How We Visited the Mysterious Nazca Lines

Here’s How We Visited the Mysterious Nazca Lines and How You Can too

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Written by David/Photos by Michelle & David

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UPDATE: Since we last wrote this post, +140 new geoglyphs have been discovered in the Nasca desert using artificial intelligence. More at the end of this post. I’ve always been quite a sceptic when it comes to interpreting what I see during my travels but I have to admit I failed to keep my cool when I saw the Nazca Lines for the first time. I consider myself a seasoned traveller … Read More

Perú – Puno to Lima

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Written by Michelle/Photos by Michelle & David

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Puno The town of Puno is not that much to write home about, it is quite touristy and relies on the tourism related to Lake Titicaca. We did a day trip on Lake Titicaca and were actually pleasantly surprised. We had a funny and flambuoyant tour guide who did a great job of informing us about the area and the communities that live on the lake. We first of all … Read More

Perú – Parque Nacional del Manu

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Written by Michelle/Photos by Michelle & David

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Visiting the Amazon rainforest has been a dream of ours for a long time, seeing it and Macchu Picchu were our two main priorities when planning this trip. We could not have asked for a better guide than Abraham from Amazon Trails Peru. We were lucky enough to be the only two people on our tour so we had a very personal experience with Abraham. He grew up in the … Read More

Perú – The Inca Trail

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Written by Michelle/Photos by Michelle & David

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The Inca Trail deserves a post all to itself since it was one of the main reasons for visiting Peru. To put it bluntly, it was one of the hardest, most challenging things I have ever done in my life. Before starting the hike I was more worried about getting altitude sickness than the hike itself. In hindsight, I should not have underestimated the difficulty of the hike and how … Read More

Perú – Lima to Cusco

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Written by Michelle/Photos by Michelle & David

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Lima On our first day in Lima we were lucky enough to be there for celebrations related to Peru’s national day. We came across a huge celebration that included a parade with some of the most colourful costumes we have ever seen. Lima is an easy city to walk around with plenty of great restaurants and fabulous colonial architecture to see. We visited the catacombs at Santa Domingo church that … Read More

Peru – The logistics

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Written by David/Photos by Michelle & David

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Peru is an amazing country, with a rich history, fabulous food and incredibly friendly people. Every place we visited was unique and fascinating. We spent 4 weeks travelling around the southern half of Peru. Initially we were a little delusional about how much we could see in a month but once we started seriously planning the trip we realised that we needed to factor in travel days. The best way … Read More