Category: Pictures

Day 262 – Lima, Peru To summarize yesterday quickly, I missed the walking tour on a misunderstanding, spent the afternoon in a park with a book and a fresh drink, and took the free Spanish lesson at the end of the day. Lima – Park of the Exposition The teacher is a Venezuelan who left…

Day 257 – Aguas Calientes, Peru Finally, Machu Picchu, one of the highlights of my trip! When I arrived last night in Aguas Calientes (nowadays called Machu Picchu Pueblo), the town at the foot of Machu Picchu, I made sure to have my bag ready so as not to wake up the other inhabitant of…

Day 256 – Aguas Calientes, Peru This the start of my three days-two nights tour. Today is the visit of the Sacred Valley. (Pictures here.) Note: we are still around 3,000m above sea level. I’m lucky to be acclimated, not headache, no dizziness, no shortness of breath left beyond the normal exertion. San Pedro de…

Day 251 – Cuzco, Peru I have some catching-up to do! I’ve added pictures to the Cuzco Gallery too, so head there for more. My main visit today was to the Inca Museum. I learned about the architecture, and the importance of lamas in the culture -as provider of meat and wool, and the ceremonial…

Day 250 – Cuzco, Peru I have been sleeping a lot these last days, arriving by night bus, watching the Superbowl until late at night (kidding, I left before the end. I had to look up who won, although the Patriots were well in the lead when I left.) But today the sun is peeking,…

Day 246 – Copacabana, Bolivia This was my last day in Copacabana. I had decided to take a night bus to Cuzco, so I was leaving at 6pm. I was awoken at 7am by a brass band going down the street and petards were been joyously let off in the town. I knew that around…

Day 245 – Copacabana, Bolivia 8 months since I started travelling! I had booked an almost expensive hotel in Copacabana, near the centre, where I have my own room and en-suite bathroom. I don’t have a heater though, and it is cold! The shower doesn’t give really hot water either, so taking a shower is…

Day 242 – Uyuni, Bolivia All the pictures here. Because we were supposed to watch the sun rise above the salt flats (salar), we got up entirely too early -4:30 am- to leave at 5 am. As it had rained all night, we drove on muddy roads, crossing the occasional stream -four wheel drive, yeah!-,…

Day 241 – Hostal del Sal, Bolivia Find all the pictures here! The breakfast was disappointing, so we didn’t linger. With too many tables for the servers, one table would have coffee but no cups, another cups and hot water but no coffee, so we traded. I had cups, hot water and my own tea,…

Day 240 – Villa Mar, Bolivia All the pictures here. The agency picked us up at 6:30am at the various hostels we travellers stayed at, then drove us to the border via minibus. The Chilean border post is a vast hangar through which the bus drives; we stop inside, go out, step to the counter,…