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“I’d be flying to the moon and back, If you’d beeee, if you’d be my babyyyy….” Remember the Savage Garden’s song from the 90s? As we are each other’s baby, it was imperative to get to the Moon. We did not fly though, we went there on minivan. Bicycle could have also been an option, […]
Can you imagine being surrounded by a white plain and seeing nothing else but the white ground and the blue sky meeting each other on the horizon? It’s the magnificent feeling that the Uyuni Salt flat offers! Salar de Uyuni is the world’s largest salt flat, comprising over 10 000 square kilometers that thousands of […]
We entered Bolivia through Copacabana, a small village on the other side of the Titicaca Lake. Heading to La Paz was like entering in another universe tens or maybe a hundred of years ago…or as if the war has just passed over the area: the road is not paved and huge craters are present from […]
Impressive mountains in the Cordillera Blanca, dirty ghetto-like cities, ancient sites full of history and culture, beautiful Spanish colonial cities… what we were still missing in Peru was a real authentic experience with the indigenous people. We had it during the 1 day boat trip on the Titicaca Lake. Located on the border between Southern […]
Colca Canyon, one of the deepest on Earth with a depht of 3270m which is roughly twice the depht of the Grand Canyon in the US, lies only a few hours’ drive from Arequipa. We couldn’t miss the chance to visit it, as well as its incredible king – the Andean condor, the largest bird […]
Imagine a city in a valley surrounded by volcanoes, where all streets are paved with stones and all buildings are immaculate white, while people are dressed in colorful traditional costumes. This is the beautiful Arequipa, the third largest city in Peru, where there is no Inca sign, but only Spanish colonial buildings all built of […]
Though difficult to access considering its location, this place is magic: at more than 2400 m, up on the Machu Picchu Mountain, surrounded by a circle of other mountains, with stunning views, it is a living piece of culture and history. As it is well hidden, this UNESCO Heritage site was missed by the Spanish […]
Imagine old ruins that are still in very good shape and tell a story just as you watch them, in an amazing scenery. This is the Sacred Valley, called sacred because of its most fertile land in the region, property of the Inca Emperor himself. We made multiple stops on the way, but some of […]
After hiking in the Cordillera Blanca our first impression of Peru changed dramatically and Cuzco just strengthened the new view. With well preserved, colorful colonial architecture, surrounded by Inca ruins, the city is the living evidence of a rich and complex history. As the biggest city and former capital of the Inca empire, where the […]
After so many disappointing places in Peru, Huaraz was just a new one on the list with its mountains of garbage, bad smell, many many dogs on the streets…we reached it after 10 hours of bus passing through ugly towns, though nice natural sceneries. But the 3 days that followed (my birthday in the middle) […]