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November 20th 2010

Published: November 28th 2010

After a hectic two week whizz around Peru and a few near death experiences I've made it back from the darkest jungles of Peru and my first foray to the South American continent, bear with me, it could be a long tale. I'd always wanted to fly over London on the 5th November to see all the fireworks displays and so the journey to Peru began on the 5th, sadly first thing in the morning and there we... Read Full Entry

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Inca bridge

They had to close this as someone fell off a few years ago, eek...

Inca trail in

Inca trail out

Doorway

Fascinating, have I lost you yet?

Temple of the sun

'Sublime stonework' according to my guidebook

Yet more terraces

Wouldn't like to weed these

and again...

And you're done

Thank you for your attention, we hope you enjoyed the trip

I've never seen the like

Fashion shows and dancing on a train and not a drunk commuter in sight.

Taxi of the jungle

Flag one down and off you go

Chocolate river

The ONLY way to travel in the Amazon, it's lovely

Erm, excuse me..

I think a wall is missing. The noise of the jungle is very soothing, except at 5am when the howler monkeys start.

Tree tops

Yet another Peruvian vertigo challenge, the canopy tower, nice that they were painting it so you couldn't hold on properly at the top as it swayed in the wind.

Which way is that?

Don't get lost here, it looks the same in every direction!

Don't poke me

If you poke this Cayman aligator with a stick, it WILL snap at you. Most of the boat seemed surprised at this response.

Steamy jungle

The oxbow lake looking sultry in the morning rain

Grin and bear it

A piranha is caught, sadly not by me, he's just posing for the camera before being put back, say cheese!

Mud

Capybara!

Pretty cute for a rodent, but I wouldn't like to anger it, it's teeth are rather large

Banana boat

The locals taking their wares to market

Turtle power

29th November 2010

carolyn Wood
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You are quite the adventurer surprised you didn't walk the inca trail great pictures!

7th April 2014

Sabrina
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So cute, I want one!!

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