Altitude sickness was my concern for this trip, partly because of my hypertension. Read more about it here ; I started getting sick when I got to 4,000 meters, there are those who suffer from it much earlier. Years later in Bolivia, however, I dealt with it differently and had no problems. My general practitioner…
Other completely different scenery is on the way up to the Andes. Here, of course, the desert is rocky and arid given the altitude, and at the highest point where we stopped(Mirador de los vulcanes), we could see the highest peaks of the Andes. This rather long journey saw us leave before dawn, and at…
The tour to the Islas Ballestas was the start with a bang of a stellar trip, but if I had chosen the itinerary, I would have given more space to Lima, which we visited rather hastily instead. Tours in the Islas Ballestas These small islands are called the Peruvian Galapagos because of the very large…