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Collection of 540 travel stories from Peru. Written by your friends on the road.

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Traveler djtwist0

Cleaning Teeth is an Art Form
2008-06-30, Sorochuco, Peru. By: djtwist0

Got travel plans on my mind these days, especially when sitting in my room listening to Argentinean tango and craving that exotic Latino spice. But I know that the US of A will come a-reckonin’ fast...

 
Traveler djtwist0

Boney Yogis
2008-06-22, Huangashanga, Peru. By: djtwist0

I often say that I would have lived to be an older man if I didn’t do this tour. If I had stayed home, I would have hypothetically lived to the ripe old age of 80. After 2 years in the Peace Corps, I...

 
Picture from story Punctures, the French incident, the wave incident and the squirts .... and my birthday !

Punctures, the French incident, the wave incident and the squirts .... and my birthday !
2008-06-29, Lima, Peru. By: cbr600f

Well, I keep on having good ol' adventures don't I ? I've certainly had an action packed time since last I wrote .... Where to begin ?? At the start I suppose ... I arrived back in Lima on the Sund...

 
Picture from story Any more culture and I´ll fall asleep standing up

Any more culture and I´ll fall asleep standing up
2008-06-11, Cusco, Peru. By: djtwist0

It’s easy to lose sight of the reality of the situation here and get consumed by work, but every so often I have to step back and remember that I came here for an experience, not a career. Family memb...

 
Picture from story Journeys of Epic Proportions

Journeys of Epic Proportions
2008-05-30, Huasmin, Peru. By: djtwist0

As Peace Corps Volunteers, we’re put in our sites, sans money and told to design programs which will ultimately be sustainable for future peoples and lead to social development. In theory, if things ...

 
Traveler saradekker

Iquitos and Amazon
2008-05-22, Iquitos, Peru. By: saradekker

Iquitos, Peru Recap: Three weeks in Peru. Spent approximately two weeks in Iquitos and one week in the jungle/villages. Iquitos: Some people live in homes made of concrete walls and thatch...

 
Picture from story Canyons, Kickstarts, Hot-wiring and Hospitals .....

Canyons, Kickstarts, Hot-wiring and Hospitals .....
2008-06-12, Arequipa, Peru. By: cbr600f

Well, I hope you are sitting comfortably, have a nice drink in your hand and have plenty of time .... it is only 48 hours but by god there's lots to tell !! As I mentioned in my last entry I had arra...

 
Traveler fizzlepops

It´s all good
2008-06-10, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

I realize that some of my blogs may have a bit of a dramatic flare to them. Another volunteer warned me that this can result in feelings of panic in loved ones at home who read the blogs and come to ...

 
Picture from story Don't trust taxi drivers! Our misadventures enroute to Ollantaytambo.

Don't trust taxi drivers! Our misadventures enroute to Ollantaytambo.
2008-05-02, Ollantaytambo, Peru. By: Haroula

We left Refugio Lodge at 6:30 am. They took us back to the airport in Puerto Maldonado, and off we flew to Cusco. I think the laid back lifestyle of the Amazon Jungle spoiled us, because as soon as...

 
Traveler cbr600f

Change of plan !!
2008-06-10, Arequipa, Peru. By: cbr600f

Well, a change of plan .....I'm heading back up to Lima on Monday, I've got the chance to go back out with the dolphins for a week on an expedition to areas that haven't been researched before, why no...

 
Picture from story Fourth day with Rainforest Expeditions

Fourth day with Rainforest Expeditions
2008-05-01, Amazon Jungle, Peru. By: Haroula

I woke this morning at 3:00 am to the noise similar sounding to hitting two coconut halves together. It was very loud and there were many of them making that noise! I left the room and followed the no...

 
Picture from story Third day with Rainforest Expeditions

Third day with Rainforest Expeditions
2008-04-30, Amazon Jungle, Peru. By: Haroula

We left the lodge at 5:00 am and took a 5 min boat ride, upstream to the Macaw Clay Licks. They are the largest Macaw Clay Licks in the world. We had to be there first thing before they arrived, so we...

 
Picture from story Second day with Rainforest Expeditions

Second day with Rainforest Expeditions
2008-04-29, Amazon Jungle, Peru. By: Haroula

We left the lodge at 5:00 am and walked about 800 meters to a look out tower that overlooked the rain forest canopy. We arrived there in time to see the sunrise and had the oportunity to see many bird...

 
Picture from story First day with Rainforest Expeditions

First day with Rainforest Expeditions
2008-04-28, Amazon Jungle, Peru. By: Haroula

We arrived at the main office in Puerto Maldonado. Just .5 km from the Airport. Each group of people were assigned a personal guide that would remain with the group throughout the trip. Our guide's na...

 
Picture from story First day in Peru

First day in Peru
2008-04-27, Puerto Maldonado, Peru. By: Haroula

Puerto Maldonado was the first place Billie and I, stayed in Peru. It was quite the culture shock. As soon as we stepped out of the plane, the humidity hit us hard. A far cry from Alberta. It was so g...

 
Picture from story Wow, what a month continued....

Wow, what a month continued....
2008-06-06, Cusco, Peru. By: cbr600f

Well, as promised more tales from my month of dolphin volunteering ….. Aldo and Stefan told us that we would each have to have a go at starting the zodiac engine, one of those pull chord things that ...

 
Traveler fizzlepops

Projects? What projects?
2008-06-03, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

I am currently typing this while two different people are playing the same song but one is about 5 seconds faster than the other. So, if it sounds like I am having trouble concentrating that’s probab...

 
Picture from story Wow, what a month !

Wow, what a month !
2008-06-02, Cusco, Peru. By: cbr600f

Hello all, well here I am in Cusco, just round the corner from Machu Picchu. Firstly I am having major problems downloading my photos today so there won't be many pictures with this story I'm afraid....

 
Picture from story It´s Amazing Where the Day Can Take You

It´s Amazing Where the Day Can Take You
2008-05-24, Sucre, Peru. By: djtwist0

My laptop seems to have acquired some odd computer virus; a situation made odder by the fact that I have no internet connection. Randomly throughout my typing, the document will auto-format and then ...

 
Picture from story Random happenings of daily life in Peru

Random happenings of daily life in Peru
2008-05-20, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

A few weeks ago 2 women from the nearby town came to visit me at my house. I had met one of the women because she has a field in my site and was there planting in it one day when I was out doing hous...

 
Picture from story Sorochuco induces a trance-like state

Sorochuco induces a trance-like state
2008-05-17, Sorochuco, Peru. By: djtwist0

In my “spare time,” which is a euphemism for “the majority of my waking hours,” I have begun the arduous task of editing and re-posting some earlier journal entries. Recent entries are not exactly lit...

 
Picture from story A week with dolphins

A week with dolphins
2008-05-13, Pucusana, Peru. By: cbr600f

Still on the dodgy keyboard ! So bear with me .... Well, we-re still here in Lima and doing our dolphin research out of the port of Pucusana. We were supposed to be going down to Paracas this week an...

 
Picture from story Bitter and Relieved

Bitter and Relieved
2008-05-11, Sorochuco, Peru. By: djtwist0

In the 20 months which I have kept up with this blog, I’ve gotten a ton of emails from unknown people who have read my ramblings and sent back very positive, thoughtful messages. For these, I am very...

 
Traveler cbr600f

It's not the work that bothers me - it's the physical torture !!
2008-05-07, Pucusana, Peru. By: cbr600f

Hello all, just a very quick entry to let you know where I am and what I'm doing - the headline to this entry is what Louise said today and it's very apt ! We are still here in Lima but every day t...

 
Traveler cbr600f

Another new country ....
2008-05-04, Lima, Peru. By: cbr600f

Before I start I am having enormous trouble finding the right punctuation on this keyboard so you may find some strange symbols being used ! So, here I am in Peru, arrived today but before that I n...

 
Picture from story Hanging Out

Hanging Out
2008-05-02, Sorochuco, Peru. By: djtwist0

Tradition reared its ugly head after the Alanya trip. I awoke at 4AM the next day with a bulge in my stomach and knew that I was on deck to either give birth or vomit. But miracles of natures aside, ...

 
Traveler fizzlepops

Quick blog
2008-04-24, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

Just a quick update on the life of Susan. I now have 2 host siblings that will be going to University as my host brother has just taken the general exam and gotten in (for biology also). He was the ...

 
Picture from story Lots of Different Stuff

Lots of Different Stuff
2008-04-21, La libertad de Pallan, Peru. By: djtwist0

….And April is quickly slipping away. Today was one of those days when I woke up and realized that there is lots stuff to get done, but not tons of time to do it. While vaccinating children agai...

 
Picture from story Que será

Que será
2008-04-07, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

(note…sorry the pictures I uploaded are not in order) Vacation was fun but its back to work…and by work I mean working on the stack of books I keep taking from the ´take a book, leave a book´ shelf...

 
Picture from story 68.7% Done

68.7% Done
2008-04-05, Sorochuco, Peru. By: djtwist0

So Mom and Dad left and I was again alone, wandering desperate, dissolute and utterly alone in this cataclysmic experience known as the Peace Corps. Coincidentally, their leaving fell in the middle o...

 
Picture from story A Family Affair

A Family Affair
2008-03-21, Mancora, Peru. By: djtwist0

I was recently fortunate to receive a slice of home familiarity with the arrival of my parents. Our trip was great, but as with Murphy’s Law, the chip in my camera acted up and all the photos that I t...

 
Traveler gensworld

Crazy
2008-03-31, Lima, Peru. By: gensworld

I have been in Peru for three weeks and I am having a blast. Miraflores is a delightful place very romantic and safe, great place to acclamate. I spent a week there, hangin at the beach, chatting wit...

 
Traveler lmae613

Hello from Ayacucho, Peru
2008-12-06, Ayacucho, Peru. By: lmae613

Hello everyone. I miss you guys lots! I was so excited to see a message on my guestbook from Janice and Aunt Isabelle. Theres so much to tell and so little time. My time is ending here and so you´ll g...

 
Picture from story Semana Santa

Semana Santa
2008-03-22, Cajamarca, Peru. By: fizzlepops

There are very few environmental volunteers from my group with beautiful mountain sites...i am not one of them. Like most of the other volunteers, my site is in the dry forest in the coastal zone. M...

 
Traveler jazz

Indiana Jones style
2007-09-20, Lima, Peru. By: jazz

Start off along the coast of Peru, up into the Andes and into the heart of the Colombian jungle.

 
Traveler fizzlepops

Things that will kill you
2008-03-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops

There are a lot of superstitions about food in Peru which I have broken. Since many end in death I thought I would write abut them before I kick the bucket. It started in Lima when I ate my dinner c...

 
Traveler lmae613

I´m not in Kansas anymore
2008-12-06, Ayacucho, Peru. By: lmae613

I got to Ayacucho this morning around 8.30a. It was a little over an hour after it was scheduled to arrive, but it didn´t bother me one bit because I was sleeping the whole 10 hr ride. I´m def not...

 
Traveler lmae613

Miraflores
2008-11-06, Lima, Peru. By: lmae613

I had pre-arranged my flight before knowing all details about my trip. I figured it wouldn´t have been a problem to arrive at the volunteer site a few days early (which it wouldnt have been), but my p...

 
Picture from story Reconnect

Reconnect
2008-03-07, Huanchaco, Peru. By: fizzlepops

I just returned from our group reconnect in Huanchaco, outside of Trujillo. Every group has a reconnect after 3 monthes where everyone gets together to talk about what is going on at their sites, pro...

 
Traveler fizzlepops

Refridgeration
2008-02-26, Chiclayo, Peru. By: fizzlepops

This story is a little late in being posted but it is a big change in my life in the campo so I had to write about it. I bought a fridge! Instead of paying my family for living with them every month...

 

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