Blogs from Peru, South America - page 1124

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We have arrived in Lima, Peru finally after about 21 hours of flights and transits....I personally got about 5 hours of sleep and Josh managed to sleep most of all of the flights. We are fine and well in Peru after our long and tiring flights, and of course the taxi which nearly killed us...well i dont know how many times it was in the 40min trip to our hostel, but several times over we were close enough to lick the other cars (i can see why many didnt have wing mirros anymore). It was Vietnam all over again but more organised as traffic on our side of the road was all going in one direction. But people here dont seem to know what the 2 second rule is or what indicators are for!! but they ... read more

Les photos sont dans le post précédent. Quelques nouvelles : mon projet de puit avance très lentement, je crois que je ne verai jamais le début de la construction. Graeme parcourt la pampa en suivant les canalisations pour mesurer des débits entre autres choses. Nos plans : On sort du pays ce WE pour des questions de Visa, direction équateur. Après on continu à bosser un petit bout de temps tout en visitant la région, puis on part a Cuzco pour aller voir les Incas. Bises a tout le monde... read more

Wow what a week. Exactly a week ago I left for Colca Canyon for what is considered one of the hardest, but most rewarding, hikes in South America. Here is the breakdown of one of the most amazing, exhausting, and trying experiences of my life. Day 1 Ohad, my Israelli hiking partner, and I woke at 2:45 to catch a 3:30 bus to Cabanaconde, the starting point for our hike. Although we were both very nervous about this hike (we had both read that it is extremely hard), I was especially nervous because I was starting the whole thing with a bad case of diarrhrea, which is especially worrisome because of the scarsity of water in the area. So, arriving at 10:30 am, I was already sweating from nerves even before being slapped by the extremely ... read more

Well after being in Lima for a couple of days, we have come to the conclusion that it is just another big dirty city. We had a little trouble finding our hostel as there werent any signs outside or anything, but none the less we did find it, and it was rather comfortable. We spent our first day walking down the main road towards the beach in Miraflores. The middle of the road was lined with trees, so it was a pleasant enough walk of about an hour. The beach itself was ,bot a becah by our standards, instead of sand there was rocks and there was soo much fog about by the time we reahed there that you couldnt see the city up on the cliffs, about 1km away. We didnt really know where ... read more