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It feels like a thousand years ago when I was in Peru, but let me tell you one thing that made the trip a thousand times better. Normally, I like to travel alone with no reservations and plans, I pick an eye-whitness guide book and follow the best pictures I can find. For Peru I did something different and hired a local guide via Gap adventures, and it made the trip a whole lot better.

I spent my first few days in Lima. The guide took me to many places that a tourist would be afraid to go to, like the gold museum which required a ride through the slums. I must tell you though, I did get scared in the slums. At one point I took out my GPS, and the local guide told me to quickly hide it. Apparently people can break through the glass to grab at your stuff around this parts.

Also we were able to skip many of the usual tourist traps thanks to the guide. Everywhere we went she knew exactly what restaurants to visit and she knew the people who worked at the restaurant. We always ordered something specially made, that was only made for the locals. The item did not even exist in the Menu.

In Lima there were many rumors that tourists were being kidnapped by taxi drivers. This has put fear on me even before I arrived, but we did not have this problem at all. I don t know if this is due to my guide or that its just a rumor.


It is possible in Lima to be by yourself, if you do not wander into the bad areas or take a rumored evil taxi cab. Miraflores is the richest area in Peru, and its super-safe and in fact filled with many American tourists. It s a beautiful city that I highly recommend everyone to visit. Maybe there are a bit too many strip club ads (which I was told are pretty much houses for prostitution), and there are just too many tourists in Miraflores, but you still feel the vibe of the entire country. And let me tell you, the food is like nothing you ve ever had Qeviche, baby.

Outside of Lima, I don t recommend traveling by yourself, because you will really miss a lot if you do not speak Spanish. The most fun part of this country was the interaction with the local people, who are super friendly. Not possible to interact much if you don t speak their language. Machu Pichu is super-popular, but I recommend doing the south-coast or at least lake titikaka (correct speel pls). The floating islands are incredible, and the way people still maintain their ancient lifestyle will blow your mind. They will sing you local songs and sell you handmade items that in the developed world will cost you thousands of dollars.

Go to Peru. Don t just go to Machu-Pichu, which is like the Disney Land of Peru. You will miss 90% of the adventure.