Peru travel stories

Andean Peru

After 16 hours of travel, on four different flights with three different airlines we arrived in Cuzco, Peru. High in the Andean mountains you are not sure at first whether your shortness of breathe...

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Visiting Peru

The pilot looked a lot like his plane: a bit rough around the edges, a bit worn and frazzled. He wore thick glasses, the kind that was popular back in the seventies. His plane's windows were ne...

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Lagging Behind

As anyone who´s flown from London to New York knows, flying east-west is no problem whatsoever - you just have a longish day. But flying back is another matter altogether; even though the time di...

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Machu Pichu & Mucho Poopoo

We went to see Machu Pichu. Well you have to really don't you? Not going is like visiting Egypt and not seeing the Pyramids or going to Hitchin, Hertfordhire and not not watching a pub fight o...

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Visiting our mummies

One of Arequipa's chief tourist attractions is that it is surrounded by volcanoes. I imagine, for it's long term residents, this is also one of it's major detractions. Based on recent ...

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