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Altitude Sickness - Soroche   Cusco

Altitude Sickness - Soroche, Cusco

 28 Reviews  This is very real and can be extremely dangerous if you don't take care. Most people will get mild symptoms including breathlesness and tiredness. The first day may also give you a headache and... 

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Trail Dangers   Machu Picchu

Trail Dangers, Machu Picchu

 6 Reviews  Being so high above the sea level, most visitors suffer the "altitude sickness". In the first 2-3 days you will feel a little headache and some stomach problems. To fight that is advisable to drink... 

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Weather Wise   Machu Picchu

Weather Wise, Machu Picchu

 3 Reviews  Visiting Machu Picchu in January, during the rainy season, we'd read to dress warm and expect rain and fog. The day we went it turned out warm, bright and very sunny. I knew about the higher altitude... 

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Food / Drink   Machu Picchu

Food / Drink, Machu Picchu

 6 Reviews  Coca tea and chewing coca will help you adjust to altitude sickness. For most, chewing coca will make you a little slap happy. I guess everyone reacts to it differently. I felt my heart racing like I... 

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Bathrooms   Machu Picchu

Bathrooms, Machu Picchu

 4 Reviews  Quite simply, there aren't any. You'll quickly lose your inhibitions about relieving yourself in the great outdoors, because you won't really have a choice when necessity calls. The trek group with... 

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Timing   Machu Picchu

Timing, Machu Picchu

 2 Reviews  If you want to experience the mysticism of Machu Picchu without distractions, then you better plan to rise bright and early in order to catch a few quiet moments of sanctity and solitude....the tour... 

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Peru/Equator Huaquillas/Tumbes Border Crossing II

by dkolle

So you made it into Ecuador untouched and with all of your belongings. Next you need to get your enterance stamp. The immigration station is too far to walk, so walk north on the principal road (the same road with the bridge crossing) until you run into a row of yellow taxis. The yellow taxis are the ONLY ones you can trust. Do not get into one that has other passengers that are not in your group. The cost to immigrations is $1.50. Once stamped, take another yellow taxi to the CIFA terminal and get the hell out of Huaquillas as fast as possible. If you must spend more time here, please keep an eye out. The street is completely littered with smart scam artists. NEVER NEVER NEVER exchange your money in the street. I had to exchange just $20, and each bill I received was fake. It took me about 15 aggressive minutes of my time fighting to get real money, luckily succeeding. If you are just...

Peru/Ecuador (Huaquillas/ Tumbes) Border Crossing

by dkolle

Before crossing this border, please feel free to email me (huanchacoparadise@yahoo.com). I just accomplished this challenge alone, and it was every bit how people describe it; dangerous! I am 36 male, and consider myself very street smart. First, please use CIFA buses, which stop at each immigration point thus hassle free. But please have a backup plan. There are numerous protests at the border, so it is normal that buses can not go across on any given day (as what happened in my case). Luckily, I had done my research and read about each warning ahead of time. When leaving Peru, your troubles will first come in Tumbes. As soon as you get off your bus, you will be swarmed with people in fake CIFA shirts claiming to bring you to the CIFA bus terminal. You can not trust any one of them, so just start walking north on Ave Tumbes. The CIFA terminal is no longer at the old location, and is now...

Lima is not Dangerous

by alohagunnar

The scariest part of Peru is when your in the US reading all those terrible things.When you actually arrive the fear fades and you quickly realize it's not dangerous.I had a hunch things were not as bad as people said when I exited the Lima Airport and hailed a random taxi along the main street and I didn't even have to haggle as the driver gave me the going rate 15 Soles(US$5) to Lima's historic center, Plaza De Armas, eventhough I was obviously a Yankee from Connecticut. (I recommend staying in the historic center as it is much more interesting than the suburbs.) I never had anything stolen and I even brought along a laptop on my two month trip.The worst hassle I had during my whole trip was the little kid shoe shiners in Cusco who give you a price and try to jack it up while they are shining your shoes... no need to panick, 1 Sole is fine, be firm, smile, don't get angry and if they...

US DoS

by kursk119

SAFETY AND SECURITY: The Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) terrorist group is still active, and sporadic incidents of Shining Path violence have occurred in the recent past in rural provinces of Ayacucho, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Junin, and San Martin. The Shining Path has previously targeted U.S. interests and there are indications that it continues to do so. Other incidents have included attacks by large, heavily armed groups believed to be members of Shining Path on Peruvian army and police patrols in remote areas, as well as kidnappings of Peruvian and foreign aid workers. None of these incidents occurred in areas normally visited by tourists. Mining prospectors, adventure travelers, and others considering travel to remote areas of Peru are strongly advised to contact the U.S. Embassy in Lima for current security information.A peace treaty ending the Peru/Ecuador border conflict was...

Diarrhea after artichoke salad

by jumpingnorman

In response to your question about "what to do with 3 days in Lima", I did visit the Pachacamac which is an interesting archeological site and you can easily reach it from the Lima center. Too bad you have only 3 days, since Cusco would have been nice and of course Machu Picchu --- but just be careful of the salads and water. I tried to avoid everything until I saw an artichoke salad and decided on having it during a dance presentation in one of the cultural restaurants (you can reserve to watch those native dances) and I had diarrhea of extreme magnitude a day later accompanied by headaches, bodyaches and fever. Could it have been the artichokes or something else I ate earlier? But fortunately, I brought the antibiotic ciprofloxacin with me and the symptoms were gone by the time I arrived in USA 20 hours after they started. The antibiotic did abate the illness and shortened the length...

Beware of withdrawing large amount of money

by B_Lacombe

Many of my friends had been stolen after just withdrawing large amount of money at either at a banks or 'at a cash transfer' site. Basically you are being 'marked' and other people attack you most of the time aiming at the bag or place where the money was put. A friend of mine living in Cusco, did recuperate money from a bank to buy a car, and the only time in her life she was stolen was coming back from that bank. A car passed by and grab her purse. Holding to her purse, she had been pulled on the road for a distance before realizing that there was not point, and let go. My step-father went to get money transfer and was attacked on the street.News will report on occasion that people coming from bank were attacked on highways. Last week someone was robed and killed after a bank withdraw. The video from the bank confirmed the marking (half a second clik on a button to mean that the person...

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Civil unrest

by iwys

There is every chance that your travels in Peru may be disrupted, as mine were, by the many anti-government strikes and demonstrations. These can lead to airports being closed, roads being blocked and violent confrontations between protesters and riot police, often leading to casualties. My first day travelling south of Lima on the Pan-American highway, the bus I was travelling on was surrounded by striking dairy farmers, who blocked the road with rocks and burning tyres. We were stuck, 'hijacked', there for 12 hours until riot police fought the demonstraters, killing one of them, and cleared the road. Two other demonstrators were killed at aother roadblock the same day. Then my flight to Cuzco was cancelled when protesters demonstrating against the government's privatisation of national monuments, closed the airport and all roads into the city for three days.On the positive side, the...

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Lima Cuzco by bus?

by RobyG

If you have time and money try to avoid this long bloody and though route. This is over 16 hrs bus all going and turning around, there is no single straight piece of road as all the way is in bend. Best suggestion: Book a flight and in two hrs you ll be there!

workout on the stairmaster before the climb

by riocopa

yeah great idea climbing wyanapichuu,this is the mountain behind the city of machu picchu,it is harder than it looks but worth the climb,and when you get to the top WOW the views are spectacular,and be careful of the sign great cave with the arrow pointing,its all the way down the other side and you have to climb way back up almost to the top again to get off the mountain,bring 2 bottels of water at least

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Altitude acclimatization

by melosh

There are two concerns related to becoming 'altitude acclimated'. During this period one may experience; 1) the effects of altitude from low pressures and low oxygen to which your body may never fully adjust, and 2) altitude sickness. Shortness of breath upon exertion is often an example of one of the first and does not necessarily represent illness. The immediate response should be to stop the exertion and if the shortness of breath persists seek oxygen and medical evaluation. Very mild symptoms of the second like headaches respond well to rest, light meals, minimal or no alcohol and lots of liquids. Chewing coca leaf is safe, but I suspect the coca tea is better because it combines rest, liquids and the mild stimulant. Aspirin or Tylenol etc. can also help with the symptoms but do not prevent illness. The most effective treatment of both mild and severe cases is to descend from the...

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Q:  We will be traveling in Dec. can only spend about 6 days in Peru. Would appreciate any suggestions on how to best use our time. ... 

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A: Firstly, if you stay on the coast, be prepared for heat and humidity. If you go inland, be prepared for altitude. I imagine you will be arriving first off in Lima? Six... 

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