#91 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "If you are staying at a hotel in Pisco or Ica, you will be offered tours of the Paracas National Reserve. It's an impressive National Park, filled with giant sand dunes in an area right next to the Pacific Ocean.
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#92 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "At 9pm a small group of us took taxis to a cockfight. Don't ask me where...we followed an American who'd been living in Peru for a year and knew about such unadvertised events.
We paid 10 soles, and entered
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#93 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "The local handicrafts sold in the markets range from beautiful hand-made alpaca sweaters to your typical tourist trinkets, with EVERYTHING in between. The amount of items can be dizzying, the prices inexpensive,
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#94 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Travelling around Peru on your own is not difficult - just know a little bit of Spanish and start your trip, just get on the bus and go to Pisco located 230km from Lima (3 hours), and daily bsses leave from Lima
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#95 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Wow. I never ever buy stuff when I travel. This was a different story. The colors and textures turned me into a shopaholic. We even mailed some items to ourselves in Lima to be picked up and carried home on the
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#96 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Our guide on our mountain bike trip was a wild man named Omar. We
stood around his office for 30 minutes waiting to catch a bus to the
point where we would start biking when all of a sudden he yelled
'Vamos!'
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#97 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Molino is Cusco's largest black market (tolerated by the authorities - you won't see many tourists, but you shouldn't have a problem -- just hang on to your wallet, as you would anywhere).
Don't try to walk
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#98 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Urkos is a 1-2 hour bus ride from Cusco - just go to one of the bus stations in the morning and you can get a ride out to Urkos for less than $1.
When you get there you will see a huge outdoor market selling
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#99 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "After trekking the Inca Trail, you'll need a bath!
The hot springs at Aguas Calientes are a blissful way to soothe the aching bones. The hot waters are sulphurous and therefore look and smell disgusting but
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#100 most popular of 322 things to do in Peru
- "Market day in Pisac was both fun and a little scary--you see, my wife loves to shop, and I have found
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- "En route to Machu Picchu, stop at the tented market in Pisac, where local handicrafts abound, especially
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