Peru
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Sunday, 3 Apr 2016 | Views [263]
Sad bye to our host family: Manuel, Stephanie and Fabio, snapped a family shot and boarded a plane for Lima. 5 hour stop over, then a 5 hour flight to Brazil. Day in transit.
Saturday, 2 Apr 2016 | Views [295]
Climbed the Pachacutec statue (POD is the view from up top). Great 360 view of Cuzco town and rolling hills. Then went to an Inka museum under the Temple of the Sun and checked out some artifacts - even mummies. Took our Cuzco family out for dinner ... Read more >
Friday, 1 Apr 2016 | Views [341]
Rest day, feeling a little sick today....coming up from the valley, Cusco is higher. Bummed around then went out to Shaman Vegan Raw Restaurant. It's run by locals and we met their six year old daughter who came and sat at the table with us before ... Read more >
Thursday, 31 Mar 2016 | Views [464] | Comments [1]
Wiped off the diesel and up we got. Had a breakfast snack and hopped on the bus up to MP for our official tour, so seeing it twice was a real treat. The bus takes 40mins and winds up the hill. It's really quite hidden and you can't see it from the river ... Read more >
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2016 | Views [334]
5:30am wake up and you wouldn't believe - we got a cake for breakfast!!! Wtf? Hahaha we were all laughing at the bizarro world of camping we found ourselves in and everyone laughed even harder when we told them that last time we went camping to Glenworth ... Read more >
Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016 | Views [329]
Up at 3am to hot coca tea and a dark sky full of stars. Porridge, pancakes and fruit salad for breakfast (I told you it was glamping!!!!) Edwin and Jimmy our guides told us that due to the 3rd campsite being unstable we would need to do the trek in 3 ... Read more >
Monday, 28 Mar 2016 | Views [325]
5am at Peru Treks office to catch the bus...apparently they only like picking people up from hotels right in town, so we walked down. Breakfast at Ollantaytambo and chatted with our group after the sleepy bus ride. 14 in total: Ryan, Michelle, Andy, ... Read more >
Sunday, 27 Mar 2016 | Views [282]
Manuel took us to the Sacred Valley. First stop Chinchero to visit a local craft market, where a community of traditional Quechua women produce clothing and craft. its all handmade and traditional, unlike the mass produced, machine made things ... Read more >
Saturday, 26 Mar 2016 | Views [264]
We both needed a rest day...from activity and each other. Mike went to the museum and I read a new book in Starbucks. We sampled all these local chocolate bars for dessert.
Friday, 25 Mar 2016 | Views [286]
Got the low down from Manuel and headed up and over the hill. First to look out over Cusco under the small Jesus statue - every Central/South American city seems to have one. Then onto Saqsaywaman (POD). The Inca remains here look like you're in a Minecraft ... Read more >
Thursday, 24 Mar 2016 | Views [356]
Manuel made us a tasty breakfast and suggested he take us of a tour around his town. It's always great having a local show you round...he lives in Santiago so we walked a long way around the main bits of town. We saw the Sun God waterfall, ... Read more >
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016 | Views [328]
Mama dropped us at Lima airport, gotta love mama! Super small plane to Cuzco, dramatic scenery as you come in - one side green Andeas, the other the brown tile roof tops, plus I always love getting down on the tarmac. While here we are doing ... Read more >
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2016 | Views [292] | Comments [1]
that's a tshirt slogan I plan on making. We hired bikes from Peru hire (bike tours of Lima) and headed out for 4 hours. headed along the malecon and
to parts of the historical centre. A city is better, you can discover more, and go further on a bike.... Read more >
Monday, 21 Mar 2016 | Views [221]
Headed to another trendy beachside suburb, south west of central Lima called Barranco. You really are smashed in like sardines when using public transport in massive cities...I just love having a crutch in my face. Barranco's cool, we walked a fair way ... Read more >
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Friday, 18 Mar 2016 | Views [207]
spent most of the day chilling at mamas with the highlight being a trip to the park at night to see the magical water circuit. It's a series of waterfalls around a nice green park with coloured lights and spectacular water tricks. we played with night ... Read more >
Thursday, 17 Mar 2016 | Views [239]
Started the day at Kennedy Park, where cats hang...? and I don't mean cool cats. Mike found himself the lucky participant in a social experiment (which he bloody lives for) about keeping the parks clean. It was sort of like a candid camera setup because ... Read more >
Wednesday, 16 Mar 2016 | Views [262]
Grabbed Mama's metro card and headed out to see how to city works. Like the Opal, Oyster...easy system, love it. Metro system is a new thing in Lima...to assist the 9 million residence!!!!!!!!! That's a lot of people compared with Sydney's 4 mill...but ... Read more >
Tuesday, 15 Mar 2016 | Views [240]
Norma and Ale also did a similar breakfast. They also had a parrot "Goldie" who was a gun at mimicking whistles! We got the hell out of the casa when the Zika fumigation crew came to yet another one of our casas (we love it how in Australia it's ... Read more >
