walk the line

Although Cusco is lovely itself and the nature around is exquisite and you can take many tours from there to different gorgeous locations, most people still come here for mainly one reason - Macchu Picchu! We were very excited for it as well but didn't want to do only that, so booked an adventurous 4-day jungle trek through Loki travel company.  56 km of downhill mountain biking, 11 km of 3/3,5 level river rafting, zip lining and the dodgiest suspension bridge, 30+ km walking/trekking in the mountains, a touch of ancient Inka trail, a cable car, hot springs and in the end of course Macchu Picchu itself. All the activities were adventurous and enjoyable, but rafting was by far the most fun. The locals you go with have great sense of humor and the water is very refreshing, what makes it especially great is that the river is quite full of rapids so you have to be alert all the time. Biking was quite memorable as well, we started at the top of the highest point of our ...

Our whole plan for Mancora was to lay on the beach, rest and do nothing for a couple of days before heading to Lima and thereon forward. It didn't exactly go as planned as Mancora or at least The Point hostel turned out to be fabulous! The whole atmosphere felt chill from the first sight. When we met the people then we really didn't wanna leave anymore. It doesn't happen often that while traveling you met a group of people that you click so well.  Mancora is a small town (population around 8000) and there is not much more to do than swim, surf and party. We went there at daytime for a couple times to eat (real nice ceviche), get cash from the or visit the local markets. It didn't seem dangerous although locals believe it might be (especially at night, I can't really comment as at night we never went to town, our parties beat all the rest) and advise you to take a tuk tuk, which are not expensive as well 3-5 soles. Walking on the beach to town was what w...