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Iguaçu Falls

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010 | Views [217]

My bus got to Foz do Iguaçu early in the morning. As soon as I arrived i jumped on a couple of public buses to the Brazilian side of the falls. On my way i met a guy form Singapore called Teick and we hung around together at the falls. The falls are ... Read more >


Sao Paulo

UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 15 Sep 2010 | Views [246]

The bus from Sao Paulo was really nice. It had fully reclining seats, leg rests the lot. Once i arrived i got the Metro (underground) to my hostel. LimeTime is a really nice hostel with lots of nice staff that mede me feel really welcome. They noticed ... Read more >


Paraty

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010 | Views [253]

It was a nice early start as we wanted to catch the 10:00 ferry. There were 7 of us who decided to transfer together, safety in numbers and all that, we knew otherwise we would ll get lost. After the ferry we got a bus to Partay. It was a public bus ... Read more >


Ilha Grande

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010 | Views [218]

Ilha Grande is a jungle island about 1 1/2 hours from mainland Brazil. Its pretty small, although its translation is Big Island, and is known for its beaches. After soo long on the truck and in hostels i thought it was time for a bit of alone time ... Read more >


Rio Pt2

UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 31 Aug 2010 | Views [194]

After visiting Christ I returned to the hostel to see Liz and Cat, Two English girls I have been hanging out with, off as they are going on a tour today for the next 17 days and then home. After a couple of drinks we said goodbye. For the rest of the ... Read more >


Rio Pt I

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 22 Aug 2010 | Views [280]

After a long transit in lima i arrived in Rio. I was sat in Lima Airport for 13 hours so not much fun. To exacerbate an already bad mood I arrived and my airport transfer didn't turnup. My first day in Rio wasn't great as i was tired and bored and nobody ... Read more >


La Paz

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 22 Aug 2010 | Views [334]

La Paz - The most dangerous city in the world - Or so they say. La Paz really isn't a place to be affraid of. as long as you are sensible you'll be fine. i saw no troubke in all the time i was here. On our way we stopped atop a nearby hill to take ... Read more >


Copacabanna and Isla del Sol

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 22 Aug 2010 | Views [521]

after a really smooth border crossing we arrived in Copacabanna (not the beach in Rio) late. The group headed out to a local restaurant for dinner. My table of 6 ate well and drank for under 25quid. We ended up going out for a few drinks as there is ... Read more >


Puno and the Uros Islands

UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 22 Aug 2010 | Views [195]

After a rubbish drive day everyone headed into town to get some food. no one could be bothered to wait too long so we all split up. Myself, Robin and Zoe decided to get takeaway pizza and eat it in bed at the hotel. After a good sleep and early night ... Read more >


Cusco - Post Inca Trail

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Aug 2010 | Views [271]

Today we were off to the Football. Our guide Smithy had offered to take us to see Cusco V CNI as he was going anyway. The game was really good as it is getting close to the end of the season and both teams are languishing towards the bottom of the league ... Read more >


Machu Picchu - The lost city of the Incas

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Aug 2010 | Views [206]

Just to start off this place is amazing if you get the opportunity to go do its incredible. This place really is in the middle of knowhere. its no supprise that it was lost for soo many years. appart from the road taking you to the site its in the middle ... Read more >


The Inca Trail

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Aug 2010 | Views [295] | Comments [2]

I woke up at 4:15 because my room mate was raising merry hell through his nostrils so i decided to retaliate by getting ready for the trail. We set off at 6 towards a few ruins before hitting the Trail propper. The first place we went to was Saqsayhuman ... Read more >


Cusco - Pre Inca Trail

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Aug 2010 | Views [216]

Unfortunatly over night lots of the group had fallen ill. i think it was a mix of altitude sickness and reactions to foreign food. On the u[pside however i was feeling much better so all was good for me. One of the people that fell ill was the Co-Driver ... Read more >


Chivay - Colca Canyon

UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 13 Aug 2010 | Views [264]

To start off i want to reply to the numerous comments about spelling mistakes. Well the answer is that i dont have a spell checker am using bizzare keyboards and to be honest have better things to do (sit on a beach, have a pint, etc) than proof read ... Read more >


Arequipa

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 2 Aug 2010 | Views [238] | Comments [3]

After camping on the beach we had a long drive day to Arequipa. It turned out to be exactly that, LONG. Once we arrived we had dinner in the hotel as noone could be bothered to venture out. Afer dinner Sam (the tour leader) played the piano as he used ... Read more >


Nazca

UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 2 Aug 2010 | Views [221]

In the morning we returned to civilisation and had some breakfast before we headed off to Nazca. Once we arrived in Nazca we had a look at 3 of the famous lines. These are pretty wicked and are believed to have been created by the Nazca people walking ... Read more >


Ballestas Islands and the Desert

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 | Views [199]

Today was an early start and we headed off to Paracas to get on a boat to the Ballestas Islands. These islands are also referred to as the "Poor Mans Galapagos". They were really cool and had loads of cool animals on them including birds, sea ... Read more >


Lima - Day 2

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 29 Jul 2010 | Views [199]

Got up late after an eppic night out last night. Somehow i managed to escape the hangover. god knows how. After chilling in the hostel in the morning we went off to the Ore Museum. The first floor was the oddest mix of war memrobelia including guns and ... Read more >


Lima - Day 1

UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 24 Jul 2010 | Views [280] | Comments [2]

I spent most of the day in bed after leaving the others as i was rather tired from the flight. When i woke the next morning I heard english voices in the corridor. i went out to explore and found people from the travel group that i´m joining up with.... Read more >


Photos: Peru

UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 22 Jul 2010 | Photo Gallery


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