PERU | Wednesday, 4 Jan 2012 | Photo Gallery
New Year Festivities in Lima
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Tags: beach, customs, festivities, new year, peru, south america, travel
PERU | Wednesday, 4 Jan 2012 | Views [6369] | Comments [1] | Video
New Year’s Eve In Lima New Year’s Eve in Lima is all about yellow. Yellow leis, hats, 2012 glasses, undies, t-shirts, are all available in shops and street stalls, all yellow, ready for New Year’s Eve. There is also a tradition of burning effigies ... Read more >
Tags: beach, customs, festival, lima, peru, south america, travel
PERU | Thursday, 29 Dec 2011 | Views [1062] | Video
I have been in Lima now for almost a week. I am staying with my friend Sergio, who has an apartment in Surco, a modern southern suburb of Lima. It is a lovely area, safe and peaceful, with local shops on the street corner and along the block. It seems ... Read more >
Tags: lima, peru, south america, travel
ECUADOR | Tuesday, 20 Dec 2011 | Views [10960] | Comments [4] | Video
In 2008 when I travelled from Ecuador to Peru, I took the easy way – I flew. This time I decided to go by bus. Much cheaper, but time consuming and not always convenient, but I hadn’t seen the countryside south of Cuenca so I thought it would be a ... Read more >
Tags: border crossing, ecuador, on the road, peru, south america, travel
