We made our way to Ica, a little further South Peru, about a week later. From here we visited the Ballestas Islands. These are a set of islands claiming to be the ‘poor man’s Galapagos’ and although we saw lovely little Humbolt penguins and sealions, they were not as impressive Read more…
One of the downsides of Peru is that it has had tourists for a long, long time so they are very clued up on about how to milk us! Because of this, one of the only real options to take to see Lake Titicaca is to go on a homestay Read more…
The Inca Trail was the only thing we had booked before leaving England. The four day trail starts in Ollyantaytambo and ends inside Machu Picchu. It is supposedly the ‘best’ trail leading to Machu Picchu since it has such spectacular views and goes through many other ruin sites. It has Read more…
I am a keen runner at home and frequently enter races so I was on the look-out for something in South America which worked out with our travel plans. We found an event in Lima. It was advertised as Lima 42k, but it also had a 21k and a 10k Read more…