Peru
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Lima, Peru – Foodie Paradise
At this point I’m going to beat a dead horse and repeat myself a third time – Peru has the best food we’ve had in South America, hands down. This was continually evidenced in every meal we had in Lima, and we had lots… In order of best to really damn good, here’s a few Continue reading
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Arequipa & Cusco, Peru – Mountains of Chocolate
After Lake Titicaca, we made our way back to Arequipa where we finally met with Jesus, a Peruvian friend from my time at UT Dallas and a wonderful local guide (against his wishes). Arequipa was quite nice, but after all of the driving around Colca and Puno, we were very ready for a bit of Continue reading
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Lake Titicaca, Peru – Floating Islands at 14,000ft
Llama backups aside, the drive to Lake Titicaca was quite nice – the highway driving is significantly less chaotic than city driving and we had the chance to stop and soak in the roadside attractions, including flamingos! Not exactly the fauna I was expecting to see at this elevation, but apparently Andean Flamingos are a Continue reading
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Colca Canyon, Peru – Condors and Coca Tea
We started out our Peru trip with a flight from Mendoza to Arequipa, via Lima. The first day in Peru was quite a blur given all the travel, but we still managed to make an important discovery – Peru has by far the best food we had in all of South America so far. We’ll Continue reading
Rachel & Radu Retire (ish) 