itinerary there was a trip scheduled to Peru's own home-grown contender for "8th Wonder of the World", Machu Picchu. The trip started badly (again), the driver arrived 10 minutes late. Then after getting away, we had got as far as ... Read more >
PERU | Friday, 16 May 2014 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 14 May 2014 | Views [600]
This morning I was scheduled to go on the first part of the Sacred Inca Trail tour. I was collected early at my hostela by someone I would come to call Braces Guide # 1, she took me to my coach for the Inca Trail trip. We stopped on the way out ... Read more >
PERU | Monday, 5 May 2014 | Photo Gallery
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Despite the baggage stuff-up I still got to Puerto Maldonado Airport way early (why do tour operators always insist on getting you there Über -early?). The good news was that I didn't have to hang around the minimally-equipped outpost of an airport ... Read more >
PERU | Tuesday, 29 Apr 2014 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Friday, 13 Dec 2013 | Views [591]
Lima la parte uno
The following day I had another early morning flight to the third country on my itinerary, Peru. Having prepared my bags, etc, the previous night, I set the wakeup time for 4:30 which would allow me enough time to shower and such ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Friday, 6 Dec 2013 | Photo Gallery
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Argentina: La Parte Tres
At breakfast the next morning an Argentinian guest at the hotel strikes up a conversation with me addressing me initially in Spanish, until he, a little embarrassed, realises his error. Quite a few of the locals seem to think ... Read more >
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