Tag: Peru
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365 Days Out, A Peru Backpacking Itinerary for You!
I’m back! I am actually about to embark on my next adventure, a solo trip through Belize and Guatemala. This teaching gig has been working out nicely as I now will have 2 months of every year to play around with a longer trip to places where I can live my life for a fraction…
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Lima Today, Vancouver Tomorrow, Peru Forever
I’m sitting at the Lima airport currently reflecting on what an amazing adventure the last four weeks have been. Yesterday Kristy and I flew in to Lima and rode to our hostel in the super nice district of Barranco. It’s the Lima equivalent to Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant and it is beautiful. Kristy was unfortunately feeling…
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Unbelievable Beauty at Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley
Kristy and I have spent the last 4 weeks travelling around Peru, and I could honestly spend another 4 weeks seeing everything that we haven’t seen yet. We have been in Cusco for the last 2 weeks and loving everything this pocket of the country has to offer. However, our return ticket to Canada is…
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Magical Morning at Machu Picchu
In case you didn’t read my last post, we had quite the adventure getting up to Machu Picchu, but we made it! It was overwhelming beautiful and magical. While we were waiting to get in it was quite cloudy and foggy, but cleared up quite quickly! Originally there was still come cloud cover but we…
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Cusco and Maras!
After our last night in Arequipa, we hopped on a night bus to Cusco. Thankfully we booked far enough in advance that we got some seats on the nice bus line (Cruz del Sur) which was all tourists! It was pretty funny because it felt like everyone we met in Peru was at the bus…
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Colca Canyon Adventure
I apologize for the lateness on my post – it’s been a crazy week and a bit here in Peru. I’ve done more hiking in a short time span I’ve ever done in my life, have had very limited access to Internet, and have generally been SO BUSY! Today is my dedicated catch up day…
Where the Paved Road Ends 