I almost didn’t make it up Rainbow Mountain. Not because of the altitude, though, that almost got me too. It was the first stretch from the bus to where the horses were tied up, maybe…
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The first time I came to Cusco, I was twenty-something, broke, and on a mission. I remember almost nothing about the city from back then. What do I vaguely remember? The hostel bed. The panic…
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Huacachina & Paracas Day Trip From Lima: Guide (2026) I almost cancelled this trip. Two weeks before I was meant to fly to Peru, the client paying for most of my life decided not to…
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Things to Do in Lima That Aren’t Just Touristy (A Real Local’s Guide to Peru’s Capital) Most people arrive in Lima with the same plan. They land at Jorge Chávez, check into their hotel in…
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How to Do Machu Picchu Peru: The Complete Guide to Tickets, Routes, Circuits, and Everything In Between Let me tell you what nobody prepares you for. It is not the altitude, though you will feel…
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The Complete Guide to Miraflores, Lima: Where to Stay, Eat, Walk, and Watch the World Go By I want to tell you about a neighbourhood that I was not expecting to love. I had been…
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There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over you at altitude. I noticed it first in Cusco, standing in the Plaza de Armas on a cool morning with a cup of coca tea…
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There is a version of Peru that lives on a million Instagram feeds. It is a single, breathtaking photograph: the mist-shrouded citadel of Machu Picchu, viewed from the Sun Gate at dawn. It is a…
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There is a version of Jamaica that is sold to the world. It’s a postcard of turquoise water lapping against a white-sand beach, a frosty Red Stripe beer sweating in the sun, and the faint,…
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The first thing you notice is not the view. Not exactly. It’s the light. It’s a quality of light that feels different, ancient, almost liquid. It pours over the landscape, clarifying the impossible white of…
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There is a version of Santorini that lives in the global imagination. It’s a dreamscape of impossible blues and whites, a cascade of sugar-cube villages clinging to volcanic cliffs that plunge into a cobalt sea.…
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