Lima - Centro histórico
2 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
First day in Peru - busy capital but very well conserved colonial streets
Lima - Casa de la literatura
2 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Beautiful museum in the restored old train station, with cool museographic ideas
Lima - evening
2 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Pacific coastline (cloudy), avocado salad (in its birthplace), punk peruano
Lima - MATE
3 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Photo museum - collection of Mario Testino, peruvian star photographer
Lima - Barranco
3 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Zorritos - Casa Grillo
4 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Tumbles - Manglares
5 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Birds, lots of birds. An island, happy peruvian tourists near the Ecuadorian border.
Tumbes - Criadero de cocodrilos
5 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The last peruvian crocodiles in a crocodile nursery
Tumbes - Cerros de Amotape
6 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Driven to the "bosce seco" (dry woodlands) by Alonso on his motorbike
Cerros de Amotape - a swim in Rio Tumbes
6 сентября 2017 г., Palo de Balza ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
-- near a crocodile trail. At least now I know they're all in the Tumbes nursery.
Zorritos>Piura via Mancora
7 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
A small goodbye-langosta in Zorritos, a mind-blowing coconut-milk-ceviche in Mancora, and rice fields on the way
Cajamarca - Atahualpa's city
8 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Where the Spanish conquistadors captured and killed the last Inca, but not before tricking him in filling the "ransom room" once with gold + twice with silver, promising his freedom. So delicate thatЧитать далее
Cajamarca - fighting the soroche
8 сентября 2017 г., Iglesia de San Francisco (Cajamarca) ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
A bit of height sickness (soroche) when I arrived in Cajamarca (2700m "only" but maybe the way there from Chiclayo, through a pass at 3200m and a 4am arrival didn't help...) So I put all the chancesЧитать далее
Highlands on the way to Celendín
8 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Getting 3 hours closer to Chachapoyas to avoid a 5am start tomorrow. Beautiful highland landscapes already, subtitled Gun's n Roses music videos (no lloras esta noche...), a nice walk in prettyЧитать далее
The beautiful Celendín-Chachapoyas road
9 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A beautiful, narrow and slightly rough high-altitude twisting rollercoaster. Climbing from Celendín (2625m) to a 3085m pass, down to the village of Balsas (975m) on the river Maraňón, where I buyЧитать далее
Kuélap - the citadel in the clouds
10 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
On the top of a mountain at 3100m, the impressive ruins of the capital of the Chachapoyas (the "people of the clouds"). The remains of more than 400 round houses are scattered across the trees and theЧитать далее
Gocta waterfalls
11 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ 🌫 9 °C
A beautiful walk through the forest to the 771m falls. The path goes up and down for two hours that to me feel like five (it's still around 2200m high here!), across a suspended bridge and I get luckyЧитать далее
Chachapoyas
11 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ 🌫 9 °C
A pretty town, though somehow nobody smiles here. There's an exception fortunately, the great little Cafe Fusiones, and they have the best list of beers I've seen in Peru so far. Including a "honeyЧитать далее
Fiestas de Lámud - by night
12 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ 🌫 9 °C
I follow the advice of Milagro whom I had met on the road to Chachapoyas, and head to this little village in another valley to attend their "Fiestas patronales", the celebration of the local saint, elЧитать далее
Fiestas de Lámud - Hatun Luya 1
13 сентября 2017 г., Quebrada Gache ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The yearly "Hatun Luya", a parade of delegations from the whole Luya region showing their local traditions, dances, costumes... It's so pretty I can't stick to 6 pictures (the app doesn't let me postЧитать далее
Fiestas de Lámud - Hatun Luya 2
13 сентября 2017 г., Quebrada Gache ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Fiestas de Lámud - Hatun Luya 3
13 сентября 2017 г., Quebrada Gache ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Tarapoto - Laguna azul
14 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
First day in the jungle: a trip to (and a swim in) the "blue lagoon" and a plate of picura, the Amazonian rodent.
Tarapoto - Lamas
15 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A town split in two: the Quechua indigenous on the lower plateau and the mestizo people on the upper part of town - near the bizarre castle built by an Italian wgi decided to move here. The Oro VerdeЧитать далее
Tarapoto - the food the drinks the party
15 сентября 2017 г., Перу ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
As everywhere else in Peru, I would have needed to stay a whole week to taste it all.


















































































































































