Category: Galápagos & Peru round trip
Galápagos & Peru Round Trip: Julia and Daniel enjoyed a full month of vacation traveling through Ecuador and Peru, with a short detour to North America.
The Galápagos Islands and Machu Picchu were just some of the wonderful places they visited. Highlights included giant tortoises, swimming and snorkeling with seals in the wild, and the adventurous trekking trail to one of the wonders of the world in Peru.
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Strike in the Cusco region – Streik und andere Kleinigkeiten
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 28 – 1h by foot from Qorikancha to the airport After a couple of very relaxing days at Tambo del Inka hotel in Urubamba, we switched hotels once again, a day earlier than planned. So we returned to Cusco yesterday, although our flight is only scheduled for today. The hotel…
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Tambo del Inka review
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 25 – Urubamba After spending most of our time away in hotels with just enough privacy to get changed, shared bathrooms, places where we were woken up by loud neighbors, roosters crying at 04:00 am or the fear of being bitten by not matter which insects, this place feels like…
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Machu Picchu: the Jungle Trek comes to an end – wir sind angekommen
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 25 or day 4 of the Jungle Trek – Machu Picchu – 1,749 meters hiking up the hill Finally, the great day arrived. Today’s Machu Picchu day! After a lot of hard work in the past few days we deserved it so much. The last and ultimate challenge for me was…
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Hiking through the Andes – ein “kleiner Spaziergang” durch die Anden
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 23 or day 2 of the Jungle Trek – 14:53 h – 22km in total today I am so glad we’re done with the most exhausting part. I’m enjoying my siesta, lying in a hammock, my belly full of a delicious lunch (guacamole, soup, spaghetti). Our “middle-aged” 17-men-(and-women-)crew has put…
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The Jungle Trek begins: From Cusco to Santa Maria
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 22 or day 1 of the Jungle Trek – 2,100 meters downhill bike riding, 1h rafting The alarm goes off at 06:30 am and we’re ready to go 45 minutes later to be picked up by Carlos, our tour guide for the next four days on our way to Machu Picchu, doing…
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One and a half days in Cusco – Anderthalb Tage in Cusco
Day 20 & day 21 – 6 km & 14 km wandering through Cusco (altitude should count, as well) We are out of office that long, I can’t even tell what day it is today. Since yesterday we have been in the engine income capital Cusco. Even though I was already here nine years ago,…
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Butterfly in Iquitos, Peru
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Of hunters and gatherers – Von Jägern und Sammlern
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 18 & day 19 While Daniel tried to train his skills gathering this morning and he brought home palm-hearts from the jungle, which we had for lunch, he has caught a catfish for me this afternoon which I will have for dinner later on. Originally, our last half-day trip was…
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Postal addresses in Peru
Day 18 After our official activities ended yesterday, we were invited back home to our guide’s pueblo. We sat with his family and met his wife, his sister and his mother. His daughter of four years gave us the cutest hug ever when she was told to greet the guests. When we were trying to…
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Isla de los Monos, Iquitos
>> deutscher Artikel unten Day 16 – max. 3 monkeys sitting on my shoulder Today we have gone to monkey island. It’s been great to see the animals in their natural habitat for the first time in our lives, without cages. They approached us voluntarily (our guide had food with him) and some of them even…