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Dejando atras el amazonas

Y de nuevo al autobus!! Creo que me voy a comprar uno para mi solito!! La verdad que estoy un poco cansado de andar corriendo de aqui para alla. Sin parar mas de 3 dias en ningun lado. Siento que no acabo de conocer los lugares ni la gente, que voy con prisa por llegar a una meta, por...

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Eka on October 12, 2009 from Chiclayo, Peru

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On the archaeological trail

I got into Chachapoyas about 6.30am, after a fairly comfortable journey on a night bus (my first – but by no means last - of the trip). It was a significant detour on my route towards Lima, and then Cusco, but there was a ruins called “Kuelap” I wanted to check out. I didn't have a lot of time...

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Sam_C on October 10, 2009 from Cusco, Peru

from the travel blog: Epic Detour

Please stop circling the monkey!

We finally escaped the Vortex yesterday and found a bitchin' 1974 Dodge Coronet collectivo taxi headed to Nazca with a load of cargo and a local couple. After 2 hours of bleak desert nothing, we came across a stretch of bleak desert nothing with a bunch of parked tour buses and a bunch of...

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Jason Kester on October 8, 2009 from Nazca, Peru

from the travel blog: South!

Y la vuelta mas despacio, pero por el mismo sitio!!

El barco tiene tres pisos, el de abajo es para mercancias y los dos de encima para pasajeros. En el 2º piso, el 1º de pasajeros, es en el que mas gente va porque a la noche refresca un poco y como ahi estan los motores pues es mas calido. Pero tambien hacen un ruido del copon...!! Asi que yo me...

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Eka on October 6, 2009 from Tarapoto, Peru

from the travel blog: Ekaren bidaia

Big Day with penguins and deserts & stuff

Our hotel in Paracas came with a nice rooster to wake us up in time for a boat trip out to the Islas Ballestas, which is probably as close as we'll come to the Galapagos on this trip. It was actually pretty cool for ten bucks, and we got within poking distance of seals, penguins, pelicans, and...

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Jason Kester on October 5, 2009 from Huacachina, Peru

from the travel blog: South!

Ceviche

So our last day in Lima was pretty cool. The old Spanish colonial center is groovy, though they had it on double-secret security alert while we were there. There were dudes with guns milling around everywhere you looked, and accumulating in bunches in alleyways. One guy was walking around...

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Jason Kester on October 4, 2009 from Paracas, Peru

from the travel blog: South!

Llegamos a Lima

Continent #6 is officially checked off the list. All that remains is Antarctica, and since it's not going anywhere, it can wait until I've made the big bucks and can afford to do it in style. For now, it's time to get down to business. Specifically, it's time to figure out exactly what there...

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Jason Kester on October 2, 2009 from Lima, Peru

from the travel blog: South!

Por el rio Amazonas!!

Jueves por la mañanita salgo de Tarapoto a Yurimaguas en colectivo. Supuestamente, todos los dias salen barcos que van por el rio hasta Iquitos. Porque la unica manera de llegar es por avion o por barco, no hay carreteras que unan Yurimaguas con Iquitos. Pero resulta que ayer miercoles salieron...

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Eka on October 2, 2009 from Iquitos, Peru

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Entrando en el Amazonas.

He pasado la noche en Piura, a la mañana me he levantado y a la terminal de buses. Hasta las 13:30 no sale el bus que me llevara hasta Tarapoto, asi que he dado un paseo por el mercado y por el centro de la ciudad. Piura esta a menos de 2 horas de la Costa y el paisaje no tiene nada que ver con...

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Eka on September 29, 2009 from Tarapoto, Peru

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Guayaquil, and on to Peru

I arrived in Guayaquil late afternoon after a delayed flight from the Galapagos. It was a bit of a shock to be back in a big city (Guayaquil is 2 million people). The fact that the hostel was pretty empty, and a bit out of the way probably didn't help. I wasn't too interested in staying there,...

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Sam_C on September 29, 2009 from Chiclayo, Peru

from the travel blog: Epic Detour

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