One collectivo ride later and we arrive in Huaraz. Huaraz has all the usual 3rd world capital characteristics - dustswept roads, mangy dogs, street urchins, entire families on mopeds, scary taxi drivers, and potholes. Were here for three reasons; to visit a cafe that sells peanut butter and banana sandwiches, visit Peru´s most famous, oldest major culture, the Chavin´s and swim in hot brown pools. The Chavin culture is 3000 years old and they mastered t...

Off we trundled to a pretty little town called Caraz, checked into our cheapest hostal yet, 2 pound and 50 p, for a rock hard double bed and shared hot showers, nice. We heard the best place to eat was Cafe de Rat, thats right the Rat Cafe. The next morning we took a taxi to Yungay, a town famous for featuring the worst natural disaster in the entire Andes! An earthquake in 1970 loosened 15 million cubic meters of granite and ice and dropped down the mountain a...

After the surprise of arriving in Peru and finding a very typicaly european beach resort town, the shock of which forced us to lie down on the beach for three days, we headed south down the famous Pan American highway to our next stop, Chiclayo. We have spent 6 days in northern Peru spending our time looking at Peru history and blowing our noses. Two and a half months since leaving the motherland we have both been landed with our first colds. We've been visiting...

Mancora, a classic surf town, our first stop in Peru. Three days of getting our Caribbean tans back, reading books, partaking in some lazy surfing and chortling at Peruvian attempts to translate their Spanish menus to English. Please send an e-mail with the title containing the correct translation of Ostion al natural. Cooper Out Love Dan & Kat