Latitude: -12.05 S Longitude: -77.05 W Capital: Lima
Travel in Peru
A total of 106 members have visited 249 locations in Peru.
Together they have written 619 travel stories and uploaded 6455 pictures from Peru.
Last visit in Peru was made 2009-10-31 by dilleybug who was in Iquitos.
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Short introduction to Peru
After a dozen years of military rule, Peru returned to democratic leadership in 1980. In recent years, bold reform programs and significant progress in curtailing guerrilla activity and drug trafficking have resulted in solid economic growth.
We arrived from Pisac in the morning and arrived in Cusco in the afternoon.
I would like to mention that in Cusco, near the town square, some hostels will try to charge $80 US. Keep looking! You c...
This morning we went to the main square in cuzco, before our flight back to lima. There was this huge parade there with schoolchildren and military officers and government officials. it was a big deal...
We traveled through the sacred valley at what seemed at the time to be a slow pace. The sacred valley is lush and... well, sacred! There are numerous ruins that the inca created to form places of rit...