Trip: Peru
There are [15] stories from my trip: Peru
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 19 Mar 2008 | Views [531]
I'm actually writing this from New Zealand, having arrived here at 3am this morning (Wednesday). I was really sad to be leaving South America, I've had such an amazing time and feel I have changed and learnt so much in the 4 months I spent there. I have ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 | Views [540] | Comments [1]
Whilst recoverering from the night out in Cusco, I found myself yet again feeding stray dogs on the street. A young ginger dog that looked a bit like Jack caught my attention, because his ribs were sticking out so much. I bought a muffin from the street ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 | Views [751]
Well a drunken promise for a "big night out in Cusco" is one thing... but it was quite another when, with the hangover from hell from the night before in Puno, I boarded a bus for the 7 hour journey to Cusco. Kylee´s tour group had left at ... Read more >
PERU | Wednesday, 20 Feb 2008 | Views [738] | Comments [1]
After all the excitement of the archaelogical sites in Chiclayo, I decided it was high time for some serious beach action.. so I spent two weeks in Huanchaco, a sleepy little town on the coast near Trujillo with a long golden beach, hot sunny days and ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Tuesday, 22 Jan 2008 | Views [806]
Today, two and a half months after paddling in the seas of the Atlantic ocean in Salvador, Brazil... I paddled in the Pacific ocean on the coast of Peru!! What an amazing thought, I have crossed South America all by myself! So I left Chachapoyas the ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
PERU | Tuesday, 15 Jan 2008 | Views [1316] | Comments [1]
We arrived in Chachapoyas quite late following the broken down bus incident from Pedro Ruiz, but not late enough that the tour salesman at the hostel didn`t jump at the chance to sell us a "special" tour the next day to some of the many archaelogical ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
PERU | Tuesday, 15 Jan 2008 | Views [580]
It seems like a lot has happened since my last entry in Yurimaguas, which was only 5 days ago, so here goes... So me and the four Americans set off for Tarapoto that afternoon in two cars. The road between Yurimaguas and Tarapoto is closed until 6pm ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
PERU | Friday, 11 Jan 2008 | Views [945]
I´m on a roll now, trying to get back up to speed with my journal entries! Today is Thursday, and I arrived this morning at a sleepy little town called Yurimaguas. I got here by boat from Iquitos, which left on Monday evening. Quite an adventure! ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Friday, 11 Jan 2008 | Views [878]
Well, I´ve been trying to write the blog entry for my 5 day jungle trip for the last couple of weeks, having already written 6 or 7 pages in my diary. But there is so much to tell and its so hot sitting in internet cafes for hours on end that I kept ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 18 Dec 2007 | Views [535] | Comments [1]
It really is time I left this place. I´ve been here 4 weeks now and realised today this is the closest I have to a home at the moment! The longer I stay, the more I realise the locals (or rather the expats who have settled here) are generally fruitcakes.... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Friday, 14 Dec 2007 | Views [705] | Comments [1]
As part of my involvement with the Amazon CARES
organisation, I was invited to go along on a boat trip to visit a jungle
village 4 hours up river from Iquitos.
The intention was to set up a mobile vetinary clinic and hopefully treat and
help ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [346]
Just a note to say that I´ve put loads of Iquitos photos up on Flickr, take a look!
Tags: Adventures
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 3 Dec 2007 | Views [309]
Photos can be viewed here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=one_set72157603369736031
Tags: On the Road
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 2 Dec 2007 | Views [448] | Comments [1]
I have spent the last week in Iquitos which is right out in the Amazon jungle, accesible on by plane or by boat on the Amazon river. Its called a city, but not necessarily what I imagined. As you would expect, its very lush and tropical, huge palms everywhere, ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2007 | Views [392] | Comments [1]
So today I arrived in Lima, had to get up at 4am for a 7:30am flight. I arrived at the airport and suddenly realised it was very different from Brazil, which I had started to get used to over the last 2 weeks. So an awkward hour or so hanging around ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
