La Paz, Bolivia, South America I didn’t exactly sleep in this morning, I was up around 7am, but it was nice to just have a relaxed morning and enjoy my breakfast. I checked out at 10:30am and met up with Gino and we went for a walk in the town. It’s really small, and there isn’t much to see, but we checked out the main cathedral, and then went to a Pan American bakery run by a couple from Chicago….
Copacabana, Bolivia, South America I went to the Isla del Sol today, and it was a little disappointing. The day started out with a great breakfast at the hostel of cereal, yogurt, bread with jam, eggs, and a pancake. It was a pretty good breakfast for a hostel, especially one in Bolivia where I heard the food is disgusting. Good start Bolivia, one point for you. It turns out that I’m in the same hotel as Gino, so we met…
Copacabana, Bolivia, South America I got up this morning and got a taxi over to the bus terminal to get my 7:30am bus to Copacabana, Bolivia. It’s a pretty nice bus, considering everyone had told me that all the busses in Bolivia are terrible. This one was fine. I was sat next to a Taiwanese guy named Jason (his english name obviously), and we had a good chat. He’s traveling for a long time as well, so it was good…
Puno, Peru, South America I had a nice, quiet day of planning out my next couple of weeks and watching football. It was really nice to relax and not do much today. I walked around the town a little bit and there was some sort of festival going on around the main square. I have no idea what they were celebrating, but there were a lot of colorful outfits and drums, and they all seemed to be having a good…
Puno, Peru, South America I went on a tour of Lake Titicaca and a couple of islands today, and it was only okay. I got picked up at 6:40am and we made the rounds to pick up the rest of the group from their hotels and then headed over to the port. We got on a tourist boat, there were about fifteen of us, and we headed off into the lake. We had a guide who spoke English and Spanish,…
Puno, Peru, South America I got up this morning, packed my bags, got some breakfast, and picked up my bus ticket from the tour agency. My bus was at 10:30am so I headed over to the bus terminal at 10am and hopped on the bus. It was a pretty easy 5.5 hour bus ride to Puno, with only one stop on the way. We got in at 4pm and I got a taxi over to Huaytusive Inn. I’m really impressed…
Arequipa, Peru, South America I had a pretty bad tour today. It was totally disappointing. I got up at 2:45am, and was ready for my pickup at 3:15am. We had a three hour drive to our breakfast stop, and I had the most uncomfortable seat on the bus. It was the last seat, so I didn’t have a choice, but I was over the wheel well, so had no leg room, and then the girl in front of me put…
Arequipa, Peru, South America I woke up this morning at 5am on the bus and realized that we were almost in Arequipa already. This bus must have been flying! I got to the Terminal at 5:30am and hopped in a taxi to go to my hostel. Even though I arrived there at 5:45am, they let me into my room and I was able to take a nap for a couple of hours. The hostel (Hostal Roma Continental) is pretty bad….
Arequipa, Peru, South America I had a relatively quiet day in Cusco today. I slept like a baby last night at my hostel, and then arranged to meet Nicole, Scotty, Linda and Drew for Breakfast. We met at this place called Jack’s that had been recommended and it was excellent! I had one of the best breakfast’s I’ve had in South America while I was there. I had huevos rancheros with a strawberry-banana shake. It was awesome! I went back…
Cusco, Peru, South America I finally got to see Machu Picchu today, and it was phenomenal! I got up at 4am and got my stuff packed up so I could leave my bag at the hostel for the day while exploring Machu Picchu. I met the rest of the group at 4:45am and we headed down to the bus stop to get the bus up to Machu Picchu from Aguas Calientes. Wilbert recommended we get the bus up there instead…