Category Archives: Peru

After a fitful nights sleep on the over night bus from Copacabana we arrived in Cuzco at 6.30am. From the start the city looked very appealing with its Spanish colonial feel coupled with Inca statues and the local Quechuan people. Our hostel was a short walk from the main square and apon arrival we dumpedContinue reading “Arrival in Cusco”

Today we planned to visit the town of Pisac and hike up to some in a ruins. All we had read promised that it would be a great day as the ruins were meant to be some of the most impressive in South America. As is often the case though we were struggling to findContinue reading “Pizac “

We always knew Machu Picchu was on our list of must sees in South America. We just didn’t know which mode of transportation we would take to get there. The most famous is obviously the Inca Trail which takes 4 days and is a very hard trek. Stemming from the popularity of this trek isContinue reading “Train ride to Machu Picchu”

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)”