After more than a month of driving chicken bus roads, where our typical day’s average speed hovered around 20 to 30 kilometers per hour (12.5 – 18.6 mph), it was heaven to be on the Panamericana cruising along at a…
Black and White
If you had to choose between black and white, which would you choose? The Cordillera Blanca (White Mountain Range) is the second highest mountain range in the world, trailing only the Himalayas, and features thirty three major peaks…
Updated Route Map
I updated our expedition route map to reflect our recent camp sites. I also added elevation data to the info window for each waypoint. The expedition route map is located here: http://www.hackneys.com/travel/index-routemap.htm Please note: To view the information for a…
Chicken Bus Roads
One common denominator of developing country travel is chicken bus roads. No matter where you go in the world, if you get off the tourist trail and out into the places where the regular people live, work and…
Line Ball
The Nazca Lines are located in southwest Peru near the modern-day city of Nazca. They were created by the Nazca culture, who flourished there between 200 B.C.E. and 600 C.E. During those 800 years, the Nazca created a…
The Transit Stage
We just completed a two day run from our last stop, Ollantaytambo, Peru, to what we hope is our last obligatory tourist activity in Peru, Nazca, home of the famous Nazca lines. On our trip here we covered…