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Perú – Lima, the end of the Frosty Top Tour and Quito, Ecuador
After the Amazon, we flew back from Puerto Maldonado to Cusco, then on to Lima. I must say it was nice to settle into a modern hotel in Lima, Peru’s capital of nearly 10 million people, for the last two … Continue reading
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Perú – The Amazon Rainforest and Lake Tambopata
Jungle here we come – and what a highlight! Somebody said to me before we left on our trip “You won’t have a holiday, but you WILL have an adventure” and that really sums up this trip, which has been … Continue reading
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Perú – Cusco and “Sexy Woman”
It was nice to have three nights in Cusco, after such an exhausting week of travelling and short hotel stays, in our very well placed hotel on the edge of the main square with a rooftop garden. The room was … Continue reading
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Perú – Sacred Valley and Machu Picchu
Well the pace of the tour has picked up and we’ve had some very very long days. Left Puno at 6.30am, joined other tourists on a larger tour bus – very much bigger and better than our usual mini van … Continue reading
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Perú – Puno, Lake Titicaca and the floating Uros Islands
Considering I’m not really a morning person, I think I’ve done well to last the distance for all these incredibly early starts (we often have to be up at 5am if not earlier) and long busy days. As it’s mid … Continue reading
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Perú – From Arequipa to Colca Canyon
Left Arequipa at a very reasonable hour, with our local guide Jesús (a very common hispanic name, pronounced Hay-zoos), for the long ride up towards the Colca Canyon, the deepest Canyon in the world, more than twice as deep as … Continue reading
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Bye bye Chile, hello Perú – heading for Colca Canyon
Welcome to darkest Perú where guinea pigs are very nervous and are apparently best served deep fried or roasted, with paws, eyes, ears etc still intact. I will upload a photo if I ever summon up the courage to try … Continue reading
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Chile – San Pedro de Atacama and Arica
Ahh the Chilean desert….a bit of a change from our frosty crossing from Argentina at some ungodly hour of the morning. It’s about 2-4 degrees C at night and 28-32 during the day right now (winter). Very extreme, but manageable … Continue reading
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The last of Argentina – Salta, Purmamarca and Tilcara
I’m a bit behind with the blog I’m afraid, but here’s the post about the next stop in chronological order. From Buenos Aires, we caught a flight to the town of Salta, a old colonial town in the North West of … Continue reading
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Argentina – Buenos Aires, home of the Tango
After our exciting border crossing, we spent the next morning on the Argentinian side of the Iguazu Falls visiting the ‘Garganta del Diablo’ (Devil’s Throat), a thundering 80 metre high waterfall, which is both deafening and exhilirating to stand beside. … Continue reading
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2 Frosty Tops Do South America 