December 29, the day after Erin arrived, we were on our train to Machu Picchu (interestingly enough pronounced Machu Pik-chu). Though we were in the throes of the rainy season, the days of our visit were blessed with rainlessness, perhaps El Niño being to blame/thank for the drought-like weather we, as mere passersby, have enjoyed; […]
Read MoreNos premiers jours à Cusco, le nombril de l’Empire Inca, avec au programme visites pédestres du centre historique, le plus vieux marché de la ville, et bien sûr lamas et alpacas ! Our first days in Cusco, the bellybutton of the Incan Empire, with walking tours of the historic center, visit of the oldest market […]
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Distances long and time short, we decided to overnight-bus eight hours to Lima and catch an hour-long flight to Cusco. Christmas was quickly approaching, and we had wanted to have a few relaxing days before our friend Erin’s imminent arrival, a visit sure to be packed with sightseeing, touring, good eating, a trip to Machu […]
Read MoreAvant de quitter Huaraz, une dernière visite cette fois-ci vers les ruines pré-incas de Chavín de Huantar. La route pour s’y rendre, qui serpente à travers les hauts-plateaux, offre des paysages sublimes. One last visit before leaving Huaraz, this time to the pre-inca ruins of Chavín de Huantar. The road to get there crosses the […]
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The night we came back from our Llanganuco tour, Julien mentioned he was feeling quite sore. We had done nothing particularly trying physically other than sitting in buses (which is not to undermine the potential uncomfortableness of a long ride!), but we decided to take it easy and not book another tour for the next […]
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(Huaraz is the capital of the region Ancash) Day two: we had booked one of those activity-packed day-tours, this one taking us north of Huaraz. We would visit a town famous for its ice-cream and many legends, then off to Yungay, a city completely buried by an avalanche triggered by that fateful earthquake of 1970, […]
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When was your last haircut? I’m sure this question is more directed at Julien than me, but for those interested in my luscious locks, I got a much-appreciated trim in Quito for $5 by a Chinese woman named Lee on December 2. Julien’s last cut is estimated early-May. What is it like having a hair […]
Read MoreAu départ de Huaraz, ce tour nous a emmené à Cahuaz où nous avons dégusté quelques glaces, puis à la sublime Laguna de Llanganuco, perchée à 3850 d’altitude. This tour took us from Huaraz to Carhuaz to enjoy some local made ice-cream, and then to the magnificent Laguna de Llanganuco, perched at 3850m over sea […]
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Huaraz is a great place for outdoor adventure-seekers, sandwiched in a valley in the Andes with the bare Cordillera Negra to the west and the snow-peaked Cordillera Blanca to the east. Huaraz has a really strong tourism infrastructure in place meaning aside from numerous multi-day mountain-hikes, there are a lot of full-day tours packed with […]
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The ride from Loja, Ecuador to Trujillo, Peru was one of our longest and perhaps least comfortable trip to date. We knew we were in for an overnight ride to get to Piura, in northern Peru, and once in Piura we were hopeful we would catch a morning bus to Trujillo, getting us to our […]
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