Dunebug baby!
15. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
A great fun morning. We caught our dune buggy early and drove out into the desert. On the way we got to pass another ancient ruin, old cemeteries disturbed by looters and old aqueducts, built 1,500Lue lisää
Arequipa
16. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Another city today. Highlights: Belgian coffee house with delicious chocolate, a beautiful colourful monastery and spending two nights in the same hotel room. Oh and finding this lovely roof top forLue lisää
Monastery
16. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Ok, the monastery was too beautiful and requires a post all of its own.
National Reserve
17. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Today we started our trip into the mountains. After taking our coca leaves we stopped to do some pencuña spotting, then alpachas, then llamas! Another erupting volcano, high altitude, breaking outLue lisää
Chivay
17. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
Hot springs, Inca prep and a birthday. And yes that's that's a volcano subtly erupting from my bedroom balcony.
Colca Canyon
18. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Condors!
Introducing Cusco
19. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
The most luxurious night bus ever brought us well rested to the famous cusco. Home to the emperors new groove and apparently some other stuff too. We toured the sanblas, visited alpaca and jewelleryLue lisää
Lazy Day in Cusco
20. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 7 °C
No alarm day, awesome food, quinoa beer, more shopping and the famous Jack's
Road to Inca Trail
21. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
A lovely little sanctuary filled with animals rescued from the black market. Vicuñas, pumas, wildcats and of course the mighty condors. All those which can be rehabilitated are, and those which canLue lisää
Tupananchiskama
21. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Another community stay today. These ladies were very cool.
Ollantaytambo
21. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
I left my camera in the hostel :( Beautiful wee town
Quarry Trekking
22. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Back tracking a little as I've not had a moment to collect scribble my thoughts for ages! Given my usual last minute booking classic Inca Trail permits were sold out for the next 8 months so I electedLue lisää
Quarry Crew!
23. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
After waking to a beautiful sunrise we continued to climb to our high point of 4,800, taking a beautiful high pass with the semi rural horses on the way.
Trek
23. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
That same afternoon (sorry too many gorgeous photo opportunities for one post!) we elected to walk even higher to summit at 4,850. And the views were truly spectacular. No other word. It was soLue lisää
Aguas Caliente
24. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
As we reached our final day trekking we were rewarded with more fantastic views, and a super cool, beautiful train to take us onwards! And of course, what better way to celebrate than with (multiple)Lue lisää
Machu
25. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Picchu
25. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Machu Freaking Picchu
25. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
One last day in Cusco
26. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Puno
27. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
A tiny little town. Not very exciting except for their tricycles.
Taquile
28. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
A little bit of Mediterranean paradise, dropped into Lake Titicaca. So peaceful and serene, with a lovely microclimate, delicious seafood and knitting men.
Titicaca
28. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Cruising the highest navigatable lake in the world. I loved the clear, calm waters reflecting the beautiful sky.
Homestay
28. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
We were quite relieved when our host parents turned up after being led to our host be a grumpy teenage boy. However after some bonding over cute animals, volleyball and terrible Spanglish we were allLue lisää
Oros Islands
29. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
After saying goodbye to our surrogate mamas and papas we headed back to the lake to travel home to Puno, visiting the floating islands on the way. Once a refuge and home for hundreds of people, todayLue lisää
Bolivia!
30. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Goodbye Peru! It was a blast. And hello to the next leg, Bolivia.