Entry 28: General post

Why do Peruvians have to be so small? Just with ‘All those sodding dogs’ this entry briefly discusses another thing we commonly face in Peru: the size of its people. While this might sound a bit discriminative and snobbish from our side if you only read...

Entry 27: 27-09-2025 – 29-09-2025

Our Last Days In Ayacucho There is not much to report from my side for the 27th. I was mainly sleeping or going to the toilet way too frequently so all in all feeling quite miserable. Jacques wasn’t great yet either, but he felt good enough to get up and eat,...

Entry 26: 26-09-2025

Rest Day But Not The Best Day Today was rest day for us and we all did whatever we wanted. Jacques went to Quinua to go see the Wari museum. The Wari were a pre-Inca civilization that thrived in the central highlands of Peru between about 600 and 1000 AD. They built...

Entry 25: 25-09-2025

Going Through Hell to Get to Millpu Today we had to get up early to catch a bus that would take us to Millpu, a unique natural wonder (you’ll soon see why). The journey took about three and a half hours through winding mountain roads, and I was already feeling carsick...

Entry 24: 24-09-2025

Our First Day in Ayacucho Although Göran and I wouldn’t have minded getting up a bit later than the usual 6 AM, today we had a good motivation to get up: the four of us were going to go to the market together with Iván for a fresh fruit juice, pan, and to do...