Travel to Germany for the usual tourist includes Berlin and other major cities. Finding the secret Adventure in Germany when you travel can be found at Lake Constance. The Lake is on the border of Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Lake Constance has scenic views fed by the Rhine and sitting at the base of the Alps. It is one of the main sources of water for Germany. Here you will find your choice of hotels along the lake. Take a tour from the water by tour boat, enjoy fresh caught fish from the lake at restaurants in the area, and some of the famous German Beer. Hike into the alps and have an adventure that people have enjoyed for centuries.

Have you ever wanted to be a Duke or a Duchess? For up to four weeks you can be at Camp Buldern located in a genuine castle. Here you will be staying at a real German Castle with people from all over the world.

You will stay and adventure travel around the scenic village, enjoy the park like grounds pond included, hike around the area, enjoy scenic views and learn a little german.

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A trip to Peru is the dream for many travelers. Peru has miles and miles of desert coast line, impressive snow-covered mountain peaks, the lush and mysterious Amazon, and of course, more ancient ruins than one can possible visit in one trip-including the world famous Machu Picchu.

However, if one is planning to take a Peru tour packages that highlights several of this wonderful areas of the country, it is vital that one stay up-to-date on Peru travel information. This is because if one plans to spend to travel frequently from one place to another (to try and see everything possible in one trip), this means that a lot of the itinerary is based on the assumption that all transfers will be completed without problem.

Unfortunately, in Latin America countries, the rule is to always expect the unexpected. Due to tricky terrain, there are often not alternative road routes, meaning that if for one reason the main way to a city is blocked, delays will be widespread.

This happened recently when cotton farmers protested south of Lima, blocking the main PanAmericana highway. For travelers going from Lima down to Paracas, Nazca, or Ica, this created significant delays and caused rearrangement in travel plans.

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When I go to Oyolo, I always take some extra gasoline with me in a gas can. It is only 120 miles roundtrip but there are NO gas stations between Cotahuasi and Oyolo, and also none in Oyolo. If for any reason I need to do any extra driving (like when I had to go looking for the team from Florida last time) I want to have enough extra gas to get home. Unfortunately I didn’t think of suggesting this to the team that came this time.

They had filled up at Marcabamba, the last available fuel before Oyolo (they were coming from Pausa) and then did some extra driving to visit another village before I met them. I had driven my car to Oyolo, left it there and then hiked about 3 hours to meet the team to guide them across the high plains. After they picked me up and we were heading up the switchbacks to the high plains, I realized that they didn’t have enough fuel to get to Oyolo and back. I had extra gasoline for my car, but their pickup was a diesel so that was no help. We took a quick vote and decided to keep going and try to have someone deliver fuel to us in Oyolo, as it would have put us way behind schedule to go back and get some.

Then I got us lost as the road looked very different going to Oyolo than it did when I came from there the last time. That was a good reminder to me to turn around and look behind me as well, when I am trying to learn a new route. Our unplanned side trip of course used up more of our scarce fuel, but fortunately we still had enough to get to Oyolo. I figured we could call Cotahuasi and see if a supply truck was coming and have them bring some or order some from Marcabamba and have it delivered by a pack animal. When we got to Oyolo, I talked to Mariluz, who is a sister of Theresa and Isabel. Theresa has a restaurant where we often eat and Isabel is a teacher, who has invited us to talk to her students in the school. Mariluz often takes burros back and forth on the foot trail, from Oyolo to the end of the road at CCahuanamarca.

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