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QuickPeek: Bus Ride. Hiking.
I could have stayed much more days in the little town of Mcusani, but we had to get to Cusco by the 14th and so decided to head out and visit some places along the way too. The thing is… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Hiking. Rest.
One of the reasons for being on the route we are in, is to explore some parts of Peru intimately, the other background agenda is a little interesting. While we were in Puno, we had seen a photo exhibition on… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Cooking. Hitch hiking
I looked thro the maps and spotted some roads heading north up the altiplano, a bit parallel to the main tourism trunk, but much further out and we figured it might be interesting to follow along the remote roads a… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Rest. Hike. Cooking.
Though the little town of Putina was pretty nice and quiet, we decided to move on. The little rived that flowed thro the town was crazy polluted and the smell was pretty intense. The sun’s up early here, around 5:30… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Rest. Tourism.
This section we are travelling thro, is a pretty intense route for tourism. Even if one starts in the middle of Peru, it goes from Lima, Cusco, Titicaca, la Paz, Uyuni, San Pedro de Atacama and heads south. There were… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Too many Buses. Hiking. Island life. Vegan Food
Yay, back in Peru after more than a year! We decided to take an early morning bus out of Copacabana and after a good b’fast at the hostal Joshua, we walked up to the main square and picked up the… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride. Border Crossing.
Amazon Journey Day 12 Yesterday night the boat had a really long stop at a small town called Caballo Cocha. It was a strange one and we had a few hours to get off the boat and walk about. It… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride.
Amazon Journey Day 11 Maria Fernanda II, the spiffy new boat we had taken was a serious upgrade indeed. After considering our options, we decided to take a cabin with 2 bunk beds. Hammocking was 70 soles for which they… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Iquitos. Bike ride. Boat ride.
Amazon Journey Day 10 My legs were stiff and hurting and I couldn’t get a decent position on the hammock to relax them nor sleep. It was tossing and turning constantly and waiting for the night to be over, really…. Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Pig Tales. Boat Ride. Patience.
Amazon Journey Day 9 More of the same old, same old. The time on the cramped boat is an exercise in extreme patience and I have moved to a low power mode to just ride it out. There is no… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Pig Tales. Boat Ride
Amazon Journey Day 8 Today’s news in brief. Pig got out of the pen and wreaked havoc on the fore deck. People from all parts of the ship gathered to witness the recapture of the beast. After a bit of… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Boat Ride
Amazon Journey Day 7 I was up at 6 Am and checked out the toilets in the boat. Surprisingly it was cleaner than I had expected. I was also surprised that there was a lot of unloading activity on board…. Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 6 So after a few days here, with nothing to do, things gotten slower. We had a bit of b’fast at Edgar’s, read a book, walk about and watch the boat stationary, head back to watch some… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 5 I woke up at 7 and walked about, of course hoping the boat was still there. Well, it was and the cargo seemed to have been untouched, I met Ricardo who was walking about and chatted… Continue Reading →
QuickPeek: Waiting for Boat
Amazon Journey Day 4 It’s been a couple of days of waiting in Pantoja and we were told that the ‘big’ slow boat would show up, Out assurance was that people in the village are waiting for supplies and they… Continue Reading →
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