Peru

[scooterscot]

Anyone here been? Thinking of taking a jaunt over that way next month.. what were your experiences?

 

[darmstadt]

Ask Paddington

 

[Uncle Albert]

They eat contractors there:

 

[Gumbo Robot]

I got scared off by the Sendero Luminoso.

Don't think they're active any more though....

 

[mudskipper]

Pondy knows Peru.

I did the Inca Trail last year - fantastic!

 

[Pogle]

They eat contractors there:

 

[SantaClaus]

Anyone here been? Thinking of taking a jaunt over that way next month.. what were your experiences?

Went years ago. Loved it.

Didn't do the Inca Trail, stayed at a town at the foot of Machu Pichu called Aguas Calientes. The shops literally line both sides of the railway line. Got a bus up before the hoards of tourists arrived.

Cusco is an amazing city, as is Lima too with it's colonial style buildings. Stayed just outside of Lima in Miraflores.

Also, you should go to Bolivia and see Lake Titicaca and La Paz. Take the railway line from Puno to Aguas Calientes and stop at La Raya pass which is the highest station in the world at 14,000 feet.

Word of warning, we suffered altitude sickness whilst there, drinking lots of Coca leaf tea definitely helps and doesn't get you high (unfortunately)!

 

[scooterscot]

Went years ago. Loved it.

Didn't do the Inca Trail, stayed at a town at the foot of Machu Pichu called Aguas Calientes. The shops literally line both sides of the railway line. Got a bus up before the hoards of tourists arrived.

Cusco is an amazing city, as is Lima too with it's colonial style buildings. Stayed just outside of Lima in Miraflores.

Also, you should go to Bolivia and see Lake Titicaca and La Paz. Take the railway line from Puno to Aguas Calientes and stop at La Raya pass which is the highest station in the world at 14,000 feet.

Word of warning, we suffered altitude sickness whilst there, drinking lots of Coca leaf tea definitely helps and doesn't get you high (unfortunately)!

Sounds amazing. Sorely tempted to book that flight.

You're not the first to mention about the altitude sickness. It sometimes strikes when I'm skiing up in the alps, so I tend to always carry some aspirin with me.

How did you travel to La Paz from Puno?

 

[scooterscot]

17 days to go!

17 days to go!

and vaccination time. So I contacted my GP here in München and he wants to give me an ultrasound the morrow. Whit?

 

[EternalOptimist]

and vaccination time. So I contacted my GP here in München and he wants to give me an ultrasound the morrow. Whit?

good luck amigo.
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