Tonight we stay in South America and travel to Peru, a country I have a lot of love for. Joe and I travelled to Peru back in 2016 on our Sabbatical. It was the last country we visited after two months of travelling and it certainly did not disappoint.
After a bizarre border experience crossing into Peru in an old American Taxicab, we had a lot of incredible experiences. Every day was fresh and interesting, from eating in a restaurant that served over twenty different types of potato to driving on some of the most incredible, and dangerous roads I’ve ever driven on. Not to mention eating the absolute best chicken of my life in Cuzco.
Hiking down to the Oasis at the bottom of Colca Canyon and back up again in one day was another unforgettable experience. Even if it was mainly because it was painful and gruelling, and the food we’d hoped to eat at the bottom barely materialised.
Swimming with sea lions off the guano covered islands near Lima was amazing too, and we also wild saw penguins and Andean Condors.
Oh, and this was also the trip where I turned 30 and ate in the Michelin Star opulence of Maido.
Peru really could not have been a better ending to our sabbatical. So tonight, I’m taking the easy route, enjoying a few memories and looking through photos from my trip to Peru.
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