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Peru

  • Population: 28 million (UN, 2005)
  • Capital: Lima
  • Area: 1.28 million sq km (496,225 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Spanish, Quechua, Aymara
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 67 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 nuevo sol = 100 centimos

Road Junky has 25 Peru articles. Scroll down to view.

Peru Travel Guide

Peru is a mind-blowing country. The natural beauty of the mountains, deserts, and jungle sit in contrast to narco-terrorist jungle towns, wide open mines and dumps, ridiculously over-touristed ruins and ...

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Up an Amazonian Creek

Tossing and turning in bed the night before my Amazon Jungle expedition, I was having second thoughts of going up the Ucayali River in Northeast Peru to live with the ...

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Ambushed in Peru

We’re having an amazing time in backcountry Peru. My twin sister Lynn and I and our friend Rachel hike the Kuelap ruins on foot, and explore the Gocta waterfalls on ...

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Drinking Chicha in Peru

With my head tilted back I stare painfully into the shot glass and despair. I haven’t downed it fast enough; a sickly sludge has formed and it’s slowly sliding towards ...

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Stranded Behind a Violent Peruvian Strike

Abre la puerta! Abre la puerta!

The sound of rocks crashing against the walls of the hotel filled the unlit dining room with tension. I dropped my spoon in ...

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Bad Mescaline trip in a Peruvian Forest

An Andean dwarf forest is a psychedelic place. Weird, twisting Quenuales trees grow on slopes so steep they reach sideways toward the sun. Their red, papery bark glows beautifully in ...

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Dating Peruvian Girls and Guys

Dating in Peru is overall a great experience. Peruvians are fun, open-minded and generally very good looking. Finding a date is easy for foreigners, and attitudes about sex and relationships ...

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Sex and Germans in the Mountains of Peru

Huaraz felt like a trap and I had to get out. I told my Peruvian girlfriend Maria this and she agreed. We had to get out, even if only for ...

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Amazon Boat Ride in Peru

Iquitos, Peru

Relaxing on the roof terrace-come-menagerie that was the hotel without a name, just two blocks off the Plaza De Arms in Lima, Peru. Something was missing from my trip ...

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Nazca to Cusco

Seemed logical, looking at a map. A to B, Nazca to Cusco. The unpaved road snaked out of town north-east. Admittedly it did cross the Andes, the Cordillera Occidental at ...

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Raft down the Amazon in Peru

I’d been traveling for about a month since I finished my service with the Peace Corps in Paraguay. I was with my Chilean girlfriend, Pali, and our hope was to ...

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Peru Shamans for Obama!


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How can Obama lose with backing like this?
(Do your best to ignore the patronising voice of the Associated Press narrator – we would have used the BBC version but they disenabled embedding)

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