Let's Go Peru On a Budget

From the Let's Go series.

From trail-weary trekkers to lifelong Iquiteños, everyone agrees that this corner of South America is a land of extremes. Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia are hung with rich cultural tapestries, whirl under head-spinning political fluctuations, and dazzle the imagination with some of the world's most astounding geographical diversity. To the east, chilly Andean slopes plummet into the humid Amazon Basin, while in the west, those snow-crowned peaks fall to the driest desert on earth. Indeed, this is a region brimming with superlatives: once home to one of the wealthiest empires in history, Bolivia holds the world's highest forest and highest navigable lake; Ecuador houses the world's largest tortoise population; and Peru forms the shore onto which the world's longest and tallest waves crash. Offering myriad opportunities for the adventurous of heart and the inquisitive of mind---from sandsurfing to jungle-tripping, museum-hopping to llama-spotting---these countries have many secrets to share.

Of course, a look at the foreign media makes the three appear even more extreme than they are. If CNN told the whole story, almost every day in recent years would appear a nausea-inducing roller coaster, with drug wars spilling over the Colombian border into Ecuador, widespread strikes against privatization in Bolivia, and Toledo's struggle to democratize Peru in the wake of Fujimori's regime. In reality, once one leaves the major city centers, life is progressing as usual: calmly, coolly, slowly. Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia are places where everything gets done in its own time, if not today, then mañana, sin falta.

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