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Wingspan of the Andean Condor, Colca Canyon, Peru photo

Colca Canyon and Cabanaconde, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

February 5, 2013 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

The cañón mas grande, Colca Canyon, Peru, is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and much more difficult to reach. The bone-shaking, heart-skipping bus ride from Arequipa is worthwhile for anyone looking to put a little distance…

Happiness Tea and quark cheesecake, Granja Heidi restaurant, Cusco, Peru photo

Cusco, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

August 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

Cusco, Peru is a town teetering on a precipice of unpalatablility. Touts interrupting private moments, taxis careening through small streets, tourists drinking to excess, smutty air pollution, and slutty corporatization threaten to bury this otherwise charming town. And the charm…

Nibbling anticuchos, skewered street food, Cusco, Peru photo

Call me “Captain,” because I’m eating beef heart

July 17, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Marinated, char-grilled skewers of cow heart schmeared with hot pepper sauce, bought from a smoke-shrouded street food vendor. If that vision of Peruvian anticuchos doesn’t get your lips smacking, you may not be ready for this.

Sign with arrow pointing to Machu Picchu, Peru photo

Sacred Valley, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

May 31, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

If Machu Picchu vanished, retrieved by Incan extra-terrestrials, the Sacred Valley would still be a top Peru destination. We visited in mid-March, at the tail end of Peru’s rainy season. I can’t imagine a better time to visit. The valley…

Urubamba, Peru, Hotel Sol y Luna, wine decanting photo

Peruvian meals of plenty at Hotel Sol y Luna and Wayra

May 1, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

During our stay at Hotel Sol y Luna in Peru’s Sacred Valley, we head over to its sister facility, Wayra, for dinner. We’re warmed outside and in by the fireplace adjacent to our table and our bottle of cabernet sauvignon…

Latino Power street art in Parque Kennedy, Lima, Peru

Lima, Peru travel guide – The YEH, MEH, NAHs

April 12, 2012 · by Lauren · in Peru, Travel Guides

If you’re a city person, a foodie, or a fan of nascent art scenes—like we are—the bustling, growing city of Lima, Peru is worth at least two days. Visit on Friday and Saturday nights to see Lima at its most…

Churros rellenos con manjarblanco at Manolo's in Lima, Peru

Creamy, sticky, and raw: Food porn from Lima

April 11, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru

When I suggest to Todd that if we grow multiple stomachs, like a ruminant, we could store some of Lima’s food for later digestion and enjoyment, I know we need to leave town. That or change our blog name to…

A rush of customers, Cafe Tostado, Lima, Peru

A misorder of a magnitude to be reckoned with

April 4, 2012 · by Lauren · in Food, Peru, Travel Stories

Café Tostado doesn’t look like much from the outside. Indeed, it looks like nothing from the outside. Just a dark, empty, doorwound in a whitewashed cement facade, like so many other storefronts in Lima’s Barranco district. No clouds of drool-inducing…

Hong Kong travel tips

January 7, 2010 · by Lauren · in China, Travel Guides

Fantastic frog figurine from the Hong Kong Museum of Art | Photo by Lauren Girardin The Ratings Explained: YEH – Like a hot, fresh baked egg tart. YEHs are as good as you can get, especially for your backpacker buck,…

Pad thai in Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand travel tips

November 19, 2009 · by Lauren · in Thailand, Travel Guides

You don’t get to see or do much when you get kicked out of a country. So most of our YEH-MEH-NAHs are for things within a few blocks of our hostels, the immigration office, and Pantip Plaza. That’s right –…

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