Lima
18 Nisan 2023, PeruSpent a few days in Lima trying out food that we'd seen on the Lima episode of Street Food Latin America (Picarones Mary and Al Toke Pez - both amazing), wandering around Miraflores and the HistoricOkumaya devam et
Spent a few days in Lima trying out food that we'd seen on the Lima episode of Street Food Latin America (Picarones Mary and Al Toke Pez - both amazing), wandering around Miraflores and the HistoricOkumaya devam et
Stayed in Paracas for a night and visited Paracas National Park, which is known as where the desert meets the sea. We loved exploring the surreal desert landscapes which we don't have back home.
Spent a night in Huacachina - Peru's oasis in the desert. We had a fun evening of dune buggying, sandboarding and watching the sunset.
From Huacachina, we travelled by bus (via Nazca) to Peru's 2nd largest city - Arequipa! Arequipa is known as "The White City" or "The Rome of Peru" because of its beautiful architecture and buildingsOkumaya devam et
Mike found an opportunity to do some mountain biking in the Pichu Pichu Mountains just outside Arequipa. After an hour drive up into the mountains, the tour itself included a stop by a few viewpointsOkumaya devam et
We made it to Cusco! After another overnight bus and two or three breakdowns, we arrived in Cusco early this morning. Our Airbnb hosts were kind enough to let us check in early. After a two hour nap,Okumaya devam et
We visited the Sacred Valley on a day tour from Cusco. It was a long 12 hour day where we visited Chincherro, Moray, Maras salt mines, Ollantaytambo and Pisac. It was a fun day, but we wished we'd hadOkumaya devam et
We woke up bright and early (4am!) for our much anticipated trip to Palccoyo Rainbow Mountain. We'd been looking forward to this since we started planning our trip and were not disappointed! We had aOkumaya devam et
We woke up early on our 1st wedding anniversary to start our 5 day trek to Machu Picchu. We left Cusco early, and arrived near Soray to start the Salkantay Trek. Our first day was an easy 6km to LakeOkumaya devam et
We woke up on day 2 of our Salkantay Trek to even more snow - the whole campsite and surrounding area was white! Day 2 of the Salkantay was the toughest day, as we had to hike 22km in total, includingOkumaya devam et