I’d like to pretend that after arriving in Cusco I didn’t spend most of my days in bed dying of altitude sickness and feeling like I was going to die. But, most of my time in Cusco was spent dying a serious death of altitude sickness. However, I was able to pull myself together enough… Read More On the road… Backpacking Cusco
This is how to get to Machu Picchu from Cusco, our chosen starting point for a once in a lifetime trip to the great wonder that is Machu Picchu. I’ll give this guide a bit of context and background. We had originally planned to travel through Peru on the Trans-Andean Railway. The esteemed railway that… Read More How to get to Machu Picchu
A month in Peru would not be complete without backpacking Lima – the capital on the coast. There are so many things to do in Lima, that you’d be silly not to visit. With an abundance of great buildings to see and a wild range of things to experience, the city of Lima bleeds Spanish… Read More Backpacking Lima, Peru – The capital on the coast
20 minutes from the colonial centre of Trujillo in Peru lies the fishing village of Huanchaco. A traditional Peruvian fishing town famed for its unique methods of catching fish. A four hour bus journey through more wilderness and desert from Chiclayo brought us to the wide bay of Huanchaco. Where we’d spend a few days… Read More On the road… Fishing in Huanchaco, Peru
I can’t say I enjoyed crossing the Ecuador to Peru border at 2 o’clock in the morning, but that’s how it happened on our journey to Mancora, Peru. We misjudged our journey from Guayaquil in Ecuador to Mancora Beach in Peru. We left for Guayaquil without know that the big scheduled busses only transit at… Read More Mancora, Peru and Loki del Mar Hostel