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It’s raining big cold drops outside. The whole place is dark and there’s nothing to do. Welcome to Amantani, a tiny island on Lake Titicaca, Peru. It’s a sunny place …

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The Sacred Valley is the name given to three villages in a low-lying valley, traversed by a single river. The Inkas believed that the river was sacred because it runs …

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What is Antioquia? I get asked this question several times. So I thought I should create a blog post talking about this new interesting place, and explain what it is …

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One of the reasons our Inka jungle trail was the most entertaining parts of the trip thus far was our amazing guide, Johan. Over the four days of the tour, …

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For most travellers the Southern City of Arequipa serves as a quick stop for a day or two or as a base for trekking in the spectacular Colca Canyon. I …

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Trujillo in the North of Peru isn’t an obvious choice for travellers. It lacks the big tourist attractions that draw people to other parts of the country. However, if you …

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We had to get up insanely early. We had been staying in a hotel that was quite far from Condors’ Cross, arguably the best place to see condors in Peru, …

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Puerto Maldonado was a bit of a one horse town, I sensed as we got off the plane. The airport was about the size of my old school hall and …

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All day we had driven the Panamerican Highway, seeing nothing but desert, and the view from the bus window, though beautiful in its way, looked no different. But suddenly our …

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it’s frequently unfavourably compared to Cusco. I’m always kind of surprised by this as I had a great time there. Admittedly Lima has faults, as with many capital cities: it’s …

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