Before coming to Peru, the mention of the country brought a few things to mind. Mostly, Machu Pichu, Incans, and for us, food obsessed as we are, ceviche (or cebiche depending on who you ask). Peru is famous for its ancient ruins, or more like ruin in the singular. Machu Pichu and the Incan empire [...]
Our original plan was a 4 day hike/horseback ride to the pre-Inca ruins of Kuelap, but 2 days into the hike I (Luis) had a slight mishap involving my ankle (read about it and the hike here). So I made it to Kuelap by Mercedes Sprinter and Lacey arrived on foot . We had never [...]
The long drive to Chachapoyas proved to be well worth the fuel and time it took, a great town with a very interesting history. Chachapoyas is named after the Andean people who inhabited the area before the Incas and Spaniards came along is surrounded by the ruins of their settlements, dating back to in some [...]
Looking at a map, it is easy to understand that Peru is a very large country. However, it wasn’t until we started our drive to Chachapoyas that we really got a full understanding of just how large it is. Our route on the map takes up only a very small portion of the country, but [...]
After an amazingly long time traveling in Ecuador, our visas were finally running out which meant it was high time to get moving. We choose to cross into Peru by the coastal border crossing because we had heard that it was the biggest and busiest border crossing and we were hoping that the more people [...]
