Happy birthday from Peru!

It was time for our 4:35 PM coffee break… 

As we headed to the coffee machine I asked Manuel: what destination could be worth it now? As we had recently been to the mighty Grand Canyon… a few coffees in and the answer was right there in front of us… we already had a plan to go to Peru!

Tocumen International – Tuesday 8:50 PM

After a rough week at work, we were ready to start our new adventure! We got upgraded into business cabin so we were already starting with the right foot! 

We met on Saturday and planned in a coffee shop the main things we wanted to see and set up a budget all in 2 hours. We were so eager to figure out how all the planning would turn out!

Lima, Peru – Wednesday 2:00 AM

The plane ride was fantastic, we could spend hours in that front cabin! As soon as we landed we were thinking about what awaited for us in Peru.

Being on a plane is one of the things I enjoy the most in life. Being able to see the earth from above makes it really easy to understand how vast the world is and how much traveling one needs to do in order to get to see it all!

Barrio Miraflores – 9:00 AM

The next day we decided to walk around Lima as we only had one day to experience the city. We found the coast to be welcoming and full of life. 

After some walking we found out about some ancient ruins in Lima so we decided to check them out. It felt like a good warm up before the upcoming adventures.

Huaca Pucllana – 2:00 PM

We purchased the 1 hour tour offer for about 5 dollars and had a complete guide on the details of construction and usage of the ruins back in the day. Between 200 AD and 700 AD it served as a religious and cultural center for the Lima culture back then.

Even though the ruins were so full of fascinating history, my favorite part about this tour was the new friends we made… (if you watch the video you can meet them too)

Lima Center

After we said our goodbyes to our new friends, we headed to the Center of Lima to meet up with an old friend. We walked around the plaza and got a taste of the only soda type of drink I like along with one the best fries I’ve ever tried…

We headed back to our hostel and went out for the night to continue exploring the city. We didn’t want to go to bed yet as we wanted to see as much as possible of Lima. We ended up getting back to our hostel at 1:00 AM to get ready for our tour which started at 3:00 AM. We didn’t know what was awaiting for us…

Paracas – Thursday 8:00 AM

Our plan was to sleep on the ride. But as usual plan don’t always go as planned… We ended up sleeping for about an hour on our 5 hour ride to Paracas.

As soon as we got to Paracas we boarded a fast boat and our adventure took off from there. Our first stop was at El Candelabro geoglyph. There are many versions surrounding the origin of it… I decided to go with the one were Aliens draw it with their spacecrafts.

On our second stop we were able to see happy feet and his crew… I don’t have to say much cuz a video is worth more than a thousand words?

After we said hi to happy feet and their friends we stumbled upon a very sleepy seal. I have to admit it was the most adorable thing we’ve seen so far on our adventure. (watch the video and be amazed!)

Starting a 3:00 am tour had already proven to be an awesome idea! We were fascinated by the biodiversity we were able to see in one place! I have to admit not sleeping for 48 hours straight is not the easiest thing to do… I pretty much slept during the entire boat ride…

Huacachina desert- 1:00 PM

Our adventure had just started, our next destination was an oasis located in the dessert of Huacachina. 3 hours later we got there so excited to experience a real life oasis…

We started by hanging out around the oasis as our buggies were getting ready to take us around the desert. We definitively didn’t know what to expect next. We had to climb up a sand hill to get to our buggy. Thankfully Manuel and I both had good footwear for this task. After we arrived to the spot our buggies were at we started to board and the engines began to roar. I felt like I was on the Mad Max movie. That tells you how wild the experience was. Our drivers were super experienced. We started to reach speeds of about 100 kms per hour according to my senses… don’t take my word for it.

We had a first stop and there Manuel’s driver tried to scare me with his awesome buggy as you can see in the next video…

To be honest.. he succeeded on his task…

to be continued…