The Manatee Rehab Center in Iquitos was amazing. I got to feed baby manatees that were being prepared for release back into the Amazon. They also had a bunch of monkeys and a few Macaws. We went back to Lima the next day. I meant to put up something about our time in Lima. We explored more of the Barranco neighborhood and visited the largest fountain park in the world by the national stadium.… Read the rest
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5/13/2015 Iquitos, Peru
This is Iquitos. The internet stinks. Jill and I are raring to jump back to the U.S. but Peru continues to surprise us. Iquitos is a dirty, loud, pushy city on the doorstep of the largest river in the world and the largest rainforest in the world. Iquitos has a few pockets of charm though. It’s river walk is full of it.… Read the rest
5/3/2015 El Chaco, Peru
We took a bus from Ica to Pisco yesterday. Then we jumped in a Combi van to El Chaco. The Combi takes you past some fish factories. You’re lucky if the diesel exhaust outweighs the sour fish smell. El Chaco was a small fishing village that has become gentrified. There is a sidewalk along the water for a couple miles. It starts in the town’s restaurants and souvenir shops and wanders into a few nice resorts with green lawns.… Read the rest
4/30/2015 Huacachina, Peru
Today we are in Haucachina. This is an Oasis outside Ica. There is a lagoon in the middle which may have curative properties and was a sanitarium of sorts. It’s been taken over by sand boarding kids on holiday. We may be a bit old for this place.
We arrived in Ica by bus from Nazca Yesterday afternoon wishing to stay there.
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We came to Tacna Yesterday. Today we went to Arica, Chile. They are a little over an hour apart. Between the two and pretty much everywhere around Tacna is a desert. It’s all empty adobe colored earth. No people or structures exist in the wastes. Tacna is some mish mash of border town and tourist trap for Chileans looking for a favorable exchange rate.… Read the rest
4/17/2015 Arequipa
Yesterday we went for the Arequipa free walking tour. It was great. Saw some Camelids again but at a much nicer wool store/museum than the bus tour. We saw the volcanoes and had some chocolate, Pisco, and Chicha. After we went to the Santa Catalina Monastery and walked around at dusk. The twilight was great for pictures of that stunning place.… Read the rest
4/16/2015 Arequipa, Peru
We’ve been in Arequipa for a week. I was sick for a couple days. The weather here is beautiful now. We must’ve arrived for the last day of the rainy season. We arrived at our hostel in the evening to a large welcoming committee. Julianne and Junior had organized some Uno in the kitchen. Jill and I were rather exhausted from a 10 hour bus ride that should’ve been 8.… Read the rest
4/10/2015 Cusco Peru
4/10/2015 Cusco Peru
We’ve been moving fast with little down time. We left Lima behind and traveled by bus to Cusco. It took 21 hours and Jill was under the weather most of the time. We got here at 3 pm and found our way to the hostel in the rain. We spent 2.5 days wandering around Cusco. It rained and was a little on the chilly side.
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Jill and I went to see the movie Insurgent last night. Here, it is called Insurgente but it was in English with Spanish subtitles. That was kind of weird. We haven’t been to a movie theater since we were in Florida in October. Theaters are like sensory deprivation tanks. Encompassed by the movie’s sensations, I was transported back to the USA for a couple hours.… Read the rest
3/29/2015 Lima
The mall in Miraflores is quite the place. It is called Larcomar and it is built into the side of the bluff facing the ocean. It was foggy when we were there but the view is still breathtaking. Jill and I browsed the many stores catering to travelers and hikers. We coveted it all but bought nothing. Going down the street we ate at a restaurant called Punto Azul.… Read the rest