Green Eco Services (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the companies I haven’t really mentioned when talking about Eco Tourism is South American Explorers. Anybody who is travelling to South America, should join this great organization. I used them in Lima and in Cusco. Both clubhouses were absolutely fantastic and helpful. I highly recommend them to anyone. South American Explorers is a [...]
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
After some fun filled days in Huaccachina we took the overnight bus into Cusco. We found a quaint hostel and set out to explore the city. Cusco for us is one of those cities that really lets us appreciate traveling. Its easy to spend hours walking through the narrow cobbled streets looking at the architecture of the old buildings and popping into stores to shop. The city is a contrast...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Well I realised I am back on the backpacking circuit after 7 weeks working in Cusco Peru. Which happened to be some of the happiest weeks of my travels if not my life. It was a hell of a lot of fun working in a hostel bar for 2 months I met so many awesome people partied almost every night and spent pretty much no money. Cant complain at all. It spurred too many stories for me to recoun
Ed Mitchell: Platform neutral (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
... I was deeply moved by the thought of that being, those beings, in the unhealthy forests of eastern Cusco and Madre de Dios, making long journeys of days or weeks, bringing stories from one group of Machiguengas to another and taking away others, reminding each member of the tribe that the others were alive, that despite the great distances that separated them, they still formed a community,...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... Santa Catalina and had a very delicious veggie meal before getting on another bus that evening to Cusco, which was another 10 hours! At Cusco bus station we got a taxi to our school were we are studying spanish for 2 weeks. Up one flight of stairs and we were ridiculously out of breath!!! Thats when i knew the altitude had kicked in. Cusco is about 3300metres high, so when...
mmm-yoso!!! (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
... carts in Chiang Mai, Naem from a stall on the shores of the Mekong , Cuy made especially for us in Cusco, Cebiche in Lima , and even Deep-fried Cheese Curds in Madison . Boy, have we put in the miles! Hopefully, we're not done yet! So right now, the entire gang at mmm-yoso would like to thank you for visiting. We'd never have hung around this long without you! The Missus and I are taking...
