Peru
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Thursday, 22 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 20 Apr 2010 | Views [1047]
Believe it
or not it took us 12 hours to drive the 230 km to Manu National Park on Sunday. Even
allowing three or four hours for rest breaks, lunch by a beautiful waterfall and
a bird walk we averaged only 25 miles per hour, not too bad considering ... Read more >
Saturday, 17 Apr 2010 | Views [462]
Pisac is the
last of the archeological sites near Cusco on our boleto touristica, and the
largest. The ruins overlook the
Urubamba River valley and are best know for the massive agricultural terraces. Even higher on the hillsides you can ... Read more >
Thursday, 15 Apr 2010 | Views [499]
I was prepared to be disappointed by Machu Picchu. It has been featured on so many travel shows and the classic photos are everywhere in Peru. Besides, we have been to Petra, Tikal, Angkor Wat and seen the pyramids of Egypt, each of them a better ... Read more >
Wednesday, 14 Apr 2010 | Views [414]
(I was
cracking wise with Connie and now I can’t get the stupid song out of my mind!) The heavy
rains in January and February pretty much washed out the famed “Inca Trail” and
did considerable damage to the railway between Cusco and Aguas ... Read more >
Monday, 12 Apr 2010 | Views [326]
We first
heard about Moray from the Wrights at an Explorers Club meeting. Their descriptions and photos were
right on target. Moray is 1 ½
hours by taxi from Cusco, all uphill through breathtaking scenery. We could have been in Switzerland ... Read more >
Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Views [288]
Church bells were pealing as we left the Plaza at 6:30. We wanted an early start for Lake Huacopay, just beyond the ruins of Tipon. All along the way we say the devastation caused by the flooding of January and February. Fields were destroyed ... Read more >
Sunday, 11 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 10 Apr 2010 | Views [349]
Ascencio was
waiting for us in the Plaza San Blas just as we had agreed. He would be our driver this morning –
and probably for several more days – as we explore the Inca sites around Cusco
and the Sacred Valley. We could
have taken a ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Apr 2010 | Views [310]
Today didn’t
go exactly as planned. We boarded
the bus for Copacabana, Bolivia only to find out that Americans have to pay $135
to enter Bolivia. It seems the
president’s new best friend, Hugo Chavez, of Venezuela convinced him to dump ... Read more >
Thursday, 8 Apr 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Wednesday, 7 Apr 2010 | Views [353]
We were
lucky to get a bus from Arequipa to Puno.
It seems the demonstrations we saw yesterday in the Plaza were the bus
drivers going on strike. No buses
to Lima or Cusco but Puno was spared and we had royal treatment on Cruz del
Sur;... Read more >
Monday, 5 Apr 2010 | Views [354]
We
have been here since Wednesday – or at least our luggage has been – but we
didn’t see any of the sights until today.
Arequipa is a comfortable place, especially for us Coloradans. The altitude is a little higher than
Denver and the ... Read more >
Sunday, 4 Apr 2010 | Views [517]
In
retrospect we probably could have done it on our own but sometimes a tour is
the easy way, even if it costs more.
We were the first to be picked up so we sat in the front of the
bus. Not only was the view better,
we didn’t get vertigo ... Read more >
Friday, 2 Apr 2010 | Views [717]
Our
bus was the “earliest we have been late” and we arrived in the seaside town of
Mollendo just after lunch. Our cab
driver agreed to meet us at 6:00 AM to take us to Sancturio Nacional Laguna de Mejia
before we even checked into La Posada.... Read more >
Tuesday, 30 Mar 2010 | Views [410]
The Nasca probably knew what they wanted to accomplish when they began etching lines,
geometric designs and giant pictures into the desert soil. Heck, they worked at removing the dark
oxidized rock to expose the light sand from 200 BC until ... Read more >
Monday, 29 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Sunday, 28 Mar 2010 | Views [593]
The only reason to travel to Pisco is to visit the Islas de Ballestas in nearby Paracas. Pisco is dirty, dusty and not even actually on the bus route. Buses drop you off on the Pan American . . . unless they have forgotten you. In that case you ... Read more >
Sunday, 28 Mar 2010 | Photo Gallery
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Friday, 26 Mar 2010 | Views [408]
The ticket
office at Wong Department Store seemed like a good place to buy bus tickets but
their prices were double what we expected and their bus didn’t go to Pisco but
to nearby Paracas. So we taxied
directly to the Ormenos bus terminal ... Read more >
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