Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)

Just over 900 bird species have been observed in my home continent of Europe – whilst over 1800 have been observed in the country of Peru (think about that)! One reason for this amazing diversity is the great variation in elevation from sea-level to the High Andes (at over 6,000m). One way to see thisContinueContinue reading “Manu Road – Part 1 (Andes and Cloud Forest)”

Carara served three ways

If you go to an excellent restaurant you might find a dish on the menu which is Pork/Beef/Carrot/Asparagus (take your pick) “served three ways”. One or more of the offerings will look and taste nothing like the aforementioned ingredient which apparantly shows how clever the chef must be. Well in this post I offer theContinueContinue reading “Carara served three ways”

Monkeys at Punta Laguna

So today we headed out to the Punta Laguna Spider Monkey Reserve in the hope of seeing, eh Spider Monkeys. To be honest we had a slight hope of seeing Howler Monkeys albeit the website says these are much harder to see.  We paid our entrance fee 200 pesos (about £9) and were off. We did haveContinueContinue reading “Monkeys at Punta Laguna”