We Have Photos
2009-09-12, Arequipa, Peru. By: dilleybug

I was finally able to connect to an inernet portal that would accept my photos. So the past couple of posts have been updated as well. We have arrived in Arequipa, about three hours inland from the c...

Hi.
2009-09-11, Nazca, Peru. By: dilleybug

We spent a couple of days in Paracas, a small fishing village south of Lima. It was a cute little town - maybe population 2,000. I am pretty sure Steve and I ate at every single restaurant in the who...

Have we really only been here for two days?
2009-09-05, Lima, Peru. By: dilleybug

WTHeck? I can´t believe it has only been two days here in Lima. It feels already as if it were more - the time is already beginning to slow. And the pace of the day is relaxing and full of delicious n...

Arrive!
2009-09-04, Lima, Peru. By: dilleybug

I wanted to update and let everyone know we have arrived in Lima safe and sound. Everything was seamless, connection flight on time, bags made it to Lima, taxi waiting at the airport, guard at the ga...

"Banker to the Poor"
2009-08-09, Pacora, Peru. By: Fizzlepops

I just read “Banker to the Poor” by Muhammad Yunus. It has been on my book shelf for months among my books that I really want to read but am just not inspired enough to start. This one in particular...

Pig Flu
2009-07-24, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

So they may have officially changed the name to H1N1 but in Peru it is still know as the pig flu and it has started to spread throughout the country bring mass amounts of fear and panic with it. I ha...

Fresh from the Amazon jungle...
2009-07-07, Iquitos, Peru. By: julieanna

My outreach team and I have just returned to modern civilization after 8 days and nights in the Amazon. We visited 5 villages around the area where the Amazon river begins. The only way to access thes...

Third year in Peru
2009-07-17, Pacora, Peru. By: Fizzlepops

Time is winding down in my official 2 year volunteer service. With about 5 months left now I had recently decided that maybe I wasn’t ready to leave the country for good. Don’t get me wrong, I am DY...

When did it become July?
2009-07-12, Pacora, Peru. By: fizzlepops

[b]Trash Committee[/b] Time is officially FLYING by! I feel like the year just started but it is already halfway gone. This is partially due to my being more busy than I was last year. The trash c...

Life in the jungle
2009-07-11, iquitos, Peru. By: SurAmerica

For the past eight days team South America has been visiting four different modern villages on the edge of the Amazon River. For a couple of the villages it was the first time they had ever had missio...

Puno
2009-06-28, Puno, Peru. By: rossnkaren

It appears we were rather lucky to get to Puno. The week we were on the beach and the day after our bus to Puno, country wide protests and strikes took place which brought traffic to a stand still. ...

Mancora
2009-06-18, Mancora, Peru. By: rossnkaren

We decided that after our fortnight of trekking our tired legs needed a rest. So after a brief stop in Chiclayo, we carried on further up the coast to Mancora to flop on the beachfor a bit. There wa...

I survived!
2009-07-01, Salkantay Trail to Machu Picchu, Peru. By: wcaruso

Hello all! I just survived the most grueling 5 days of my entire life! Kimmy, Carly, Tori, Lisa, Ben, and I headed out of Cuzco at 430 in the morning on Friday. A bus picked us up from the hostel a...

Machu Picchu
2009-07-01, Cusco, Peru. By: kwarne

Hi everyone! We just got back late last night from our 5 day trek to Machu Picchu! It was absolutely amazing - Machu Picchu itself and the hike there! Every day we hiked through different landscape...

Chiclayo
2009-06-15, Chiclayo, Peru. By: rossnkaren

We decided to get off the 'gringo trail' and head north in search of a beach to relax on after our treks. En route we stopped off in Chiclayo to see some pre Inca history. The Sipan people built pyr...

Last night in Cusco
2009-06-25, Cusco, Peru. By: kwarne

Tonight in our last night in Cusco - we start our trek to Machu Picchu tomorrow! I am so excited, this is what I have been looking forward to the whole trip so far. We booked the Salkantay Trail throu...

Hola de Cuzco!
2009-06-25, Cuzco, Peru. By: wcaruso

Hello everyone! I am now in Cuzco, a small Incan villiage south of Lima with cobblestone streets and way more locals than tourists. We arrived here early Monday morning via plane and I did not do too...

Cusco
2009-06-23, Cusco, Peru. By: kwarne

Hi everyone! We arrived in Cusco early yesterday morning, at 7:15. We thought that our flight had been delayed from Lima to Cusco, but we checked it late the night before and it was back to normal....

Machu Picchu
2009-06-09, Machu Picchu, Peru. By: rossnkaren

Dreams CAN come true! I am so so so so so so so so HAPPY!! I have finally reached my goal of walking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu. We were a little nervous starting the trail to Machu Picchu. ...

Lima continued
2009-06-21, Lima, Peru. By: wcaruso

Hola! Tonight is our last night in Lima - we are off to Cusco in the morning. Our flight was supposed to be at 5:40am, but it got delayed until 11:30am. At least the changed it now, rather than at ...

Last night in Lima
2009-06-21, Lima, Peru. By: kwarne

Hola! Tonight is our last night in Lima - we are off to Cusco in the morning. Our flight was supposed to be at 5:40am, but it got delayed until 11:30am. At least the changed it now, rather than at ...

Welcome to Peru!
2009-06-21, Lima, Peru. By: wcaruso

Hola! We arrived in Lima late last night after a full day of traveling. We saw the sun rise and the sun set on our flights, both were pretty. After an 8 hour layover in El Salvador, we were happy to f...

OMG, I really dislike our municipality!
2009-06-21, Pacora, Peru. By: Fizzlepops

For those of you that keep up with my blogs you know that the municipality in my district is one of the most frustrating, corrupt, disorganized municipalities in all of Peru if not the world. Well, o...

Lima!
2009-06-19, Lima, Peru. By: kwarne

Hola! We arrived in Lima late last night after a full day of traveling. We saw the sun rise and the sun set on our flights, both were pretty. After an 8 hour layover in El Salvador, we were happy to f...

Choquequirao
2009-06-02, Choquequirao, Peru. By: rossnkaren

Choquequirao is less well known than Machu Picchu and is much less touristy. The biggest reason for this is that to get there you need to take a 5 day trek through the Andes. This involves a lot of ...