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+ Penguins & Sea-lions at Poor Man’s Galapagos

May 8, 2009 – 8:52 pm

One of my fave pics ever – a group of the cutest penguins you can find in South America! I never managed to make it to Ecuador on my travels in South America, so when I heard that Peru offered it’s very own version of the Galapagos Islands I couldn’t pass up the chance! I [...]

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+ Sandboarding in Huacachina, Peru

May 8, 2009 – 5:20 pm

After an overnight bus from Cuzco to Ica, I turned up at Casa De Arena, a pretty cool hostel with a swimming pool! I dropped off my stuff into the TWENTY+ bed dorm and at 10am went off to the dunes. The dune-buggy ride was the scariest part of the whole day… if you end [...]

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+ Cuzco & Machu Picchu, Peru

May 5, 2009 – 12:44 am

Staying at my second Loki hostel, my first day involved sorting out a day-trip for Machu Picchu (time constraints and all that) and going to a place called Yajoo for a burger! I walked around the city with a guy from my hostel, and then at 4pm was feeling really tired so I ended sleeping [...]

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+ Flying to Bogota, Colombia from Lima, Peru

April 23, 2009 – 5:09 pm

Firstly, I was unprepared for the airport tax. I’d managed to whittle away my last few soles to almost zero, so then to be told i need to pay 98 more just for using the airport (which doesn’t even have free wi-fi) left me a bit miffed. I’ve even had to pay a fee for [...]

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