2015
Peru and Bolivia
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Day 21 - Santiago, Chile
Day 21- Santiago, ChileAfter a good breakfast we left our good hotel of "Hotel tinto Botique", and walked along the interesting street of Pio Nono. This ... -
Day 20 - La Paz
Day 20 - La PazWe enjoyed the relaxed start and late hotel breakfast. As we walked out the hotel front, we were immediately hit by the noises and smell o... -
Day 19 - Atulcha - Uyuni - La Paz
Day 19 Atulcha - Uyuni - La PazAn early breakfast and on the road by 7:30. It was a clear, cool morning and it seemed to be a contest among the drivers o... -
Day 18 - Uyuni to Salt Flats
Day 18 - Uyuni to Atulcha (Salt Flats)We started early to withdrawal US$ at the ATM and paid the Red Planet Salt Flat Tour at 7:30am when the office open... -
Day 16 -Cusco
Day 16 - CuscoThis was in first sleep-in for a while. We watch the final MotoGP of the season from Valencia, Spain which was the showdown between Jorge L... -
Day 17 - Cusco - Uyuni, Bolivia
Day 17 - Cusco - La Paz - UyuniAfter a large hotel breakfast we caught an 8:00 taxi for the 20 min drive through peak hour traffic to the airport. The wh... -
Day 15 - Machu Picchu- Cusco
Day 15 - Machu PicchuThe 4:00am alarm went of in competition to the 24x7 rooster next door. Karen met the guide and took the first bus at 5:35. Bus cost ... -
Day 14 - Cusco - Machu Picchu
Day 14 - Cusco - Aguas CalientesAnother 5:30 pickup for transportation to the train to Machu Picchu. The trip is about 60km to Ollantaytambo train stati... -
Day 13 - Cusco, Peru
Day 13 -CuscoWe arrived at our hotel (Rumi Punku) and waited in the lounge for a couple of hours until the room was available. In this spare time Karen u... -
Day 12 - Arequipa - Punu - Cusco
Day 12 - Arequipa - Punu - CuscoUp early for a 5:45 Peru Hop pickup with guide (Alexandra) we had a 3/4 full bus that had come from Hauchachina and dropp... -
Day 11 - Chivoy to Araquipa.
Day 11 - Chivoy (Colca Canyon area) to Araquipa.We were picked up at 6:20 for the trip out a long, rough dirt road to Condor lookout. Most had some sympt... -
Day 10 - Araquipa - Chivoy
Day 10- Araquipa- Chivay (Colca Canyon)We were picked up at 8:00am for the trip to the Colca Canyon, which is about 5000m deep. We had a number of stops ... -
Day 9 - Wauchachina - Araquipa
Day 9 - Wauchachina - Nazca - Araquipa After eggs for breakfasts, we dropped our backpacks with the Tour Guide to be put on the bus leaving after lunch.... -
Day 7 - Lima
Aay 7 - Lima, Peru Our first sleep in for a week and then we walked down to Huaca Pucllana, which is a clay pyramid and now an archeological site. It was... -
Day 8 Lima - Huacachina
Day 8 Lima- Paracas- Islas Balestas - Huacachina.It was a 5am alarm to be picked up to travel the next part of our trip on PeruHop bus to Huacachina.It w... -
Day 6 - Amazon - Lima
Day 6- Myuna Lodge (Amazon River) - LimaThe alarm is now almost going off before we go to bed. The small boat left at 5:30 with the French Canadians and ... -
Day 5 - Amazon
Day 5 - Myuna Lodge - Amazon RiverBreakfast was at 6:00am, before heading up the river to start our 4 hr trek. Moises, the guide was very skilled at list... -
Day 4 - Amazon
Day 4 - Myuna Lodge - Amazon RiverThe 5:30am alarm came too fast, and the group was ready to depart on the boat. Being early we saw a number of monkeys ... -
Day 3 - Iquitos to Amazon
Day 3 - Iquitos to Myuna Lodge.After our last messages with Pat before going off the grid, we had a good American breakfast and were picked up by the Myu... -
Day 2 Lima - Iquitos
Day 2- Lima to Iquitos. We awoke early and exchanged messages with home, before walking again down to the park above the beach. Being Sunday it was quite... -
3,2,1 Go!
Day 1 - Sydney- Auckland-Santiago-LimaLeaving sunny Sydney our flight was on a brand new LAM Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. It was noticeably quite, and large ... -
3 1/2 months to go
With an air ticket and a rough plan on a spreadsheet, Karen and I are realising there is a lot to see and distances to travel for our 3 weeks away in Bol...