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Lima, between crazy cars and beautiful old town...

Heeeelloooo!!! Here we are now in Peru!! We arrived a few days ago in Lima... and the first contact with the town was... how to say... hectic!! We usually always take the local buses to go into town from the airport. So we arrived at the bus stop, and we discovered a very strange system!! A...

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agnesola on September 13, 2007 from Lima, Peru

from the travel blog: Baby and Baby's around the world travel...

Inca Trail Trek - Day 1

An early morning pick up of 4am - but hey we didn´t mind as we were so excited. Drove through the Sacred Valley and had breakfast at Ollantaytambo - pancakes and eggs, yummy! Back into the bus for another 40 mins arriving at the Trail Head - KM 82 at 2750m. A quick group snap, stamps in the...

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chrishoorweg on September 12, 2007 from Cusco, Peru

from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?

Piranhas, toucans, gum boots and funny rashes!!

Hola from the Amazon, Arriving into Iquitos, we were met by our guides and transferred to our little red boat for our 3 hour journey upstream on the Amazon River to Muyuna Lodge. Iquitos was a really interesting city. Only accesible by boat or plane it has developed over time through the...

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chrishoorweg on September 9, 2007 from Iquitos, Peru

from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?

Cusco and Surrounds

After our amazing week in the Amazon and getting our camera gear wet, we arrived in Cusco. Wow, what a pushy city!!! Too many street touts trying to sell you everything from finger puppets to different tours. By the end of two days, we were well and truly ready to head into the mountains for...

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chrishoorweg on September 9, 2007 from Cusco, Peru

from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?

Lima

Hi All, Our flight over to Lima was just fine, although we wouldn't recommend Iberia Airlines for long haul. Didn't have individual screens and not a lot of food for such a long flight. I kept getting poor Chris sandwiches (we know he doesn't cope too well on an empty stomach). Anyway,...

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chrishoorweg on September 3, 2007 from Lima, Peru

from the travel blog: and one last trip before we come home.........?

Random observations from the half way mark...

Just thought we would post some random observations as we have passed the half way mark in our South American adventure... - Cath has discovered that there is such a thing as too much cheese. In Chile, cheese seems to be part of every meal. - Roadsigns are purely recommendations, nobody...

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Cath & Andy on April 27, 2007 from Puno, Peru