Meet the Camelids: Llama, Alpaca, Vicuña
There is this feeling you get when you travel… of being completely and totally clueless. You don’t have home state advantage. The common knowledge, the common language – everything changes. …
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A Foodie Tour of South American Food
Shortly into our trip around the world, Tony and I discovered that trying local cuisines is our favorite part of traveling. There is so much you can learn about a …
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El Circuito Mágico del Agua in Lima
Lima doesn’t exactly have the best reputation in terms of Peru travel. Guidebooks warn of the city’s crime, scams, and bad neighborhoods. Travelers tend to make a beeline out of …
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Sacsayhuamán and Ancient Cusco
How many of you have heard that the capitol of the Inca Empire, before the Spanish arrived, was Machu Picchu? Wrong. For some reason this gets repeated over and over …
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5 Amazingly Delicious Desserts of Peru
Living in South America for the last two years has allowed me to discover lots and lots of yummy sweet treats. Thankfully this continent is filled with my fellow dessert-aholics. …
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Máncora Beach and Surfing
Many foreign tourists and backpackers coming to Peru come to the BIG sites – Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, the Nazca Lines, etc. For locals though, great Peru travel is often …
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Touring a Peruvian Market
If you are heading to Peru on a backpackers budget, make sure you plan ahead for the expense of a Machu Picchu trip. This is on pretty much everyone’s Peru …
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The Huayna (Wayna) Picchu Hike
If you are going to Peru, you are visiting Machu Picchu, right? If not, what are you thinking? Add it to your list, seriously! It’s one of South America’s coolest …
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Lima Historic Sites that you should visit
Lima is a city travelers love to hate. Polluted, big, ugly, and with a reputation as a dangerous, pickpocket filled city, Lima is usually no more than a stop over …
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Peru Travel – Miraflores & The “New” Lima
Lima might be shunned by most backpackers and skipped over by travelers in a hurry to get to Cusco and Machu Picchu, but this city in recent years has become …
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