Category: Peru

  • South America: Our Favorites

    We really loved our three and a half months in South America, from the tropical shores of the Caribbean in Colombia, to snorkeling with sea lions in the Galapagos Islands to hiking among 6000+ meter peaks in Peru. It’s an immensely varied continent, and we barely even scratched the surface. We found nothing but warm and…

  • Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas

    Cusco, our last stop in Peru, sometimes gets pigeonholed as merely the gateway to Machu Picchu and the Incas’ Sacred Valley, but it’s also a vibrant and enchanting city in its own right. We had some great food, and enjoyed exploring the city’s narrow, cobblestonedstreets. The city was the Incas’ historical capital and there are…

  • Yum: Inca Cola

    Coca-cola is everywhere in South America, but Peru has always been fighting back with its own popular soda: Inca Cola. It’s bright yellow and made from lemongrass, which sounds cool, but in reality it tastes like bubble gum! So it’s not surprising to see kids addicted to it, but I don’t quite get adults’ fascination…

  • Ica & Huacachina: Lots of Pisco, Lots of Sand

    We needed a place to break up the very long journey between Lima and Cusco (anywhere from 20 to 30 hours depending on which route you take). Our stop options on the shortest route were either Nazca, home of the famous Nazca lines which can be seen from an airplane tour, or Ica, a town…

  • A Trip to the Salon

    Some of you have been asking: what do we look like after 2+ months of travel? Yes, we still use razors once in a while; yes, we are tan (but it’s a farmer’s tan); yes, we still wear shoes regularly. However, my hair was out of control long (for me)– it hadn’t been this long…

  • Yum: Lima Food Tour

    I was excited to get back to Lima after having been there very briefly with my mom on our Peru trip three years ago. What I mostly remember was the delicious food we ate while there, the great weather we had (despite the fact that we were there during the winter when the city is…

  • Huaraz, Peru and the Santa Cruz Trek

    Fresh off our five day journey, we arrived in Huaraz, Peru tired and travel-weary. After resting in our wonderful hostel–Churup–for a few hours to recover from the overnight bus, we spent the better part of two days researching trekking companies and trying to decide on the best way to explore our beautiful surroundings. In the…

  • From Baños to Huaraz

    It feels like we’ve been covering a lot of ground in the last two weeks. After spending over five weeks in tiny Ecuador, we realized we needed to get moving if we want to make Patagonia by early October. Baños was pretty much the last place we wanted to spend time in in Ecuador and…