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Cusco

The lost city of Machu Picchu.

15 February, 2018 By Amanda

How Hard is the Inca Trail?

The Classic Inca Trail is one of the most famous hikes in the world. Pretty much everyone has heard of it and it’s a common bucket list item. The Classic Inca Trail takes you over mountains and through valleys, passing many Inca ruins along the way, before arriving at Machu Picchu four days later. It’s […]

A statue of Pachacuti, the great Inca who transformed his kingdom into an empire.

13 November, 2017 By Amanda

Cusco: So Much More Than A Gateway To Machu Picchu

After our trips through the Amazon Jungle, and hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu we finally got around to exploring Cusco and the area around it. We heard that Cusco is a really nice town and that there were a lot of things to see. But we really had no idea just how packed […]

Stars spinning around the southern celestial pole over Isla del Sol.

18 July, 2017 By Amanda

Lake Titicaca: The Spiritual Centre of the Andes

Heading north from our adventures in La Paz we came to Lake Titicaca. This was and still is an important spiritual centre for people from the Andes. It’s where the sun and moon came from in the Andean creation legend, and where the spirits of the dead go. Tiwanaku Tiwanaku has some of the earliest […]

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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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