Cusco was a great fun place as well as a very interesting place. I spent three months there and really enjoyed my time and the friends that I made. During the week I worked in Juan Pablo Orphanage and helped to teach the children there and at weekends I joined with friends and trekked around […]
Read MoreI found Lima a city of contrasts. Founded by Fransisco Pizzaro Lima has a historic centre with wonderful churches, cloisters and monasteries but it is also a very modern city with high rise condos, casinos and hotels. The food is both modern and traditional with gastronomical dishes such as ceviche and cuy (guinea pig). […]
Read More16th Century Santa Catalina monastery was the highlight of my visit to Arequipa. This walled monastery is almost a city in it’s own right and takes up a whole block of Arequipa city. It has been operated by Dominican nuns for almost 400 years. You can stroll through this enormous monastery’s streets peeking into its […]
Read MoreWaking up to the sound of the waterfall beside us, and washing in the clear cold water surrounded by mountains, beautiful blue and green lakes, valleys and snow capped peaks, thatched cottages, brightly coloured villagers, streams falling down the rocks, llamas and no else in sight the four days three nights Lares valley trek is […]
Read MoreIt is very weird to arrive in a town (Agua Calientes) which has a railway track running through it. You have to step over the rails to get from one side to the other. It is very reminiscent of the old wild west towns and as we found out this place is rip off city […]
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