Peru

Country N°27 - May 2014

Day 34 – Puno

today after 11 hours of sleep we were woken up at 7:30 for breakfast and after breakfast we went to our family’s sheep pen , where we attached ropes to the sheep ankles and brought them to a field and attached them there, but one or two of the sheeps kept escaping and we had […]

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Day 33 – Lake Titicaca

today we were welcomed at the hotel by a bunch of touk touk’s ready to bring us to the port where we boarded a boat to visit the peruvian side of lake titicaca we first went to the uros islands a set of loating islands where we got a lesson about how the islands are […]

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Day 32 – Puno

today we took a day bus to Puno , Near lake Titicaca . we arived there at about 3 pm and went around the city to visit a little bit , after a quick visit we headed to the supermarket to buy food for our host families after our shopping we went to a restaurant […]

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Day 31 – Cusco

today I spent most of my day in bed recuperating from the inca trail, since my legs are dead for dinner we went to a restaurant where we got to try guinea pig, they first showed us the guinea pig cooked on a plate, before bringing it back sliced and diced

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Day 30 – Machu Pichu

today we got woken up at 3 am to go on the final stretch of our journey to machu pichu , because the porters needed to pack everything to grab a train back to the valey we got a quick breakfast and headed to the final gate of the inca trail where we were let […]

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Day 29 – Inca trail Day 3

today after an other early wake up call we headed off as a group visiting different ruins along the way to our lunch campsite which was on the top of a moutain where we could see the whole valey behind us and the one ahead, there i even tried to carry one of the porter […]

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Day 28 – Inca trail Day 2

today we were woken up at 5:30 with a cup of coca tea and a bowl of hot water to start our day , the hardest day where we climb to 4215 meters high from 3000 m we all started off as a group but seperated depending on our different speeds to get to the […]

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Day 27 – Inca Trail Day 1

today when we woke up we realised that the electricity and shut off in the whole town and had no hot water to shower or light to see but we still got ready and grabed our stuff ready to start our adventure ! we took a bus to the start of the inca trail where […]

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Day 26 – Ollyantaytambo

Today on our way to the Ollyantambo we decided to visit the secret valey and stopped off in different places for tours of the ruins or stopped to take pictures with llamas. after the first city we continued to ollyantambo where we dropped our stuff off and went to see another set of ruins , […]

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Day 25 – Cusco

Today 2 of us got up early to go rafting about 2 hours away from the city, we were brought to the campsite where we got our training and took pictures before going in the water . once we were in the water we went down a beautifull valey and got super splashed . at […]

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Day 24 – Cusco

Today our night bus arrived in cusco quite early at around 7 am, and we all went to our hotel to drop our stuff before going to go to a breakfast place near by which served amazing food, and english breakfast for the many british people in our tour. afterwards we went to the city […]

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Day 23 – Colca Canyon

Today we woke up early to take our bus back to arequipa, where we are supposed to spent the day on the bus we stopped at the highest point of this part of the trip 4910 m to take pictures, before continuing to arequipa in arequipa , we all went for lunch on top of […]

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Day 22 – Colca Canyon

Today we woke up at 6 to go see the condors in colca canyon and sat there for 2 hours and got to see great shots of the condors even though they were far away about 30 meters away, but just as we were about to leave ( and all the other groups had) we […]

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Day 21 – Arequipa

today we woke up early at 8 to take the bus to our next stop Colca Canyon , a 4 hour bus ride that took us to 4910 m high, halfway through the bus ride , we stopped in a little area where we could go drink coca tea, which is tea made out of […]

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Day 20 – Arequipa

Today we arived early in arequipa and droped our stuff in the hotel , before going to the center of the city for an orientation walk to see what is in the center of the city, after the walk we went to a little coffee place in the afternoon we went to a terrace restaurant

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Day 19 – Nazca

 Today we went to the nazca airport where we boarded small planes to fly over the nazca lines , even though the plane right was bumpy and made you want to vomit . after the plane rides we went back to the hotel where we assisted to pachamanca ceremony, where the locals create an oven […]

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Day 18 – Nazca

Today we woke up early to go to the port where we boarded a boat to the balesta islands , to see all sorts of birds and sea lions . after the boat we came back to our hotel to take a private bus to pisco , where they make the pisco a sort of […]

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Day 17 – Paracas

 today we met the group at 12 to take a bus to paracas , when we go to paracas we all got together to go eat in a restaurant out on the seafront

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Day 16 – Lima

Day 16 – today was an inbetween day because our first trip (out of 4) finished and the second one where we meet new people in our group and have a new group leader started at 6 the same afternoon , so inbetween these times , we managed to go to a chocolate making factory […]

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Day 15 – Lima

Day 15 – we arived early in the morning at the bus station today and took a private bus to the hotel where we were split into rooms, and managed to catch another nap, before heading out into lima city center to watch the changing of the guards and go into the local catacombs we […]

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Day 14 – Huanchaco

Day 14 – since today the only thing planned was the night bus, we spent a day relaxing and talking at the hotel, but we did go out to a nice restaurant in the city center during the day. as we were about to go to the bus station to take our bus , we […]

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Day 13 – Huanchaco

Day 13 – After the long bus journey , we finally arrived in trujillo, where we had to take a private bus to huanchaco to our hotel, but the bus kept stalling in the middle of the road on our way ! we finally arived at the hotel and went for a nap, woke up […]

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Day 12 – Mancora

 Day 12 – Today we woke up and rented surfboards and went surfing but unfortunately i didnt manage to surf any waves, even though i almost did a few times , we also decided to go on a banana boat where we all fell into the water multiple times. we then grabbed luch before going […]

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Day 11 – Mancora

Day 11 – Today having slept in the hammacks i woke up at 6 am because there was too much light so i went to the beach to watch the sunrise , after that i grabbed breakfast with other people from our group , nefore going to the beach the whole day and into the […]

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Day 10 – Mancora

 Day 10 – today we woke up early at 5 to take taxis at 6 for our bus to peru , the bus took 5 hours and dropped us off in a little city where we waited for an hour for our private bus to peru , all while eating street popcorn when our private […]

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