wet fields & dry trees – finding museums on their knees
What grows in a desert apart from Wachuma the psychotropic San Pedro Cactus? Dry forests that’s what. And with a little help from aquatic engineering...
Category: Travel
the road north to ruin nation
We stepped off the bus from Paracas and I was whisked off to sample the delights of Gaia Holistic Centre in Lima. Vegetarian and vegan...
desert times & island life with birds in deepest poo-roo
With such problematic terrain from deserts to mountains and rain forest it has never been much of a priority to lay rail tracks across the...
the rapid rise of perú in all that they do
Perú is changing and rebirthing at such a rate that it even surprises its own residents. All around Lima you see new building springing up...
back in time through the sacred valley to machu picchu
It was time to plan my magical dream trip to Machu Picchu. With my wonderful friend Arturo we went to the Peru Rail offices to...
say hello to the even higher ruins of sexayyy-woman
Post breakfast and a short cab ride up the hill from my hotel I arrive at the Inca ruins of Sacsayhuamán. A citadel on the...
you can drop the bad altitude and think of the inca
After a short hour’s flight I landed in Cusco the old Inca capital. It’s 3400m above sea level and so altitude sickness can be a...
more tales from the belly of the donkey
Thanks to a rather unique geological climate while most of Perú experiences a wide variety of weather Lima suffers from a condition featuring a mostly...
bean to lima for a crash course on perú
After a long long long long long long flight I touch down in Lima to visit Olga and to take my blog to an international...
a simple ancient temple where geometrics were perfected
It’s so hard to wake up in Rome with resplendent views across the city. Actually the hard part is leaving the apartment. This jewel in...