 | Skeletons and salsa along the Costa Verde
2003-07-14, Lima, Peru. By: chefortune | | In the morning I took a taxi out to Miraflores, one of Lima's more upscale barrios, to meet up with my friend Rosie in her hotel where she is staying with a group of friends from a conference. Along t... |
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 | Getting my just deserts
2003-07-16, Nazca, Peru. By: chefortune | | Today, as I was travelling alone again, I left all completely up to fate and took off from Lima in the early morning without making prior bookings for a hostel or flight upon my arrival in Nazca, eigh... |
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 | Getting high on Lake Titicaca
2003-06-22, Puno, Peru. By: Alex_RTW | | Sorry, that was a cheap way to start but I couldn't resist. We did get high on the lake, but at an altitude of 3800m it's difficult not to!
'The Book' says for best veiws of the scenery on the trai... |
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| Is nothing Sacred?
2003-06-22, Puno, Peru. By: Alex_RTW | | Before we left Cusco we spent the day in the company of Leo, a slightly eccentric guide as he took us on our postponed tour of the Sacred Valley of the Inca's (or, as he pointed out rather forcefully ... |
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| The Inka Trial!
2003-06-17, Puno, Peru. By: Alex_RTW | | There's nothing like an early start after a night of trumpets and fireworks to set you up for four days of trekking through the Andes to reach the Lost City of Machu Picchu.
The Cusquenians seem to... |
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 | A quick trip through Peru
2003-04-13, Peru, Peru. By: kicki | | Hi everybody! As Traveljournals.net fucked up they have lost a few of my travel reports. That´s why you might recognize this one. There have been a lot of problems but I give them another chance. Peru... |
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| Loco in Cuzco
2003-06-05, Cuzco, Peru. By: Alex_RTW | | Hi everyone, at last the thing seems to be up and running, so here goes with the very first posting...
We had a great and relaxing week in Miami. After the first couple of days where the weather wa... |
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 | Cuzco
2002-10-08, Cuzco, Peru. By: kyt | | One shot from the recent elections in Cuzco. |
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 | Inka Trail
2002-10-09, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: kyt | | 4 days. 28 miles. 2 high mountain passes (max 13,776). Unforgettable views & experience. |
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 | IncaTrail and Machu Picchu
2002-11-28, Cuzco, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
Now there are numerous exciting ways to get to Machu Picchu, an Inca City lost for approximately 400 years until Hiram Bingham rediscovered it in 1912. Now its poss... |
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| Irish Bars.......
2002-11-25, Cusco, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | Now I'm not saying how many Irish bars I have frequented in
my short time travelling so far but the contrasts in atmosphere are amazing!
In Madird, Jesus revealed himself mysteriously by pouring ... |
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 | Donkey Express............
2002-11-22, Arequipa, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | After a smooth journay from Nazca, I arrived in the picturesque city
of Arequipa, its approximately 2500m above sea level and is surrounded
by the snow capped peaks of Chanchani and the volcano,
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| Sand Boarding in Huacachina
2002-11-16, Huacachina, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | After the sights and sounds of Miraflores, Lima, the journey south took
me to the delightful town of Huacachina, near Ica. What a great place to hang
out, relax and kick back! Huacachina is an oas... |
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| Miraflores, Lima
2002-11-13, Lima, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | Lima
After the night bus from Trujillo, it was good to find "Friend's House"
had a room free for me at 6.30am. My first impressions of Miraflores
were that it looked a safe place to chill out ... |
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| Peru Part 1: The Painful North
2002-11-05, Lima, Peru. By: Flyin_Scot | | Now enjoying the sights and sounds of Lima, Peru. An unexpected stop on the tour to sort out a few of the problems from my journey over the border into Peru from Ecuador.
It all started when I lef... |
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 | Another Trip....
2002-10-04, Lima, Peru. By: cpeely | | A ride to the airport and a kiss goodbye from Julie and I was off on another trip.. this time to South America.
Seamless check in even with the 400 lb bag that I had. Filled with every concevable ... |
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 | Back to USA
2002-07-14, Lima, Peru. By: aditi | | 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... |
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 | Tourist traps!
2002-07-13, Cuzco, Peru. By: aditi | | Woke up late and had an "american" breakfast at the Pension Alemana (our hotel). Since we couldnt go river rafting we walked around town, mainly in San Blas and the square. there are lots of people dr... |
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 | Inca Ruins
2002-07-12, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: aditi | | Two more drinks I forgot to write about - chica morada (a kind of fruit corn drink, its really good.. and dont say chichi because that means boob) and inca kola (the local answer to coke. it smells a ... |
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 | Rainy Cuzco
2002-07-11, Cuzco, Peru. By: aditi | | Woke up at 5 this mornign to catch the lanperu flight to cuzco. when we got here it was raining... and freezing... mucho mucho frio. we are staying at a little swiss hotel which is really nice, but to... |
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| De Sun!!
2002-07-10, Miraflores, Peru. By: aditi | | The sun finally came out today!!! it was beautiful. we had lunch at a seaside restaurant and listened to a speech by the vice president of peru. it was in spanish but i understood quite a bit of it, i... |
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 | Football!
2002-07-09, Miraflores, Peru. By: aditi | | Today a couple of kids from the conference(wamo's) and I went to play soccer at the local athletic place. We ended up playing with all these little peruvian kids, it was a lot of fun! everyone here sp... |
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| Artisans Market
2002-07-08, Miraflores, Peru. By: aditi | | Today was a dark, gray day, as usual. It really IS Darkest Peru (anyone remember the Paddington Bear books?). Anyways, this morning we went to a historical museum place... nothing to say about that...... |
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 | Crazy Greeks in Peru
2002-07-07, Miraflores, Peru. By: aditi | | On our city tour we were taken to the San Fransisco Cathedral. It has a whole bunch of old paintings that are worth millions, and gold statues and stuff like that. We also got to explore the catacombs... |
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