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Victoria Police are getting needy!
Tonight I was walking through the Jam Factory in Chapel St with some friends. We were approached by two women who said they were doing a quick one minute survey for the police. I kind of reluctantly obliged. Hold up, the police are doing a survey!? WTF?
They asked ‘did you notice the extra police presence [...]
Posted: December 13th, 2008 under News, Peru Travel Blog, Politics.
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Is duty free a rip off?
In my travels in Arequipa Peru, we decided to venture out of tourist town into Normalville. In our travels, we came across a bottle shop, so I took a look.
Wouldn’t you know it, booze is pretty cheap in Peru. A bottle of local rum is about 15 Soles ($5 AUD), Johnny Walker Red 30 Soles [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under News, Peru Travel Blog, Wine.
Tags: duty free alcohol, duty free prices, duty free shopping, rip off, scam
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Chillin’ in Cusco: the fun part
OK, so once you get over the altitude Cusco (or Cuzco) is one great little place. It’s a city of about a million people. The Plaza De Armas has two beautiful churches, heaps of great places to eat and sits bang in the centre of a great many Inca ruins. A place where you could [...]
Posted: May 19th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: cusco peru travel, cuzco travel, machu picchu peru, peru adventure, peru and travel, peru travel info, travel in peru
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Fear and Loathing in Lima
On the gringo trail in Peru, talking to other tourists, Lima gets the worst rap of all. It’s an over crowded capital city rife with petty crime and shitful drivers. I mean really shitful drivers, but I digress.
Strangely, it never rains in Lima – ever. It just kind of spits when it does. There’s only [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: lima peru travel, peru travel info, peru travel tips, peru travels, travel to peru
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Coca is not a hell of a drug
Well I’m back from Peru and after an exhaustive customs check, I’ve got the all clear. But it did make me think of something that was topical while I was over there. See Peru has a great reputation for growing and cultivating coca. Their neighbors, specifically Columbia, an even greater reputation for taking the bi-product [...]
Posted: May 17th, 2008 under Colourful stuff (content warning), Peru Travel Blog, Politics.
Tags: altitude sickness, chewing coca, coca, coca leaf tea, coca leaves, coca plant, cocaine, drugs, mate coca, peru, peru travel information, peru travel tips, peruvian travel
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Arequipa rules OK
Hola from Arequipa in Peru. I´ve been here for a few days now and it´s just epic. It has a few great streets such as San Francisco full of great restaurants – even kebaberies and middle eastern, some of which are OK – and the place just has a really busy, vibrant vibe to it. [...]
Posted: May 6th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: arequipa travel, cusco peru travel, machu picchu vacation, peru attractions, peru travel guide, peru travels, peru vacation, travel to peru
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Machu Picchu trek blow by blow
Well cross one thing off the life list. I’ve completed the Machu Picchu trek down the Inca Trail with SAS Travel Peru.
To be precise, here’s a trip iterary for the trek that I did.
Photos and stuff will come later, but first here’s a day by day account for anyone who’s thinking of giving it a [...]
Posted: May 5th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: cuzco peru travel, cuzco travel, inca trail peru, machu picchu vacation, peru travel, peru treks, sas travel, vacations peru
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Chillin in Cusco: practical part
OK, I´m going to have to separate this into two posts because Cusco is awesome but there is some stuff you should know.
Firstly altitude is a bitch. Many people fly into Cusco from other high altitude spots like La Paz in Bolivia and so they´re already well adjusted. But if you´re doing Peru only, then [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: machu picchu peru, peru travel, peru travel guide, peru travel information, peru travel tips, peruvian travel, travel in peru, travel to peru
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Hola from San Tiago
Well here goes the first post of the trip. Had a couple of days in Chile which was pretty OK except for the fact that they take weekends pretty seriously by doing absolutely nothing. Especially on Sundays. Oh yeah and no one speaks any English here!
Thankfully the restaurants were open and I had one of [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2008 under Peru Travel Blog.
Tags: chile travel, chile travel blog, san tiago, south america
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