Peru

Proper jungly

Posted on December 2, 2006 by 3-6-6

From Lima once again we flew into Iquitos, and proper Jungly. Iquitos is apparently the largest isolated city in the world: half a million people who can only be reached by plane or boat. It is as mad as any Peruvian city however, with millions of open tricycle type taxis drawn by Honda 125ccs buzzing &hellip Continue reading »

Categories: Peru, Rachel, World Trip 2006-7 | Tags: Amazon, Amazon river, Belen, catfish, Iquitos, Jungle, macaws, Peru, pink dolphin, tarantulas | 1 Comment

Paracas!

Posted on December 1, 2006 by 3-6-6

The funny thing about Peru is there’s a lot of good stuff to see but there’s a lot of bad stuff to wade through to get to it! That said at least two unexpected good moments in our travels here happened on the way to somewhere else. Sillustani was a quick stop on the way &hellip Continue reading »

Categories: Peru, Rachel, World Trip 2006-7 | Tags: Isla Balleastas, Paracas, Paracas National Reserve, Pelicans, Peru, sea lions | Leave a comment

Pondering Peru …

Posted on November 30, 2006 by 3-6-6

Mad, bad … but ultimately fab? Peru is so crammed full of contradictions it is hard to put the place into words. True, there have been times in this last couple of weeks where I felt that the best part of Peru was the airport out of it, but then again, we have seen and &hellip Continue reading »