Blogs from Peru, South America - page 1211

An amazing location set in the Andes Mountains and an amazing site. I won't write about the sight as there are many books written about Machu Pichu or even documentaries, who can do a much better job than I could at detailing the advanced techniques they must have used to build this city. I visited the site as part of a tour along the Inca trail and was also given a tour of the ruins. I was there during my 2 year trip around South America, for more details of my time in Peru follow the link below. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-497136.html... read more

Paucartambo Cusco - Peru Todo esto sucedio ya un par de a;os atras (como pasa el tiempo!!!) yo con un grupo de compa;eros en el bus de la universidad fuimos en el mes de julio a la fiesta patronal de Paucartambo (con motivo de trabajo de investigacion),este un pueblito muy tradicional que tiene como patrona a la Mamacha del Carmen, todo el mundo quiere ir en sus fiestas por ser tan popular y donde la gente paucartambina que radica en otros ciudades regresan solo para encontrarse con sus paisanos y celebrar las casi 2 semanas de fiesta, danza, comida y devocion. A;o tras a;o, mas en sus dias festivos este pueblito para repleto , no entra ni una aguja mas, donde el dia y la noche se confunde entre amanecidas de los coloridos trajes de los ... read more

Hola amigos, Here I am in Tumbes, just south of the Eduadorian border, sweltering to death. Spent the last 4 days in Lima staying with an American girl called Holly, who we met in Bolivia. She is working there as a teacher and lives in an extremely rich area. All the houses had big surrounding walls, even bigger mean-looking guard dogs, and big cheery security guards, armed with huge guns - eeek! I know they are there for my protection, but it is still freaky walking down the street and being watched by ten armed men! Being the swankiest area, restaurants were pretty pricey compared to other places, so one night we decided to stay in and cook our host a meal. Big mistake! We went along to the supermarket and bought tonnes of noodles, veggies ... read more

Here I am back in Cuzco, Peru, feeling slightly delirious for two reasons really: the horrendously strong malaria tablets I have been taking (producing strange but cool dreams!) and the fact that I have had no sleep for the past 5 days. Why? The infamous Inca Trail... The Inca Trail runs for 44 kilometres through the Andes, ending at the ruins of Macchu Picchu, one of the few Inca settlements that were never found by the Spanish, and hence never destroyed. Like most people, we decided to do the hike with a tour group, the advantage being that they provide (and more importantly CARRY) all the food and camping equipment that we would need for the 3 nights and 4 days it takes to hike the trail. We were actually really really lucky with the weather,we ... read more

1999……….6wks SOUTH AMERICA-ARGENTINA, PERU............ Colca Canyon …………………The travelling from Arequipa to the Colca Canyon was a 6-hour trip along a bumpy, dusty road going past countryside reminiscent of Mongolia or Ladakh. I have had so much dust in the last few days that I’m congested with the coughs and a sore throat. The Canyon, said to be twice the depth of the Grand Canyon, is more than 3,400m deep for more than 100km and is the territory of the majestic Condor. Well what a disappointment this tour has been so far. There's about 24 of us on a really slow, large bus (instead of a small group on a minibus as promised) and the guide only talks if you ask her something and then she doesn't now the answer! After 6hrs (instead of 4) we are ... read more