¡Hola! (OH-la)
Peru...We definitely under-estimated Peru. After a little research, There is so much more to it than we thought. The entire country has more diversity in climate and terrain than our does. It was our biggest "Surprise" and should turn out to be a Respectable Adventure. Just goes to show you, assumptions get you no where.
(Follow the trip through the posts below)
Day 1 : Lima, Peru
12/10/2005
Well, we Landed in Lima last night around 6:30pm. This was an easy cab ride from the airport (unlike...
Day 3 : Cusco, Peru
12/13/2005
Holy ****! Our flight into Cuzco scared the pants off me. Brian loved it of course. Older than God...
Day 4 : Sacred Valley
12/14/2005
The Sacred Valley Most people visit the Sacred Valley as part of an organized one-day tour - so we...
Day 7 : The Inca Trail
12/17/2005
The Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu. How can you even think about visitng Peru and not hiking the Inca...
Day 8 : Machu Picchu
12/17/2005
So to recap - we woke up at 4am, ate breakfast and hit the trail dark and early. The...
Day 11 : Copal Urco (Amazon), Peru
12/20/2005
The Amazon. Ok, We had to abandon our ambitious plans of embarking on the first guests ever - "Virgin...
Day 12 : Iquitos, Peru
12/23/2005
Ahh, civilization (sort of). After 4 days in the jungle our guide-friend Daniel showed us around the city of...
Day 15 : Mancora, Peru
12/25/2005
Feliz Navidad everyone! Mancora is a small (and we mean small) surfing town in the upper northeast corner of...
Day 19 : Trujillo, Peru
12/28/2005
Getting to Trujillo, we had our first experience with the Peruvian Bus system. Oi! I, (M) got a scratch...
Day 22 : Huanchaco, Peru
12/29/2005
After our day in Trujillo, we felt we exhausted that venue (it's quite small) and headed about 30 minutes...