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The lost city of Machu Picchu.

27 September, 2017 By Amanda

Hiking The Inca Trail: What It’s Really Like (Part 2)

This is the second part of our Inca Trail hike, if you haven’t read the first part you can read it here. Day 3 Our guides told us that now that we had finished the hardest part of the hike we had the best day in front of us. Beautiful views and lots of ruins. […]

On top of Dead Woman's Pass, the rest of the day's hike is downhill to our camp in the valley behind.

22 September, 2017 By Amanda

Hiking The Inca Trail: What It’s Really Like (Part 1)

The Inca Trail is one of those bucket list items that a lot of people have, and now it was our turn to give it a crack. You have to book months in advance, and so seven months after booking we finally set off for a four day hike over the mountains to Machu Picchu. […]

Red and green macaws eating clay.

25 August, 2017 By Amanda

Welcome To The Jungle – Part 2

If you haven’t read Part 1 of our trip to the Peruvian Amazon, you can read it here. Day 4 – Exploring Deep In The Jungle Cocha Salvador Because the rivers in the Amazon Rainforest change course regularly, they can leave behind big oxbow lakes like Cocha Salvador. So you get animals that prefer the […]

One of the MANY caimans we saw all along the river.

18 August, 2017 By Amanda

Welcome To The Jungle – Part 1

Not long after our arrival in Cusco for Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun) we set off east, down from the Andes and into the lowland jungle of Peru. We were headed for the Manu National Park. A remote part of the Amazon Rainforest which has the highest biodiversity in the world. It’s so remote […]

Pedr with all his accessories.

6 August, 2017 By Amanda

We Have The Machine That Goes Ping

For those of you who don’t know, a couple of weeks ago Pedr had a heart attack while we were exploring the area around Cusco in Peru. Luckily, he is OK now. We are safely back in Australia where he is recovering. It all happened while we were exploring some Inca ruins. Pedr felt a […]

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Hi, we're Amanda and Pedr and we think that you don't need to be an athlete or look like a fitness model to be able to enjoy adventurous activities. We're just two regular people who don't fit the young / beautiful / athletic traveller mould, but we're still doing all sorts of adventurous things. Read More

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