Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 | Views [706] | Comments [3]
Our last experience in Peru was visting the Uros Indians on their floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca. These people make their islands entirely of reeds from the lake. they also eat the reeds (apparently full of protein but we could only taste water ... Read more >
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Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 | Views [524] | Comments [1]
After an arduous 12 km trek, 700 meters up (but we walked úp´more than 700 meters as there were many, many steps up and down..) we finally passed though the ´Sun Gate´(the Inca trail entrance) to capture our first (well deserved) glimpse of Machu Picchu.... Read more >
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Thursday, 21 Jun 2007 | Views [517] | Comments [2]
well we finally got around to eating the national dish of Peru... Roasted Guinea Pig (coya)... We were enthusiastic about this culinary adventure until the poor little fella came out like a pig on a spit... we think he was full stride when cooked as ... Read more >
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Thursday, 14 Jun 2007 | Views [993] | Comments [8]
We survived the Amazon jungle, complete with tribal tattoos. Canopy walkway (the highest swinging rope bridge was 36.6m above ground and ....there were 14 of them!!) - had Sophie committing to a life changing moment.....possibly now she is on terra firma this ... Read more >
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Monday, 11 Jun 2007 | Views [396] | Comments [3]
We are having a great time. Went to the catacombs today - skulls and leg bones under an old church in the centre of Lima. A little on the nose and claustraphobic. Then looked around the antique and jewellery stores near our hotel. We had a fantastic ... Read more >
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Sunday, 10 Jun 2007 | Views [392] | Comments [3]
Touchdown in Peru after 30 hours of travel (including stopovers) arrived in Lima at 1am. (We were looking so exhausted after all our travels that our passport photos started to look like glamour shots!). The tour company picked us up directly at the ... Read more >
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