Let’s face it: Machu Picchu is the main reason why most people visit Peru. But Amanda Lobell and Neil Roach managed to fit in a full day of sightseeing before they even boarded the train at Ollantaytambo to get to Machu Picchu. At 6 AM in the morning, they checked out of their hotel and [...]

Lake Titicaca turned out to be one of the highlights of Amanda Lobell and Neil Roach’s trip to Peru. But they weren’t expecting it to be since when they arrived in Puno from Arequipa (where they had gone following Paracas and Nasca), they were greeted by pouring rain and informed that it was likely to [...]

When people think of Peru, they don’t usually think of sea lions and penguins. But when Amanda Lobell and Neil Roach took a trip to Peru at the end of December, they made Pisco their first stop after they landed in Lima. They found Pisco to be rundown (because of the earthquake in 2007) but [...]

(photos by Neil Roach) The astonishing diversity of sights to see in Peru — Incan ruins, Spanish colonial cities, coastal desert, snow-capped mountains, the Amazonian rain forest and more — makes it a perfect destination for those who seek an action-packed vacation. Amanda Lobell and Neil Roach, who just returned from an incredible two-week trip [...]