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Astrid y Gaston

With my beau’s wallet safely back in hand and our year anniversary falling the day before the end of our three week trip to Peru, we decided to splurge.  Being…

Huacachina

We took a Cruz del Sur bus to Ica, a city four hours (or in Peruvian bus terms, the length of a dubbed GI Joe and a bad comedy movie)…

Lost City

Finally getting used to the shared cab program of Peru, my beau and I voluntarily climbed into a van on the side of the highway with 6 other strangers (three…

Chocolate Cusco

After a confusing early morning flight from Arequipa (confusing because the plane skipped a scheduled stop of the flight and landed an hour early in our final destination of Cusco),…

Colca Canyon

I don’t exactly remember what we were thinking when we agreed to a two-day, 20 km (about 12.5 miles) hiking trip into the belly of a canyon, but I can…

Santa Catalina and Mountain Sunsets

It just might have been the most beautifully basic day of our Peru trip–  after a delicious breakfast of fresh skinless-fruit salad, frothy pineapple juice, bread and eggs, that was…

Cultural Dips

After a few days of traveling and translating for my English-only-speaking boyfriend in Peru, I am feeling much more comfortable about speaking and explaining Spanish.  In fact, several people have…

Lima II

Our second day in Lima started off with a bit of ancient adventure; after a lazy morning getting ready, we were out the door of our wonderful host’s apartment looking…

Lima

It was our first full day in Lima and already the city was treating us well.  After an uneventful, 12 hour travel day, we landed in Lima late at night. …

Yellow Fever

T-Minus four days until Peru. And what an insanely busy two months it was leading up to this trip.  I can barely contain my excitement at the thought of this…

Almost

It is a little more than two weeks until I leave for one of the biggest adventures of my traveling career.  After months of waiting, May hit me like a…