Monthly Archive: June 2013

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Ollantaytambo and the Sacred Valley

The Sacred Valley is a lush farming area which was created by the Incas – they actually added all the soil, created hill ledges and straightened the river! We visited two sites in the...

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Colca Canyon and Chivay

Colca canyon is home to a national park where we were able to spot wild llama, alpaca and vicuña. The animals are beautiful and the scenery is breathtaking. We went deeper into the canyon...

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Night bus to Arequipa

Well the night bus wasn’t too bad, we reckon we got about 6hours sleep and we woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the mountains! Arequipa is a gorgeous town – beautiful buildings and...

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Nasca

Nasca is the second driest place on Earth. (Behind somewhere in Chile) It is also home to the highest sand dune (which looks like a small mountain!). We visited a pre-inca cemetery circa 1000ad....

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Paracas, Pisco and Huacachina

This was a fun packed day! We started off in Paracas and took a boat ride out to the Ballestas islands where we saw dolphins, Inca turtles, vultures, penguins and sea lions. The views...

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Lima

On first appearance, Lima isn’t a great destination. It’s noisy, polluted, has too much traffic and too much cloud cover. It also only has a small handful of places which are recommended to visit,...

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Leaving Do #3 Leamington

Thanks to all our lovely friends who joined us for a fond farewell in Jephson Gardens. And well done to those who lasted until the end of the night!

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Leaving Do #2 Retford

A great party with my wonderful family. Thank you to my mum and dad for arranging the fantastic quiz, bbq, sun and pass the turtle! I will miss you all sooo much. xxxx