Trains to Machu Picchu running again
“Last week it was confirmed that Peru Rail will be running the route from Km82 to Machu Picchu Pueblo as normal from April 1st. Work on the train tracks – which suffered serious damage due to heavy...
View ArticleAn expat’s guide to Cusco, Peru: an interview with Richard Nisbet.
Cusco is often called the “Navel of the World”; at least it was to the Inca’s, who made it their capital from where the four regions of their empire stretched for 1000 of miles. Richard Nisbet, an...
View ArticleMy Top 5 South America Travel Destinations
Ingmar Griffioen, a.k.a. El Grifo, spent nine weeks travelling the continent and to study Spanish in Buenos Aires and in Cusco. We, at Dos Manos Travel Agency asked him what he enjoyed the most. In his...
View ArticleTop 5 Machu Picchu Side-trips!
Machu Picchu is been considered, by its astonishing magnificence and harmonious construction, as one of the most important architectural and archeological monuments of the planet. Surrounded by...
View ArticleTrains! Trains! Trains to Machu Picchu!
Spanish Version If you don’t fancy hiking the Inca trail to Machu Picchu for several days and unless you want to take 4 mini-buses with crying babies and local produce, a small train overall taking...
View ArticleThe Classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu: Day 1 + 2
Spanish Version Hiking the Inca Trail had always been a huge ambition of mine. Directly after arriving at the Amauta Spanish school in Cusco I met a group of students that were booking for later that...
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