Sometimes you just need to see more Inca ruins, right?? So that’s exactly what we did… The Sacred Valley Our base from which to visit Machu Picchu was going to be Ollantaytambo (Oi-yan-tay-tambo), and it just so happens that Ollantaytambo is part of the “Sacred valley” so has some Inca Ruins of it’s very own. […]
Mountains of Many Colours and Forests of Stone
None of the pictures featured in this post have been edited in any way. Having read some pretty rubbish reviews for the rainbow mountain tours we opted to do the alternative rainbow mountains instead. The alternative tour boasted not one but three stripy mountains, more time to appreciate them, smaller groups and less of a […]
8 Mile
We decided that as the Arequipa bus was such a success and we managed to get a decent amount of sleep, we would try out the cheap seats for the 10 hour overnigher to Cusco. We made a poor choice. The journey was long and uncomfortable, there appeared to be two temperature settings freezing Antarctic […]
Emma’s Easy Mirador Tours™
We paid for the baller bus from Nazca to Arequipa so managed to get a decent amount of sleep, and spend the night in relative comfort. Dinner was provided and they even had a vegetarian option (left)! My stomach still wasn’t great after Huacachina so I decided not to eat for a while. In a […]
Nazca is like
We arrived in Nazca a bit later than originally planned but our ever helpful hotel owner was there to pick us up as promised! It was a quiet journey during which he and his wife just chatted amoungst themselves while me and Em felt like naughty kids who were late for their parents to pick […]
Slide Away
We take a short and comfortable bus ride from Paracas to Ica, the city sign is not as impressive as some of the others we have seen… From Ica we take a cab on to Huacachina (pronounced wack-a-cheena). The cab driver spoke really good English and was keen to show us his currency from around […]
“Animaaal”
Lima has a bit of a bad rep but is actually well alright. We don’t have any photos for some reason, which is a bit dumb, but we quite liked it there. I say Lima, but we spent all our time in Miraflores, a super developed, western, district of Lima. Private security officers roam the […]
No Toast On The Peruvian Coast
After a drama free border crossing (Dave was given a 90 day visa, I only got 60 days) we hop back on the bus and admire the arid Peruvian landscape pass by in the dark. We’d let the hostel know we would be arriving in the early hours and they said the gate would be […]
Ecuador is over / Give Peru a chance (we’re out the Ecuador)
Days Spent: 43 Bus Journeys: 23 Flights: 0 Places Visited: 13 Favourite Beer: meh… Dave – Club Premium, M – Pilsener (La fiesta de todos) Trains: 1 Volcanos Seen: 0 Bad Arepas: 1 The Good: Varied landscapes / Loads to do / Great coast / Easy to travel / Compact / Not too touristy / […]
Cuenca, and all that jazz
Our last stop in Ecuador is Cuenca, our first stop in Cuenca is a “free” walking tour We learnt some stuff about Cuenca including, I assume, what that pole means, but I’m writing this about a month later so don’t have a clue… Oh!!! Ecuador invented Panama hats!!! Basically the hats are pretty banging, so […]