Unless you’ve been under a hypnotist’s spell, compelling you to not know anything about Peru, you’ll have heard of a little jaunt tourists like to tick off their bucket list called the Inca Trail which leads – eventually – to the Inca city Machu Picchu. Having had this item on…
Bec
Previous lives include graphic designer, trainee chef and favourite child. These days I'm living each day as it comes...otherwise known as giving up my good job, giving up my house to tenants, giving up a lot of material possessions and even giving up my cat. The future includes traveling to South America, Canada, the US and Central America to work out where next...
capitals and capitalism
/ 10/06/2013Historic Incan capital Cusco is a bustling city full of cobblestone streets with perilously skinny footpaths, Incan flags on every light post which look suspiciously-exactly-the-same-as-gay-pride-flags, random fireworks at odd times both day and night just to keep you on your toes, colourful processions of defense forces, traditional dancing and brass…
“enjoying” the journey
/ 03/06/2013You know the good thing about sitting in a variety of buses alllllll day? I can catch up on my blog during those hours we’re not racing another bus around Andean hairpin turns and I’m not one-sharp-swerve-to-avoid-oncoming-traffic away from careening onto the floor. No wonder seat belts are compulsory in…
canyon deep, mountain high – condors and human sacrifices
/ 03/06/2013Arequipa is the second largest city in Peru in population terms at least, many of which live in shanty towns on the edge. During the days we spent there we enjoyed fresh juice at the produce market in between being horrified by the whole boiled sheep’s heads and butchers throwing…
sour drinks, sour smells, sand in my pants and soaring lines
/ 02/06/2013Islas Ballestas is a small outcrop of rocks off the coast near Pisco, a small town decimated by an 8.0 Richter scale earthquake back in 2007 that hasn’t really recovered since. Nearby Paracas is faring a bit better in terms of rebuilding and has fish processing and tourism to boost…