PERU – Machu Picchu

PERU – Lares Trek

I knew that for the traditional Inca Trail you need a few months pre-booking so my options were 2 alternative routes: Salkantay or Lares. The latter is one day shorter (✔), you get the chance to pass through local villages(✔), it’s less beaten(✔ ) and apparently easier (✔ ✔)! So, Day 1 We got a…

PERU – Cuzco

First of all a BIG THANK YOU to Mr Blonde and Mr Pink of Driving Horse for adding my blog to theirs. Cheers guys!! And now back to Peru… When I arrived to Cuzco (3400m) I felt the altitude straight away. The hostel I was planning to stay at was full and carrying my bags…

PERU – Iquitos

Here are some shots I took in some places – including Belén – around town. traduci >> This is going to be a quick update from the airport in Lima as I wait for my flight to Cuzco. I got a bit stuck in Iquitos cause of some pain in the neck and didn’t manage…

PERU – Yurimaguas to Iquitos(Nauta) – Eduardo IV

The long awaited BOAT TRIP to Iquitos!!! Remember? I had decided not to enter Iquitos from Coca, Ecuador and try instead from Yurimaguas as there are more boats available. It’s cheaper and faster (about 3 nights as opposed to 10 to 14 days). I was a bit afraid for my stuff as sleeping on the…

PERU – Yurimaguas

The journey to here was even harder than getting to Chachapoyas. 4 shared taxis, lots of queueing, one dog squashed at 100 km/h and all this trapped in some weird position in a car with 6-7 people, coffee bags and sometimes chickens. I couldn’t reach the camera to document, sorry. Here are some shots taken…

PERU – Chachapoyas

I couldn’t carry on traveling without, unfortunately, stopping one night at Jaen, my first sojourn in Peru’. Ectic and dusty. I was just a few hours there but that’s the impression I got. I can’t describe it otherwise. From there, after visiting 5 different bus terminals and realize that nobody had a clue where this…