After sweating it out in the Peruvian Amazon, discovering the charms of the Sacred Valley and hiking my way to Machu Picchu, my Peruvian adventure continued.
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The Amazon to the Andes
Peru stretches from the Colombian / Ecuadorian border in the north to the Chilean border in the South. To the east you have the magnificent peaks of the Andes, to the west over 2,400km of Pacific Ocean coastline and in the middle, the Amazon snaking its way through.
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Bowler hats and big vistas - On the road in Bolivia
Two hours after setting off from the wonderful Titilaka (read about it here), our very comfortable base on the shores of the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca, we were at the border. Here, all that separated Peru from Bolivia was an archway and after a few stamps in our passports from surly looking men, we were in. Immediately the feeling was like we’d stepped back in time as a local peanut seller set up her stall next to me on the roadside.
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