Travelogues Peru

We would be let out downtown. I have to say that I didn't like the tour that much. The place itself is beautiful and worth visiting, but we didn't get any information on site...

Was awake relatively early. I actually planned to walk to Barrancas today, a district right nearby. But after I walked to the harbor and chilled out there for a bit, I decided...

I decided not to walk back. I had chosen a bus connection and if it doesn't run or doesn't work, I take a taxi. Was so broken. But a bus actually came, although this is the kind...

There she is again, Ines. Well, Ica is not my city. Loud, dirty and incredibly crowded. One more night and then I can go back to Lima. Got up this morning, made myself some...

Off to Lima...I had to be at the airport at 10:00 a.m. Instead of hassling with taxi drivers about the price like I usually do, I took Uber. It's very practical, the price is...

We arrived in Puno at 5 am with the night bus and had a somewhat good sleep. We took a small tuktuk to the hotel where we had booked for one night. Fortunately, we were able to...

On August 20th, I flew together with another volunteer from Lima to Chicklayo, my placement, which is about 10 km away from the coast in the north. Upon arrival, I was warmly...

On 26.12. we flew from Lima to Cusco. The one-and-a-half-hour flight was quickly over, but when we arrived, we quickly realized that we were feeling a bit dizzy. I felt a bit...

After my credit card was confiscated 3 hours before departure in La Paz, it was initially super stressful to get it back in time before we set off for Copacabana! Yes, Bolivia...

two hands", and remains of a picture that was disrupted by the construction of a "highway". We learned that the Nazca Lines date back to the pre-Inca period, but the Peruvians...

Summer, sun, humpback whale

Europe's cross-border post-colonial influence vs. reflection on one's own roots

I love Cusco! At first, I had a bit of a headache and difficulty breathing, or rather, breathing was a bit heavy. But since yesterday, I don't have any more headaches and no...

March 27 - 29, 2018 / Machu Picchu

March 20-23, 2018 - Cusco and Inca Ruins

Last week, I attended the meeting 'Mujeres en acción frente al cambio climático' in Villa El Salvador. This district of Lima is only 20 minutes away by bus from Surco, but it...

brilliant blue sky, the mountains are sharp and clear. I wait a little longer until the family has sorted themselves out and get up half an hour later. Stephania, bu bu's mother,...

23- 30.10.2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusco Cusco was the starting point for my hikes, so I spent almost a week in this charming city, did 2 walking tours in total,...

13 hours on the plane, 3 hours at the airport, and 2 hours in the car brought me to Lima, the capital of Peru in South America, for the first time on 24.10. I want to learn...

03.10. a quiet night - unusual for Peruvian standards. It could be because there are more mototaxis and motorcycles than cars here. No honking, no pseudo-sirens from...

02.10. for a long time again a sustainable breakfast: bananas, avenas, milk. outside on my terrace with a view of the mountains and the opposite neighboring house.it is already...

Wake up call was at 3 am! After that, we headed to the queue for the bus! There were already about 60 people ahead of us (the first bus left at 5:30), but we still got it very...

1-2 Day in Lima Lima is not as beautiful as everyone always writes. That's right. The city is somehow constantly surrounded by a gray haze due to its location by the sea, so you...

Hello from my new home for the coming four weeks - Cusco. The city is at 3.300 metres above sea level and approx. 430.000 people live in the ancient capital of the Inca Empire,...

recover

Hello everyone, as last week was very eventful and exciting, I haven’t had the chance to properly finish my travel blog until now, where I’ve been back in Germany for almost...

Phew, luckily I only checked the flight time at the airport in Zurich 😅 1.5 hours to Amsterdam and then another 12 hours to Lima with KLM. Since I had an aisle seat, I stood...

In the morning we arrive in Trujillo - a rather unremarkable city at first glance. I drop off my laundry at reception and then we have a few minutes in our rooms before we meet...

The day of departure has come. Our bus from Tacna to Cusco leaves at 7:45 p.m. Lissi has tasked Asma and Scholle with taking care of the trip from Arica to Tacna. The plan is to...

So first of all, I'm knocked out. I'm just sitting in the park taking a break from my run. I just felt like I walked three kilometers home, changed briefly and then got out. The...