You 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…
South America
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…
why me?
/ 29/05/2013Something I hadn’t counted on when signing up for a tour was getting propositioned by the guide who is taking us through Peru to La Paz. On day ONE. Uh-huh. I know it happens with local guides who see fleets of tourists stopping by for a day or two, some…
chocolate, Chan Chan and Moche
/ 28/05/2013Huanchaco is a twenty minute ride out of Trujillo. It’s drab and grey this time of year, the grey waves barely distinguishable from the dull sky that appears to either be heavy fog or pollution, either way it doesn’t sport a wrinkle, a streak, even a blip of blue sky.…