Peru

The village of Pumamarca
May 6, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Hi everyone, we have had an amazing past 36 hours, following our arrival here in Cuzco. A rest day on Sunday meeting the other volunteers, then at 9.30am on Monday we headed off uo into the Ande mountains to the village. The road was no more than a dirt track. twisting and turning. From a distance the village looked neat, clay brick walls with...
Placed by Trevor in Peru's a Challenge

My weekend at an oasis
May 5, 2008 - Ica, Peru
This last weekend I had some of the most amazing experiences of my life. We had Thursday off of school for Peru's labor day, so six of my friends from my UVA program and I decided to travel down to the Southern coast of Peru. Wednesday night we took a bus to Wacachina, an oasis in the desert close to the larger town of Pisco. The bus ride was...
Placed by Abigail in Abby's Adventures!

I Saw Penguins!
May 4, 2008 - Paracas, Peru
After leaving the bodegas and Ica, we took a bus to Pisco, where we were picked up by the sister of the travel agent we had been working with in Huacachina. She took us to our “hotel” which turned out to be just a random door with no sign which let into a house that smelled kind of bad that had rooms with bunk beds of dubious cleanliness and...
Placed by Michelle in Michelle's Peruvian Adventures

Arabian Nights
May 4, 2008 - Ica, Peru
Julia’s birthday was the 29th of April so we all went back to Spa the Saturday before her birthday and had such a good time dancing the night away there to celebrate. We also went out to eat on her birthday at this Thai restaurant called Siam. The food was a nice change from the same Peruvian dishes we always eat, although I don’t think it...
Placed by Michelle in Michelle's Peruvian Adventures

Now in Cuzco
May 4, 2008 - Cuzco, Peru
Hi everybody, we are now in Cuzco, having spent 2 nights in Lima. The journey across the Pacific was long and boring , 16 hours from Sydney, including 3 hours plus in Auckland, we arrived in Santiago, anothe 8 hour wait then on to Lima and finally in bed at 1.30am in all 33 hours travel, Lima is big, busy , noisy and polluted. No metro or...
Placed by Trevor in Peru's a Challenge