Archive of posts from October 2024
Peru - Lima - Last Day Our last night. Due to plane timetables, we are spending one last night at an airport hotel in Lima and leaving very early in the monrning.
15 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Cocachimba - Day 3 Epic rains fell all night, but cleared to let us walk 13 km and up and down nearly 700 meters to Gocta Falls.
14 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Cocachimba - Day 2 Today we visited the Fortaleza de Kuelap, a ruin of a city, high on a mountain.
13 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Cocachimba - Day 1 After a painful overnight 13 hour bus ride to Chachapoyas and another hour taxi to Cocachimba, we took a long nap.
12 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Cajamarca - Day 2 Today we toured Cumbe Mayo, a pre Inca (1500BC) site with petroglyphs and a very long (500 km) carved aqueduct among karst stone towers.
11 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Cajamarca - Day 1 We mostly walked around the town, visiting churches, the mirador and the ‘ransom room’ where the Spanish killed the last Inca king.
10 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Trujillo - Day 3 Today we toured the nearby ruins. First was the Moche, the earliest culture here, then Chan Chan, a UNESCO World heritage site, where the Chimu, who were eventually conquered by the Inca, build an amazing set of cities.
9 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Trujillo - Day 2 What an amazing place Trujillo is; amazing architecture, amazing food, dancing contests and more.
8 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Huaraz to Trujillo - Day 1 Today was just a nine hour bus ride to the coastal town of Trujillo. Descending the Andes was a test of our stomachs.
7 October 2024 | travel
Peru - Huayhuash hike - Day 10 We hiked two last passes around Mount Rondoy and finished the hike.
6 October 2024 | travel
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