Part 2!
In and around World
i am super excited about south america!!! honestly, it didnt really hit me that i'm going until today when i booked my inca trail tour! i've been so busy with school the last 14 weeks...i can honestly say that it was THE worst semester EVER! all nighters started at week 3 (last semester started at week 9 or so), and many many late nites at school and ital which they both eventually became my home#1 and home#2....so so sad! im glad to say that i'm DONE...for now! so i'm packing my bags (again...yes im going again!) and ready for another adventure before graduating (for the second time).
i'm flying in and out of lima and travelling around the area the next 4 weeks. not exactly sure where i will be going...i will have more details later as im booking things along the way. one of the things i wanted to do is the inca trail - i've been told that it is REALLY hard (especially since i am not fit and its high in the moutains with little oxygen) but i'm hoping that i will overcome the challenge. i think its one of those once in a lifetime thing some ppl want to do...its one of mine too!
other than the inca trail, i would love to see the salt lakes in Bolivia, the scenic beaches in Chile, cities like Santiago and Buenos Aires, wine country in Mendoza, Lake Titicaca in Peru/Bolivia...not sure what else but i'm sure i'll find more things to do when i read my guidebook. i'm not sure how fast i would like to travel (i usually am pretty fast but i dont want to be too ambitious going to too many places) so i'm just going to go with the flow...
still not ready for the trip yet (still need proper hiking shoes!!) lots to do from now til then.....so stay tune! :)
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Queenie
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Lima, Peru - Day 1 - 2
i thought i wasn´t going to make it to peru! i woke up that morning and it was white outside! it was snowing a bit which i did not expect. so... Continue reading »
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Cusco, Peru - Day 3 - 6
i wish i was awake when we landed in cusco. there was some nice scenery of clouds hovering around the moutains...etc...but i missed it all cuz i wa... Continue reading »
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Machu Picchu, Peru - Day 7 - 9
so much to backtrack...
i woke up that morning to the worst nightmare possible just before the start of the inca trail. it was raining the en... Continue reading »
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Cusco, Peru - Day 10
After machu picchu, we took the bus down to Aguas Caliente where we just hung out for most of the afternoon. there was a thermal spa there but we d... Continue reading »
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La Paz, Bolivia - Day 11 - 12
La Paz is something else...i had no idea what the city is about maybe until a month ago. and i read a bunch of seedy stuff about the city and i fel... Continue reading »
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Uyuni, Bolivia - Day 13
there are 2 things i wanted to see/do on this trip - Machu Picchu and Uyuni Salt Flats. so i took a 10 hour over night bus from La Paz to Uyuni (wh... Continue reading »
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Salar Uyuni, Bolivia - Day 14 - 15
there were 6 of us on the tour - me, a dutch guy, 2 kiwis and 2 ozzies. the 6 of us along with our spanish speaking only driver...cruised along the... Continue reading »
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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile - Day 16 - 17
what can i say about San Pedro? i have ZERO idea what the town is about until i got there. I knew it was an option to get dropped off from the Sala... Continue reading »
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Santiago, Chile - Day 18 - 21
i´m usually not that bad in finding my way around but i had a bit of trouble looking for my hostel in Santiago. i must have walked by my hostel 3 t... Continue reading »
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Viña del Mar, Chile - Day 22 - 24
Oh Vina (where is the button or short cut for the little n with the ~ on top?) its Vina...like el nino. anyway, Vina is such a lovely little town..... Continue reading »
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Arica, Chile - Day 25 - 26
OK ...so my New Year day went down like this: 1.5 hour bus from Vina del Mar to Santiago, wait about an hour for my next bus, then 26 hours on prem... Continue reading »
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Arequipa, Peru - Day 27 - 28
i thought i wasnt going to make it to Arequipa! the bus journey was 6 hour long in a crappy, old, non-AC bus with some smelly people (i dont think... Continue reading »
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Lima, Peru - Day 29
i had no intensions of spending more time in Lima since everyone i talked to said nothing nice about Lima. Oh the city is seedy....the city is full... Continue reading »
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Toronto, Canada - Home
The best part about flying at night is you sleep really well on the plane - and thats exactly what happened. i boarded the plane, sat down (first r... Continue reading »
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