We arrived at 3:10 pm local time (12:10 am March 23 in Toronto). We were 2 very knackered (tired) travellers.  At first I thought we'd landed in the wrong place because we were greeted with "Welcome to Kenz" (with a drawn out "e").   Apparently not, however.   We, also, heard the name pronounced "Cans" (with the a sounding like the a sound in baa) as well, very similar to the pronunciation of Cannes in France. The city is also named after Governor Ca...

We're going to the land down under where women glow and men plunder..... : It's my turn to fulfil a bucket list dream so we're off the Australia and New Zealand for 5 weeks. We're doing 2 back to back tours with g Adventures (same tour operator we went to Peru with). We will be exploring the east coast of Australia for 2.5 weeks and then off to New Zealand to see both islands for another 2.5 weeks. Seems like a long time to be away but, hopefully, we'll stave...

Ugh! Our flight leaves at 3:15 am tomorrow morning!! This truly is an uncivilized time! So we made the most of the day by going to the Centro to see the sites. First stop top was the Cathedral in the Plaza Mayor, formerly called the Plaza de Armas. This is where Francisco Pizarro founded Lima. Many important buildings were built here and now form the historic city centre. These include the Cathedral, the Government Palace, the Archbishops Palace and the Town ...

This is second last day in Peru and the last day of our G Adventure tour. It was another early morning (4:30 am) so we could make the hour drive from Puno to Juliaca to the airport to catch our plane back to Lima The early mornings are really beginning to wear on me. Our travel agent provided us with an extra night in Lima so we could explore this city. So the rest of the day today and tomorrow will be at our leisure. We arrived in Lima at around 10:30 am and ...

Our trip is almost over. But we have some time left to experience some more of Peru's amazing culture. Todays' adventure takes us to Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca creates a natural border between Peru and Bolivia in South America. The lake sits at the northern end of the Altiplano Basin in the Andes Mountains, occupying areas in southeastern Peru and western Bolivia. The Peruvians say that they own 60% of the lake and the Bolivians own 40%; the Bolivians ...