Peru

Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jamie and Tal

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   Puno and the Uros (floating islands)

   Juliaca, Peru | May 22 '07 | Reviews: 0

   From Copacabana we took a small bus to Puno, 150 kms up north along Lake Titicaca and would continue west to Arequipa. We had no intention to stay... Continue reading »

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   Arequipa & Colca Canyon

   Arequipa, Peru | May 23 '07 | Reviews: 0

   After a very hot, 6 hour bus journey (297 km) we arrived in Arequipa (1,011 km from Lima) and found a nice hotel on Calle Sugarte, close to the mai... Continue reading »

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   Nazca - Nazca lines

   Nazca, Peru | May 27 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Our time had come had come to an end in Arequipa, and for us this has to be one of the better cities that we had been to in South America.

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   Cusco

   Cusco, Peru | May 28 '07 | Reviews: 0

   An overnight bus from Nazca took us to Cusco, an ancient Inca capital that is said to have been founded around AD 1100. It has since developed into... Continue reading »

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   Aguas Calientes - Machu Picchu

   Aguas Calientes, Peru | May 30 '07 | Reviews: 0

   From Cusco we took a train up to Aguas Calientes, a 104 km journey that took just over 4 hours. Aguas Calientes is the entry town of Machu Pic... Continue reading »

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   Sacred Valley

   Sacred Valley, Peru | May 31 '07 | Reviews: 0

   After a great day at Machu Picchu, we took the 5pm train to Ollantaytambo in the Sacred Valley, a 2 hour train ride.

   This Inca town consists... Continue reading »

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   Cusco

   Cusco, Peru | Jun 02 '07 | Reviews: 0

   After a great 4 day trip to Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley, we returned to Cusco where we would stay another 4 nights to relax, explore the town a... Continue reading »

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   Lima

   Lima, Peru | Jun 06 '07 | Reviews: 0

   On Corpus Cristi Day we left Cusco by plane and continued onto Lima, Peru´s capital. Lima is covered in fog which lasts 8 months a year and we were... Continue reading »

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   Huaraz - Cordillera Blanca

   Huaraz, Peru | Jun 08 '07 | Reviews: 0

   Huaraz is the main town in the Cordillera Blanca, an area of jewelled lakes and snowy mountains, attracting thousands of mountaineers and hikers.Continue reading »

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    Trujillo

    Trujillo, Peru | Jun 10 '07 | Reviews: 0

    After a 9 hour night bus we arrived in Trujillo, the capital of La Libertad department and competing with Arequipa for being the second city o... Continue reading »

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    Chiclayo and Jaen

    Chiclayo, Peru | Jun 11 '07 | Reviews: 0

    After a 4 hour bus ride we got to Chiclayo, a small and pleasant town up north. This was purely a stopover to get to Ecuador and we had no high exp... Continue reading »
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    San Ignacio and La Balsa

    Lima, Peru | Jun 13 '07 | Reviews: 0

    An early rise as we had a long journey ahead from Jaen in Peru to Ecuador. We took a taxi collectivo (taxi which does not leave until it has 5 passeng... Continue reading »