Peru travel stories

South America, part II: Bolivia

April 7th Went mountain biking today to Death Valley (about 5kms from San Pedro) and to some pre-inca ruins. I was knackered as its hard work and the route was all over stones and slightly scary....

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Can you Peru, to Macho Pecchu? (in the hands od Jesus).

Well, the border wasn’t as bad as some - surly, unfriendly, unhelpful - but we got thru’. Bye Bye Bolivia, Hola Peru! I should have taken the black dogs on the road as an omen, having just...

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Dog day afternoon.

In this episode I leave Cusco and the Inca Business heading for the coast and no more high altitude - yeah, right!…I kill a dog (but in self defence), have first real prang (see prev), finall...

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Pisco weak beach.

Leaving Nazca on the Panamerican, the highway with so many stories....OK, how about...it was a dark and stormy night??….out across the desert, now this is serious desert, sandy, dusty, windy, so ...

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Huaraz & the Cordillera Blanca

Left Lima after a couple of days and headed north to the mountains. Huaraz is a fantastic town sat between the Cordillera Negra and the Cordillera Blanca (which have the highest peaks in Peru). H...

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