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* Quito one last time...
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August 21, 2004Quito one last time...Well, I made it back to Quito on the 18th. I went to the markets in Parque Ejido, for one last shopping spree. I was smiling while I was walking, because I loved going to the markets, and I was...Read this update Avalanche!!!Well, from San Pedro de Atacama, I was headed off to a destination of Huacachina, a sandboarding mecca...but never got there. I started off on an 11 hour night bus from San Pedro to Arica at 8:30pm. We got to...Read this update August 16, 2004San Pedro de AtacamaSan Pedro de Atacama was quite nice. I only had 2 days, 1 night there, but could have spent more if I had time! It is a quiet town close to the Bolivian border. Quite a touristic town, as a...Read this update Salar de Uyuni - Day 3 - A la frontera!On the 3rd day, we had a later start than everyone else...which was quite nice, as we got to sleep in! Our first stop was at a place with a lot of geothermal activity. There was one geyser, shooting steam...Read this update Salar de Uyuni - Day 2 - Flamingos!!!The second day was just as fantastic as the first! We drove for a while, the scenary, again, was amazing. We stopped at a viewpoint of a smaller salar. Then we continued on, while the driver played music from the...Read this update Salar de Uyuni - Day 1I started the 3 day Salar de Uyuni trip that ends in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile, on Aug 12th. My group pretty much sucked - 3 people from France, 2 from Italy...1 French girl spoke a little English, 1...Read this update Best trip ever - Salar de Uyuni - getting thereI left for the Salar de Uyuni trip on the 11th. Had to take a bus to Oruro around 1pm, then a night train from Oruro to Uyuni. I had a bit of a layover in Oruro, so I met...Read this update August 10, 2004La PazWell, I have made it to La Paz. Got on the bus, ferry, and whatnot. Spectacular scenary of Lake Titicaca on the way as well. La Paz..more there for a stoppover and for administrative stuff...change money, buy souvenirs, buy disposable...Read this update Copa..Copacabana!After the Colca Canyon, I spent the night in Arequipa. I woke up early the next day to try to take the first bus to Puno. From there, I would figure out how to get to Copacabana... I ran into...Read this update Colca CanyonThe Colca Canyon tour was so touristy!! But it was okay. It was a bus tour. To sum it up, we drove for hours, half on paved roads, half on really bumpy roads...stopped for some miradors, hiking to see pre...Read this update ArequipaAfter the jungle tour, I went back to Cusco for a night. It was pretty uneventful. Just bought a flight to Arequipa and went to the Inka musuem. So I caught a flight to Arequipa, as I was just too...Read this update Jungle tourOkay, have lots to catch up with... After doing the Inca Trail, I went to Puerto Maldonado, a starting point for the jungle. How did that last night of the Inca Trail end? Well, needless to say, I got no...Read this update August 04, 2004Inca Trail Day 4 - Machu Picchu, here we come!We woke up at 4am, packed our bags, had breakfast, and took off to Machu Picchu. We started our hike from the campsite to the checkpoint very early on. We queued up. I think we were one of the later...Read this update Inca Trail Day 3 - unforgettableDay 3 of the Inca Trail -- as SAS states...unforgettable, and that it was... It started off by going up steep steps up to an Incan ruin. I had stopped, and stepped aside as I was tired, and some biotch...Read this update Inca Trail Day 2 - to Dead Woman´s Pass!The second day was the ´tough´day. And it was!! It was uphill, uphill, uphill, through a humid forest, and more uphill! On the way up, I met a girl from Poland who was living in England. We chatted while making...Read this update Inca Trail Day 1On the 28th, I departed for my Inca Trail trip. The people in my group are: Collette, John, Sandy, Kristen, Eric, Sharon, Sati, Ravi, Saz, Ruth, and Steve. I was the odd person out as most were either couples or...Read this update Mi Amor..bleh!Of course, travelling alone, I have tons of stories of random guys hitting on me...here is one of them! Last I left off, Frances and I went to the Centro Qosqo de Arte Nativo. It was pretty neat - cultural...Read this update |
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