Sheer heat hit me the minute I stepped off the plane in Foz do Iguacu, but the refreshing spray from the showers the following day made me happy to be able to experience one of the 7th wonders of the world, truely magical on an incredible scale.
Sunday 20 May 2012
Wednesday 16 May 2012
Sunday 13 May 2012
Lima - Peru
Findings in Lima.
A couple days exploring the streets of Lima, watching the sunset on the beach over the smog covered city, meandering in and out of the floods of people in the market streets and going to a bizarre water fountain show!
Saturday 12 May 2012
Huacachina - Peru
Fifteen minutes taxi ride outside of the city Ica lies a tiny little desert oasis called Huacachina. Previously a spot for locals to bathe in the water pool, but now too polluted and has become a tourist spot due to easy access for sand buggying and boarding. A delayed night bus from Ayacucho got me into Ica around 6:30am. An earthquake in the early hours had hit the city of Ica, luckily not much damage was caused. The bus was stopped up in the mountains around 2am due to the road being blocked by fallen rocks.
The locals acted like nothing had happened and was all part of daily life!
The quite little village was calm and only interrupted by the sound of sand buggies pounding up the sand dunes for sunset.
Ayacucho - Peru
After a very long and uncomfortable 23 hour bus ride through rural Peru, I arrived in the small city of Ayacucho which sits up in the Andes. A city with no tourists and a great chance to see locals living in their lives in Peru without the interference of gringos! I spent two days exploring the narrow streets and markets finding anything your mind could think of piled high-up on make shift stalls.
Machu Picchu, Salt mines and more Inca farming - Peru
The day had come to reach Machu Picchu to see the work of the Inca's at its finest. I opted for the two days one night trip to see Machu Picchu and unfortunately we were very un-lucky with the weather. The pouring rain and cold drenched us too our bones for three hours, but it did not dampen our spirits and we kept exploring every corner of the magical and mysterious site. As the clouds finally lifted and the sun rays began to creep their way through, we were able to see the peaks of the mountains and the magic that spiraled around us.
About one hour out of Cusco sit these incredible working salt mines. Only producing salt over a few months of the year due to a long rainy season and muddy water mixing with the salt water to create what appear to be pools of chocolate colored milk.
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