Lima, Peru
January 12, 2017 in Peru ⋅ 🌙 21 °CLast stop, one night in Miraflores, Lima before we fly home for a week.
Last stop, one night in Miraflores, Lima before we fly home for a week.
After some solid time in the mountains of Huaraz we hopped on a bus back to Lima and then a plane to Pucallpa....long travel day!
We arrived to the thick, heavy, oxygen rich air of the Amazon basin.Read more
We had an early day to get to lake 69. The bus picked us up at 530am and we set out.
The lake is named as such because there are # of lakes in this region.
We drove past the old town of Yungay whichRead more
Bustling mountain town with biking, hiking, and climbing all around.
We spent new years here and watched a crazy, decentralized fireworks show. It seemed that everyone in the town had fireworks andRead more
We booked an over night, supported trek to the Rainbow Mountains with Rony. The rainbow mountains are a small range where certain minerals eroded in such a way that the mountains look like they areRead more
Ancient Inca ruins, amazing granite stone work, and lush river valleys.
Christmas in Cusco is a big deal! Had lunch at a little Irish pub above the main plaza where hundreds of booths were set up. Tens of thousands of people wandered around buying up everything fromRead more
A solid 2.5 hour hike up Lama trails got us to this sweet lookout.
What a day. We set out around 10 am to hike to the beautiful oasis of Sengalle. Sengalle lies at the bottom of the second deepest canyon in the world, Colca Canyon. We weren't quite sure what thisRead more
We left the dust and smog of Arequipa at 930 am on a glorified schoolbus towards the small town of Cabanaconde. We loaded up on empanadas and a few other snacks before boarding. The bus rattled out ofRead more