Torotoro: small town festivities and dinosaurs

The city of Torotoro is about five hours outside of Cochabamba. Other than Jeep trails, there is pretty much only one way in and one way out, so we were finally in the Bolivian campo. Normally the town is fairly sleepy, and during wet season often cut off from Cochabamba. Mostly they [...]

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Cajamarca and the Northern Loop

After we left Trujillo, we headed back inland to Cajamarca. With about two weeks to kill before Fish, Sue and Alexa came to visit, we planned on doing a circuit through the northern sierra of Peru, which “they” say is pretty far off the Gringo Trail. We found most parts to be pretty [...]

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Weekend Wanderings

Not much to report about this weekend in Lima.  It got off to a bad start as I´ve had a stomach bug lately that really knocked me off my feet on Friday.  Spent the day working a bit and watching way too much TV.  We also learned how to tie our shoes ¨properly¨ from an amazingly [...]

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North Coast

Here in Lima, everyone keeps asking us if we like Peru. The answer is of course yes, but with a disclaimer. So far we’ve only seen the northern coast of Peru, so we can’t exactly offer up a fully informed opinion.
After leaving Ecuador, we took the Pan American Highway straight down the coast, stopping in [...]

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