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Its the End of the World As We Know It

When we arrived in Lima, there was a major mix up with the hostel and they didn’t have enough beds for us. We had paid in advance and it was going to be tricky for us to find anything near by at the last minute so we insisted that the hostel staff fixed the problem for us. They were suitably embarassed and offered to make some pisco sours while we waited. Lima was positively topical in comparison to Cuzco and Puno, so we put dresses on and sat outside in…read more

May.03

Kayaking on Titicaca

Posted by Kylie in Peru, South America

For the second leg of our Peruvian adventure, we had booked a kayaking trip on Lake Titicaca. Our trip started with an hour long boat journey, and then we picked up the kayaks. We paddled for two hours across the calm water to reach the island of Taquile. This small island has a lot of interesting traditions, which our guide explained to us. Taquile is home to the ‘knitting men’ and as you walk around you see lots of locals knitting away. The men knit themselves long, brightly coloured hats…read more

May.01

Machu Picchu

Posted by Kylie in Peru, South America, Trip

Apparently four days of walking wasn’t enough for us so Cath, Diane and I got up at 4 am to climb the 3000 steps to Machu Picchu, with the other following shortly behind on a bus. It was pitch black as we climbed and already warm, but just as we were starting to feel like we wouldn’t make it, we found our rhythm, dawn broke and we snatched glimpses of the Inca terraces. We reached the top just before the others and had enough time to change t-shirts and cool…read more