Peru travel stories

Worst Foot Forward

Your first (and worst) stop on the way to Lake Titicaca is Juliaca. It does not bode well - even in the more industrialised parts of the former Soviet Union you would be hard pressed to find a mor...

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Peru (Machu Picchu) - South America

Urubamba valley The train from Cuzco enters the Urubamba valley near Ollantaytambo, where it becomes a narrow gorge, and follows the river past Machu Picchu to the end of the line at the small vill...

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Peru (Cuzco) - South America

Cuzco Cuzco, the capital of the Inca Empire, had already existed for several centuries when the first Inca, Manco Capac, moved in from the nearby village of the Paqari-tampu and made it the seat of...

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Peru (Colca) - South America

Arequipa I was pleasantly surprised to discover beautiful Arequipa after the long dusty drive through the coastal desert it took to get here from Nazca. This is the Cathedral in front of the Plaza ...

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Peru (Lima) - South America

Sierra The Rio Santa drains the high Conococha Lake at 4100m and flows down the Callejón de Huaylas past Huaraz, Carhuaz and Caraz, through the Huallanca hydro plant and finally down the Cańon de...

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