19 agosto 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
So this seems to be a recurrent theme... tried to get out of US and it just wants me to stay! Flight to Lima cancelled so an impromptu adventure around LA...
Made a friend at breakfast, Adam who ILeggi altro
PerùIcaHuacachinaLaguna Huacachina14°5’11” S 75°45’55” W 21 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Met the people I will be now travelling with for the next 30ish days... long day on a coach but went to the desert, and did buggy riding and sandboarding... Needless to say sand got EVERYWHERE!!!
PerùIcaLas Ballestas13°44’3” S 76°23’53” W
22 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Went with a few of the group to the Ballestas Islands this morning (as one of them described it, the poor man's galapagos 😅) and saw a lot of pelicans, boobies, penguins, dolphins, sea lions andLeggi altro
PerùIcaNazca14°49’39” S 74°56’14” W
23 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Spooky morning in Nazca visiting Chauchilla Cemetary where learnt about a lot of the old civilisations of Peru... there are so many, not just Incas... and saw lots of mummies.
In the afternoon weLeggi altro
PerùArequipaPlaza de Armas Arequipa16°23’55” S 71°32’13” W 24 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Woke up from none existent sleep on the night bus (yer the novelty wore out) in Arequipa which turns out to be a beautiful city and really reminded me of Spain... except the backdrop of gloriousLeggi altro
PerùArequipaChivay15°38’12” S 71°36’8” W
25 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
So most the group are battling with altitude at the moment but this tour is organised to give us time before Machu Pichu hike to get ourselves acclimatised... we went to a small town called Chivay andLeggi altro
PerùArequipaChocoPiucirca15°35’39” S 72°2’23” W
26 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Early morning trip to Colca Canyon this morning to see condors...
In the top 10 deepest canyons in the world with the deepest point being more than 4000m deep... we were very lucky to see so many andLeggi altro
PerùArequipaPlaza de Armas Arequipa16°24’3” S 71°32’3” W
27 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We were left to our own devices today, so we decided to see the mummy Juanita and visit a monestry... I don't have many pictures but learnt so much about the incas in the mummy Juanita tour... soLeggi altro
PerùCuscoPitumarcaVinicunca13°52’12” S 71°18’11” W
29 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Arrived in Cusco after night bus and had a quick tour of the area and got much needed washing done...
Had a pretty chilled day, Chino, our guide, took some of us to watch the local football then weLeggi altro
PerùCuscoOllantaytambo13°15’31” S 72°15’49” W
30 agosto 2023, Perù ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Packed up all the gear for the r day Machu Pichu hike and travelled to Ollantaytambo via Sacred Valley.
The incas believed that the river that runs through the valley mirrored the milkyway which isLeggi altro
