Category: Peru

Here we are on lake Titicaca, the highest commercially navigable lake in the world. [flickr]photo:5934165509[/flickr] [flickr]photo:5934690782[/flickr] I’ll pause here so everyone can make a titi and/or caca joke. Lake Titicaca is home to islands...

With the departure of Kyle, Shea and Dave our intimidating street gang of 7 dwindled to 4. This may seem to be a less impressive number, but the ferocity of the members made up...

We steadily climbed the pre-dawn stone Stairmaster known as the entrance to Machu Picchu, silently moving around those who fell off to the side; panting, shaking or puking from exertion. The farther we got...

The 12-passenger van pulled over about 6 inches below where the snow stopped and the guides started unloading the bicycles from the top. We all spilled out of the van, shivering and huddling together,...

After our bout of sickness seemed as though it was over, that is our fevers had broken and our ability to stand/walk independently had returned, we decided to celebrate our return to health by...

The bus ride from Ica to Arequipa was a bit grueling, and we all arrived in Arequipa a little worse for wear. On the way down to Arequipa we got the great news that...

Thank you Nick Biller for titling this post 🙂 The area surrounding Ica (the big city) and Huacachina (the mini oasis clustered around a green lagoon) is known for its Pisco bodegas. [flickr]photo:5868527014[/flickr] As...

I peered over the edge of the impossibly steep and frighteningly high sand dune. “Hmmm, I don’t know about this one” I said white knuckling my sand board and looking back and forth nervously...

As our loyal reader may have noticed (Hi Mom), we have been a bit behind with our blog entries lately. This is partly due to the happy fact that we have been joined in...

Little did we know that when we stepped off the bus in Lima, we would be stepping into the open arms of the Zevallos family. From the moment when Enzo (Tom’s brother-in-law’s brother) picked...

We were warned before embarking on our trip to South America to be careful of the frightening strangers who would try to steal from, hurt or otherwise take advantage of us. We were not,...

The people of Chachapoyas spent about 1,000 years building a totally bitchin’ fortress to protect their crops and peeps from all the other groups who were constantly hating on them. Originally this was the...