http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from South America , Peru en-us Wed, 25 Nov 09 06:11:43 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 09 06:11:43 +0000 Nous revoil pour la suite de nos aventures Lima Mercredi 18 on profite d'un dernier repas avec Shawn dans un petit restaurant car c'est le dernier jour pass chez Marta au menu pour 6soles50 soupe de semola tamal alverjito y pollo saltado et picante carne et tout a accompagn du typique Inca kola...muy bueno.On se met en route avant la nuit 18h pour Miraflores le district tourist http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Miraflores/blog-455654.html An update on my weekend which was eventful to say the least On Saturday I got up really early and went to the butterfly farm alone as to go with a guide was 25 pounds more than my budget for a daytrip. The Lonely Planet guide had basic directions and I got an article from a local newspaper so I had figured pretty much how I was going to get there and how much money to pay. I had to get a moto http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Loreto/blog-455385.html So ich bin wieder in Lima.Leider funktioniert Fotoupload nicht. Mir geht es gut habe viele Menschen wiedergetroffen und wieder bisschen eingekauft... Leider passt mein Bild nirgends in irgendeine Tasche und ich versuche einen Flug nach Bogota zu finden... jaja. Dann gehe ich bald wieder an den Strand. Bald kommen vielleicht noch die fehlenden Fotos von Huaghachina und Nasca. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/blog-455376.html After an arduous journey of 12 hours from Guayaquil including a slow but painless border crossing we arrived in Piura in the north of Peru. Our hotel Los Jardines was a short walk from the bus station so at least we didn't have to deal with the taxi drivers. Our introduction to Peruvian food that night was good but massive portions. On the bus again early the next morning and a short 3 hou http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-455180.html After 4 nights in the Barranco district of Lima I ventured out with a local to the amazon region of Tarapoto. It was a nice view of the county side along the 29 hour bus ride. Went north up the coast then cut inland over the Andes for the remaining 10 hours. As the bus travelled along the thin ambilical cord connecting the amazon cities towns villages with modern civilazation the landscape http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/San-Mart-n/Tarapoto/blog-455108.html Hey this is Nat again.We're back in Lima at the first place we stayed in the neighbourhood of Barranco. Yesterday was that really only yesterday we went to Machu Picchu again We went up in the morning and spent about 3 hours wandering around. It was cloudy and rainy again when we got there and so we climbed up to what is called the funerary caretaker's hut and while we were sitting and reco http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Barranco/blog-454926.html Wed Nov 18 We are off.Thurs Nov 19 Today we toured Lima with our daughter. It was good to see her and have her as a guide. It is good to have a guide here. Lima is large with 9 million residents. Also public transportation is challenging. They have what they call combis which are between bus and van. They are cheap but you have to know exactly where you are going because they just list streets o http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-454652.html November 10 11 12 The AmazonTuesday November 10 2009 Day 1Leaving Cusco for the last time my weary legs from the 4 previous days manage to carry me to the local airport where we boarded a plane and transported to a small town by the name of Puerto Maldnado where we will then took a minibus to the riverboat via the office of the tour company where the bulk of our luggage was stored so w http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Amazonas/blog-454578.html Hi EveryoneIts Nat again. Just a really quick update today. Yesterday we went to Ollantaytambo Oyantaytambo. Very cool town built by the Incas. Cobblestone streets and all... Very nice.... but TODAY...We went to Machu Picchu We got up very early this morning and took the train to Aguas Calientes which is a small town that built up quickly for all the tourists flocking to Machu Picch http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Aguas-Calientes/blog-454510.html JThe first drama of the trip happened before we had even left Cusco. Neither of us own hiking boots suitable for the trek and not wanting to buy them we found a place where we could rent them for a week. We tried on a few pairs and found some that we liked so booked them for the trip. We returned to pick them up on the evening before the trek only to find that there had been a minor problem. http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Inca-Trail/blog-454507.html Hi all Just arrived in Iquitos in the Amazon north of Peru. I flew here from Lima this morning and got in around 1pm have spent the time since trying to acclimatise to the VERY hot weather conditions apparently it is about 32 degrees today and that is normal. Got to my hostel in one piece took recommendations from a Canadian girl I spent time with in Lima thanks Tanya Hostel is great cert http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-454475.html Day 1 up at 4am and then bus to a town called Ollantaytambo for breakfast. Back on the bus to KM82 2750m the famous starting point of the classic Inca trail. Then you walk along the river for a bit before you start to climb gently up and down rolling hills...the Peruvian flat. At one point we stopped and saw some ruins from a distance called Llactapata which were pretty big. This site was a http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Inca-Trail/blog-454442.html So we arrive in Peru for our eagerly awaited Gap adventures tour. The tour starts with a two day stay at Lake Titicaca. We stayed for the night with a family on an island in the middle of the lake. They had two adorable young boys called Oliver and Axel who tried to sing us nursery rhymes in Spanish while we ate with them. Also tried to play the locals at football and quickly realised why marath http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/blog-454435.html What a beautiful last day I checked out of my room at 11 and dropped my stuff behind the front desk of the hostel. After I grabbed lunch from the birdhouse the bacon turkey guacamole sandwich with potato salad...Im kinda getting bored with American food After lunch I laid out on the beach for a couple hours until it was kitesurfing time. Around 2 I met up with Rein and he gave me a kite ha http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-454422.html Haha fooled you. You thought I was coming home last week after Machu Picchu. Nope I wasnt quite ready to come home then so I extended my trip and have just come back ashore after exploring the worlds highest navigable lake in the world and the largest in South America Lake Titicaca. And just so you know its Titichacha think the old jewish guy joke with the fly in the soup.Here is http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Puno/Lake-Titicaca-/blog-454413.html Arrive Zaventem dimanche 15 au matin 8h aprs n'avoir dormi qu'une petite heuregrosse soire avec les amis et fin de prparation des sacs avec les derniers courageux spcial remerciements Morgan Bilou Aurlie... Brigitte et Charlie sont l pour nous accompagns. Nous aussi nous avons fait l'experience du ticket nonvalide... nous voil donc avec une pnalit de 240 eur pour changer n http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-454201.html Er kam sah und siegte DIch habe einen treck gemacht. das hat mir supergut gefallen. mit vielen bergen und schoenen momenten.meine erste exkursion ohne probleme. es hat zwar viel geregnet das wort regenzeit ist nicht falsch zu verstehen und einige haben in ihrem zelt gebadet aber mir gings immer gut. ich hab sogar kein geld ausgegeben weil wir abends immer gepockert haben und ich doch irgend http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Salkantay-Trail/blog-454200.html Chuchaki is Ecuadorean for Hangover Im not feeling too great today. I woke up around 830 chugged some gatorade had some water and then went back to sleep til about 11. I got up and went to the beach to get some sun...its sooo hot here. I grabbed lunch at the Birdhouse NC bbq and potatoe salad...very good. After lunch I headed to the beach. I was sweating my but off. I waited around til 2 the http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Piura/M-ncora/blog-454020.html And so the countdown to the end of our South America trip begins We have only 3 dys left in this crazy beautiful challenging corupt and awe inspiring continent...which mebns only 3 more days of speaking in 'pretend' Spanish although our Spanish IS actually barely understndible now only 3 more days of taking random buses and only 3 more days of waking up each morning parying that last night http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Cusco/Cusco/blog-453922.html hola amigosOn est bien arrivs Lima tout se passe super bien La journe t puisante dcalage horaire.. et donc on fera suivre les photos et les petites nouvelles normalement demainGros bisous tousRon et Elo http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Peru/Lima/Lima/Lima/blog-453806.html