Pinkuylluna and Ollantaytambo ruins were some wonderful ruins to see. Ollantaytambo is a small village of only around 700-1000 inhabitants in the south of Peru. Its located in the Sacred Valley not too far from Machu Picchu. The draw of this small town is that there is actually a ruin that is free to visit […]
Arequipa is a city in Southern Peru that doesn’t have the most incredible ruins, or mountains, scenery, or food. It was perfect for us to spend 5 days getting healthy, acclimatizing to altitude, doing some laundry and saving some money. Arequipa is the colonial-era capital of Peru’s Arequipa Region. Framed by 3 volcanoes, it’s filled […]
Sitting at around 7,700 feet above sea level sits the semi-arid city of Arequipa,Peru on the Gringo Trail. The “Gringo Trail” is a well established route around Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Argentina and Ecuador, Chile and Brazil. It’s no established trail like the Appalachian Trail in the US, it’s more just a route us “gringos” […]