Getting There We woke up at 4:00am to catch a three hour bus ride to the Huascarán National Park and the beginning of our hike. There were some amazing views of the Cordillera Blanca along[…]

Getting There I got on a night bus from Lima without a plan, hostel, nothing… Basically I was going to figure it out when I arrived early in the morning to Huaraz, a mountain city[…]

Getting There From Paracas I caught a bus direct to Lima. It was maybe 4-5 hours… I honestly don’t remember as I slept pretty much all the way there. I arrived to Lima super late[…]

Getting There From Nazca I hopped on the 11:30 bus to Paracas. We stopped in a city called Ica along the way. Many people get off here to go to Huacachina, the desert laguna, to[…]

The Tour Complete transparency… I enjoyed this adventure / archaeology tour more than the Nazca Lines fly-over!!! It was interesting and certainly had some high octane elements to it. We met at 2:00pm in front[…]

Background I remember learning about the Nazca Lines on TV growing up. The History and Discovery Channels were often on in the background at home and sure enough the Nazca Lines were a popular topic.[…]

Getting There Getting to Nazca from Cusco is pretty straightforward. In the morning I hopped down to the bus terminal in Cusco (“el terminal”) and walked around to every bus company until I found one[…]

Meaning Pachamanca comes from the Quechua words: pacha = Earth manca = pot. (1) As these translations imply, the Pachamanca cooking technique involves using the land as an oven and is a traditional Peruvian method[…]