Lima, Peru We had a relatively short stay in Lima (2 days) as we'd arrived a little later in our trip than we'd planned and had already booked our flights to Colombia. Despite the time being short, we saw a fair bit of the city including a rare sighting of the President during the changing of the guards at the Governor's Palace, and were able to catch up with a family friend that I hadn't seen since her visit to Colorado 14 years earlier. Our hostel in Lima ...

Cusco and Machu Picchu, Peru After an 18-hour overnight bus from Arequipa we arrived early in the morning in the picturesque city of Cusco, Peru. We took a cab to our third and last Wild Rover Hostel and were given an impromptu tour of the city by the cab driver en route who took us by some of the famous cathedrals, plazas and parks of Cusco. We checked into the hostel at 8AM and immediately sat down at the hostel bar to watch the opening match of the 2011 Rug...

Arequipa, Peru We had a great time and and were given an excellent first impression of Peru during our three day stay in sunny Arequipa. We stayed at the Wild Rover Hostel again (sister Irish hostel of the one we stayed at in La Paz) to catch up with our friend Eogene Casey whose manager there. Arequipa is called the 'White City' because the majority of the buildings there are made up of a white volcanic rock making the whole place look like a giant museum. ...