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Inca Ruins and Amazon Basin
Andes Mountains from the Inca Trail
Backpacking through Peru for seven weeks was an experience to remember forever. From bustling metropolitan cities to slow-paced small towns and rough-around-the-edges jungle culture to high altitude adventure and river excursions, I tried to do it all!
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The Inca Trail… Wow! Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was an unforgettable experience. Day 1 of Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu On Day 1 of hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, we started at about 1 p.m. It was fairly easy, a gentle climb on a dirt path. We ended at 5. That […]
Well, the bus ride from Lima to Cusco was much better than the one from Piura to Lima. The scenery was all desert. Along the coast, more desert, with frothing waves breaking upon the beach and huge rock formations dotting the shoreline. Eventually, we rejoined the mountains, but that was after sunset. Sunset! Surreal. Hazy mountains in the […]
I take it back — I hate the bus! At least, I know when I hate the bus: at night. Especially when there’s no toilet on the bus and it doesn’t stop for 12 hours! The smoker in me screams “Inhumane!” at such an outrage, as well. So obviously, the bus ride from Piura to Lima went badly. […]
Yesterday saw me crossing the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. I travelled alone from Loja to Piura, Brandon having gone to Vilcabamba in Ecuador. A Brilliant Bus Ride in Ecuador The scenery from the bus was just amazing! There were some pretty cool trees which a local man told me are called ceiba. The ceiba trees I saw grow in all […]
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