Have you ever felt like you don’t belong to some place or you are not welcomed there? That’s how I felt when I arrived in Vancouver during wintertime. Vancouver is a dream of many people around the world. I also started dreaming about it more than two years ago, when I…
So if you are already here, you are considering going to Peru or you have already booked a flight ticket and getting ready for your trip. I lived in Peru for almost two years (also due to the pandemic) so I wrote down the most important things to know before…
In one of the most spectacular areas in Peru, the Colca Canyon, full of ancient ruins sits an eco-lodge that excels in its unique location. Right on the bank of the Colca River with thermal hot springs, a spa area with a view of the Alpaca Farm, rooms mixed with…
Historians believe that Machu Picchu was partly built by the famous Inca emperor Pachacutec. The city was founded around 1450 and was abandoned 100 years after its construction, around the same time as the Spaniards began to occupy South America. However, the colonialists never got to the city and no…
It's late hot morning and we have just landed at the airport of Iquitos, the capital city of the Peruvian Amazon. There are no foreign tourists getting off the plane with us, it’s January 2021 and Peru has just been hit by the second wave of the global pandemic. The…