We had planned to hike on the famous Inca trail. We had read from Internet that it was possible to book while in Cusco. Unfortunately, amount of hikers is restricted, and January is a specially busy month (the trail is closed on February because of the rain season). The closest possible date for us would […]
The overnight bus trip from Nazca to Cusco took 15H instead of 12H planned. Luckily, we were in good company :) Cusco (from Quechua Q’osqo) means belly of the world, as it was at the capital and center of the vast Inca empire, spreading from south of today’s Ecuador to north of Chile and […]
We spent about 2 days in Nazca. Mostly doing nothing the first one, to keep this blog up to date, rest a bit (especially since temperature was quite high), and Netta got to try the pool in the first hostel :) On the second day, we found a very nice and cheap hostel to stay […]
From Lima, Francis had organized our arrival in Pisco, next to the Paracas Reserve. It’s important that someone comes fetch you there as the town is rather dodgy by night (we arrived late). We didn’t get much sleep, since tours were already booked and started early in the morning. We have had difficulties to sleep […]
We stayed 3 days in Lima. We got to see quite a lot in this small amount of time, and experience many aspects of the capital. So Francis, the hostel owner gave us a map in the beginning, where he marked places we should see and the places we should not go into, which was […]