PERU | Friday, 26 Jan 2007 | Views [473]
Australia day in Peru – we started the day early on a 10 hour bus trip from Nazca that took 12 ½ hours thanks to drifting sands accross the desert road – oh and some lady that the bus kept stopping for so she could puke her guts up. ... Read more >
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PERU | Thursday, 25 Jan 2007 | Views [720]
After shopping around and mulling it over Jess decided to take a flight over the “lines”. It was 35 minutes in a blender but totally worth it. It was a 4 seater plane which could spin on a dime and did often as the piolet fancied himself as some ... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 23 Jan 2007 | Views [1198]
Well on the move again and to one of my personal highlights – Nazca – home of the famous and yet mysterious lines. The place is a small town in the middle of nowhere!! The town survives because of the tourist travel for the lines but most people ... Read more >
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PERU | Sunday, 21 Jan 2007 | Views [431]
Stayed in the middle of the desert (literally) in a small oasis called Huacachina near Ica (still heading south). Crashed here for 3 days, just cruising, playing with the local wildlife (okay maybe not so local but the monkey lives in the hostel ... Read more >
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PERU | Friday, 19 Jan 2007 | Views [474]
Staying in the small town of Pisco – famous for the cocktail Pisco sour – had a jugo f it last night and forgot that unlike australia who das 2 shots of alcohol to a litre and then a mixer here we consumed pretty much straight alcohol with a bito ... Read more >
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PERU | Wednesday, 17 Jan 2007 | Views [369]
After a great snooze in our room above the city (we're on the 4th floor) we headed out to check out the local markets - and hit the local ¨black¨market. Talk about hi fi city. Any dvd's you could possibly want and possibily some ones flogged camera also.... Read more >
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PERU | Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 | Views [472]
Well we got here no problems and even managed some sleep on the overnight bus. We got to our chosen hotel around 7.30am and although she couldn't give us a double until 12 she offered us a standby room to snooze in if we wanted. Something different ... Read more >
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PERU | Monday, 15 Jan 2007 | Views [374]
Wll after a gorgeous few days it's time to push on down the Peruvian coast. We've decided to take a night bus to Lima (Peru's capital and 60% of the population lives there). There's one town between here and there we would like to visit but we'll hit ... Read more >
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PERU | Monday, 15 Jan 2007 | Photo Gallery
Adventures in the land of ruins
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ECUADOR | Wednesday, 10 Jan 2007 | Views [823]
Time to chill as we've been slowly heading for the beachside hamlet of Huanchaco. At th bus stop in Chiclayo we've got a bit of time until our bus and we go searching for brekkie. There's a lady selling stuff outside the bus terminal that lloks fun ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Sunday, 7 Jan 2007 | Views [665]
After an early alarm we head to the bus terminal for a 7am bus - after having language issues with the bus ticket lady (I just want a simple si or no - don't keep babbling lady) we decide to only by a bus ticket to the border. We wanting to cross the ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Friday, 5 Jan 2007 | Views [1940]
Leaving the city of churches today - we're getting use to packing. Another 5 hour bus ride bu with an up side - we were handed crackers and juice for our journey!! Little things count big so that was nice. Very twisty roads taking us slowy slouth out ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Thursday, 4 Jan 2007 | Views [1096]
Stayed the night in a dodgy hostel overlooking the Incapirca ruins (the best ruins in Ecuador) these were built around the 1500s before the spanish came in a obilterated everything and everyone. Pretty impressive considering it was built 3,150 metres ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Saturday, 30 Dec 2006 | Views [446]
Hit the markets today in Riobamba. There were a few markets on that tended to merge into one huge one as stalls covered the streets surrounding each. Fruit and veg markets we're getting use to and buying our stuff from but this was our first animal ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Friday, 29 Dec 2006 | Photo Gallery
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ECUADOR | Friday, 29 Dec 2006 | Views [984]
Got up early today to do a tourist train in Riobamba to see the famous "Nariz del Diablo" or "Devil's nose" a very clever switchback that got our train down 305metres down the side of a mountain within 5 minutes. Very clever. We ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Wednesday, 27 Dec 2006 | Views [517] | Comments [1]
Tried to take the "Devils nose" train in Riobamba. Arrived at train station just after 6am to find tickets all sold out. Wandered to the bus terminal instead and headed 2 hours out to Guaranda. Quiet town, meandered up to the top of the hill ... Read more >
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ECUADOR | Monday, 25 Dec 2006 | Views [649]
We had a fun christmas - slightly different than normal. We found a small christmas tree to hang our 2 aussie orndaments on. Wrapping paper is an extravagance here so our pressies were wrapped in newspaper. We had a $20 limit each and both went our ... Read more >
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