Cusco to Puno

Brendan and Andes in background.

July 6th 2008
From Cusco we set out for Puno, a several hour bus trip. The journey involves crossing the altiplana. the plateau of the high Andes. Fantastic mountain scenery along with views of villages and farmland along the way. ... read more

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Brendan and Linda Hegarty

Bren and Linda

Hi. My name is Brendan, my wife is Linda and we are both Irish, currently living in Dublin. My wife and I have always envied those young people who had the opportunity to travel after leaving school, collage etc. We ourselves went straight from school into the work place. We always told ourselves that we would make up for this by travelling after our retirements, if we made it that far. But we often asked ourselves why the pleasures of travel should only apply to the young or the old. What about us in betweens, yep thats right, the middle aged. Both of us were in the fortuna... full info

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