We write on 2014-05-30: We are presently in Copacabana, Bolivia which is just over the border from Peru.  This is the real Copacabana – the beach in Brazil, which has a famous song written about it, borrowed its name from this picturesque pueblo on the shores of the grand Lake Titicaca. We arrived at Hostel […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-15: We said adios to Lima and left all of its upscale Miraflores delights, and depressing grey skies (no sun the entire time we were there!) and hit the road. Our next stop was Huacachina, a desert oasis just outside of Ica. The ride from Lima was more blowing, coastal desert underneath […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-11: Bright lights, classy city, crazy drivers – greetings from Lima! We arrived in Lima mid-afternoon after a long day’s ride through more coastal desert. This time the road had us travelling up and down over mountains (or sand dunes?) as we coasted alongside, well, the coast. The weather wasn’t ideal and […]

Jenn writes on 2014-05-05: Greetings from high in the Peruvian Andes mountains! We have already spent almost an entire week here, in Huaraz – “the Switzerland of the Andes” – and it’s pretty spectacular.  We haven’t taken advantage of any of the offered tours (mountain trekking mostly) but the surrounding scenery is simply marvelous and […]