Peru Adventures you must Plan for your Visit

1. Peru Adventures you must Plan for your Visit www.greenperuadventures.com Hurricanes can be destructive, obtrusive, and incredibly intimidating. But for us there was no stopping us from exploring the beautiful country of Peru in early October 2009. Not even in the eye of a hurricane. We packed up our entire luggage and survival gear and our pal Mike drove us from our home base of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario to the Hilton in Buffalo, New York the night before our flight. Expecting a very early morning and an extremely long 2 weeks, we hit the sack right away. Our Manu Jungle Expedition in Puerto Maldonado. Eventually we got on the jet before daybreak and started our flight. We had a brief Now, for those of you who haven't been to the Atlanta airport, you've most definitely got to check it out. It's huge! Not only is it a big airport but all of the terminals are connected using a subway system. I guess if you're from a large city where this is common, it's not such a big deal, but for us it was really cool. It was stormy outside so we just travelled on the subway between terminals taking a look at all of the cool displays while waiting for our next flight. stopover in Atlanta. We arrived late that evening in Lima, Peru and our first order of business after getting through all of the security and luggage checks was to go pick up our vehicle. We rented a small manual Suzuki SUV. Technically it could seat 5 people. But realistically, after we packed it up with our gear, it could only seat about 2 persons. Luckily, there were only two of us. The airport parking lot funneled us into a very eerie part of town. The roads were all gravel and the there was no distinction, aside from random elevated dirt piles and grass, between the road, the boulevard, the sidewalk and the adjacent buildings. Speaking of the adjacent buildings, most of them were closed and boarded up. Those that were open were extremely well accented with neon lights and surround buy loitering hoodlums. It was definitely a place that we needed to get out of. As Pat sped

2. through all of the red lights, I guided him out of the city using the GPS on my Blackberry. How perfect. At this point it was 2am. Our Manu Jungle Expedition in Puerto Maldonado started quite awesome. Eventually we made it onto the main highway. After driving for about an hour, and passing through some not so welcoming towns (at least that is what they seemed like at night), we hit our first toll booth. We paid the toll with whatever soles our friend from Canada passed on, and were on our way. When we arrived at the second toll booth, well, we didn't have enough money. We offered to pay in American dollars, as that was typically okay in South American countries, but the clerk wouldn't accept. He said that there was no way that they were going to accept American dollars and that this "wasn't Columbia". So what did we do? We couldn't drive backwards because we were too low on fuel to look for a place that was open late. Those that were close enough were closed. So we just pulled over and slept until sunrise. Green Peru Adventures Office: Calle Pumacurco 459 Cusco Phone: 0051 84 255684 Cell Roland (Leo): 0051 976158788 / 993365936 Skype: roland13581 / greenperuadventures Emergency phone: 0051 976158788 Email: info@greenperuadventures.com