Category Archives: Brazil to Peru

We were so excited about today. We didn’t get the best sleep as we had to be up at 4am to ensure we got the first train up the mountain. On top of that Peruvians celebrate Christmas on the night of the 24th and from about 10pm culminating in an epic finale at 12, fireworksContinue reading “Machu Picchu, Merry Christmas”

We enjoyed a lie in this morning as we were a little sore after hiking around Machu Picchu. Today’s plan was perfect for Boxing Day and fairly relaxing. After lounging in bed for a while we caught the train to Ollantaytampu just a little way down the valley. It was again a great train rideContinue reading “Ollantaytampu”

No better way to start a birthday than a lie in followed by a fried breakfast. And in Ollantaytampu mission was accomplished and we followed it up with a walk around town. It’s such an amazingly old town with tonnes of character and we were definitely glad that we made the stop here. We wereContinue reading “Birthday in Peru”

I don’t know if it was because Machu Picchu was the last real big thing we really wanted to see or it was just coincidence but when we got back to Cuzco I got sick. We have both been battling a little tummy bug since we got back from the jungle but for the lastContinue reading “Last two days in Cusco”

 We had read that Peru busses were a bit hot and miss and that the misses were quite unpleasant so we decided to go with the highly recommended Cruz del Sur bus company. It started off pretty fantastic, reclining seats, wide and TVs in the headrests. Unfortunately the busses hadn’t been recommended by anyone overContinue reading “Arequipa”

While in Arequipa we wanted to see the Canyon de Colca which is meant to be 168m short of being the deepest canyon in the world. What we didn’t realise that while its touted as being one of the top things to do in Arequipa it’s actually a 6 hour bus ride away. Unfortunately weContinue reading “New Years Eve at Cabanaconde”

Well our 2016 started off active! We were up early to start the walk down the Colca Canyon. There was a direct route we could take straight down or an option of a detour which would hit 3 villages on the way. The only problem with that, was that we had to descend all theContinue reading “Feliz año Nuevo (Happy New Year)”

Having spent yesterday afternoon and evening with today’s prospect looming right above us we were both a little nervous when we woke up. We decided to get up early and try and get most of the hike over before the sun started beating down too. We were told it would take three hours so weContinue reading “The Climb Out”

We arrived in Ica at around 8am in the morning and had to get to Huacachina which is about 6 kms away. We walked outside to the taxi rank and the only taxis there were the bike taxis similar to tuktuks. After a few minutes of Tim trying to explain to the driver that ourContinue reading “Huacachina “

From the moment we decided to stay at Huacachina Sarah had decided that we were going to have a day relaxing by a pool. Since our hotel didn’t have one we went off in search of one. Soon enough we found a place which let us in and it was really superb relaxing all dayContinue reading “Dune Buggies”