Peru is situated on the north west coast of South America, and boast a rich and diverse heritage and culture. Peru has a unique history of dominance by many other empires, and as such lays claim to having one of the richest cultures of cuisine in the world. The abundance of different chilli peppers and fruits are an ideal teaching tool for children to learn the different colours.
It was thoughts of this that prompted me to save for a holiday in Peru, an experience that was likely to be different from others that I had recently experienced. I had also decided to take up an offer from a friend that I had not seen for thirty years. He had travelled as a teenager to South America, but had been so captivated by his experiences in Peru, that he decided to stay. His opinion could have been swayed by the Peruvian lady that he met and married whilst travelling.
Peru Holidays was there in front of me, larger than life, jumping from the pages of the search engine that I had used. I decided that I was on the look out for a holiday that would offer more than just a reunion between friends. He lived and worked there, and would not have the time to guide me around his adopted land. There would come a time when I would go off on my own and travel with other people, so I wanted to find a choice of active holidays that offered some interesting places to visit.
The activities that appealed to me were the walking holidays on offer, as I was a keen walker in England over the South Downs. Obviously it was not comparable with Machu Pichu, standing higher than 6000 metres, but walking regularly gave me enough hope that I was strong enough to make it. One of the objectives of the holiday was to discover some of the facinating old temples in the jungle, which reminded me of some the scenes for an Indiana Jones film.
