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  • PhilSeitz98
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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    (Hopefully) Last night in Bolivia

    7. marts 2023, Bolivia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Today was time for chilling. Copacabana and Isla del sol was quiet relaxed, because of less tourists.

    I went with noemi and alessandra to the lake to chill before I booked my transfer to Puno (Peru) and I had a phone call with Joni. We chilled and met a dog “called Bruno”, drove with an “Wasserteller” and paddled around the lake titikaka.

    In the evening we ate an amazing lasagne.
    I am tired/exhausted of the climb and the last days(as well the altitude) here. It is also at night colder and I hope in Peru it will be better.

    Although the street blockades are getting better and better, i really hope I can go to Cusco (Rainbow Mountain, Machu Pichu, and it was the Capital of the Incas) without any problems. Also i hope I can travel trough Peru without any problems, what everyone says it should be the case.

    As an backup I will have my flight on the 12th of march to Ecuador, when it will be no possibility to travel trough Peru. But I am positiv minded!

    Also tara could join me in Mexiko, which it not safe till now and it would be not the exact time where I want to go there.

    In summary I really enjoyed Bolivia! It was an unexpected nice country!    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Puno —> Cusco ✅

    8. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Today was an crazy day, but everything worked out.

    At first my transport agency left 2h earlier as planned and they were very hectic and had a lot of phone calls in Spanish. I sayed fast goodbye to Noemi and alessandra and I loved their attitude of traveling and their relaxed behaviour.

    There were some protests ongoing in Copacabana (I didn’t had this feeling).
    I made the “exmigration” in Bolivia and after that my minivan person talked 15 min to a boat person and after that I was able to go inside the boat. Way to early, because the boat was full after 2h🤦🏼‍♂️
    I was not able with that stress to change my money and buy some food.

    After 5h of bus drive they said that peruan persons in puno trow stones to boats, but I think that was fake. So I took a smaller boat, that I can reach the immigration on point at 19:00. It went out, because of 5 min, but the other people in the boat were earlier at the migration, so I think only tourist scam. I payed to much for this transfer, but I am happy that it went out without no problems at the end.

    I met during that “exciting” trip three Chilenes, two from Turkey, two Italians and one Argentinian. We all go now to Cusco, where we were able to book a big bus (Transzela, excpected an collectivo) and pay with card. All money exchange had closed or shops wanted to give me a very bad currency exchange. So the turkey people payed for my food.

    Now it depends, if the roads are blocked, I am in Cusco at 5:00 or at 12:00, because we need to drive around.

    Now I am “safe” and feel happy, because it could be only the problems as in Cusco to drive more hours with the bus because of some blockades. Other problems will not be around Peru, what I heard so far of travellers here.    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Arriving in the inca city cusco!

    9. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    I really did not excepted, that I can travel to peru.. it works!!
    After arriving at 7:00 in Cusco (driving 2h more to drive around one street blockade) I bought a SIM card and changed money. The Italians (Simon and his girlfriend) found a atm to withdrawal, because on my side 3 didn’t work.

    After check in I bought a tour for tomorrow to the Siete coloures mountain(5100m), where I felt scammed because of street offers and I didn’t find a good solution. But at the end it was good.

    Also I got a recommendation at the hostel the BCP Bank (700 sol, as much as u want) to withdraw instead of the (banco de Nacional, 400, one time a day). No fees.

    I also went to a free walking tour.
    (Notes: Quinoa nr 1 and Kaffee nr 3 export of the world, Cusco 95% tourism
    - Boliviar y San Martin liberator
    - 3 Jahre Bolivien und Peru zusammen (1833-1836), darum support Peru wenn 1879 Chile Angriff, beide verloren Regionen)
    - at Market food (Vorspeise, Hauptspeise, Nachspeise, 1€
    - Inca Palasts destroyed by Spanish and they build with the their stones cathedral and church there!!
    - there was no space between the stones of the Incas (street pic)
    - 16 inca kings
    - inca region from south of kolumbia till santiago (Kolumbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, cusco was in the middle)

    After the walking tour I went up to the Jesus statue, where Inca ruins were on the way. I jumped over a fence, to not pay the entrance fee😂

    the landscape and view of Cusco was amazing. Again a lot of hills and I already felt in love with the older buildings in the city. Also the view with the mountains…😍 it felt kinda magical, when I was up there.

    After going down I went a nice steak restaurant and chilled at the hostel in the evening, because I need to wake up at 3:45 to get picked up at 4:00.    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Siete colores mountain + red valley

    10. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ 🌧 6 °C

    Today I woke up at 3:45(!!) to get picked up at 4 am for the seven Color rainbow mountain. It was explored 5 years ago, because the minerals of the lines were under snow. Now with the climate change, it can be seen..

    So we ate breakfast and their I met Philipp from Augsburg. It was an amazing funny guy and I stayed the whole trip with him.
    After arriving at 8:15, we became a walking stick especially at the end very helpfull!).

    Philipp was quiete slow to be honest, because he was not used to hike in the altitude #huaynapotosihelps, but we arrived at one of the first there at the viewpoint of the mountain. (altitude: 5100m)
    With my coca leaves and a black menthol mass it was not that hard for me. ( coca leaves help for actively, no hunger and headache, the mass for the [nose] breathing.)

    Unfortunately the weather was not the best: it was cloudy and no sun, so at the end the siete coloures mountain was not so overwhelming, but it was still very nice.

    To see the combination of the the siete colored mountain, the red mountain and the green landscape was stunning!

    During we went down, we wanted to go another way back: over the red mountain , but we only had 40 mins till 11:20 (when we should be back), and we would be down in 40 min walk very rapido😂 but philipp was slow and we made much pictures😂

    When we arrived at the viewpoint we saw behind the mountains and their we have seen such an amazing landscape: the red valley. We hiked down with two Costa Ricans very rapido, but we were late 35 mins. BUT other people were 55 min late, so we stressed us for no reason 😂

    Omg, Philipp was super cool and his way of thinking and his lifestyle (work remotely, freedom thinking, as well In the IT) inspired me much! Also on the video you hear him explaining to someone, that we are KISSED BY THE UNIVERSE(😂, honey), because the sun was out, when we made pictures, which was not true😂😂.

    When I came back I made some organisational stuff, after I met dominik from the free walking tour randomly again.
    So next steps and Machu Pichu stuff was organised.

    Because I slept noch so much and I felt not that good, I went to bay early. Also my hostel is super empty and no one to socialize her🥲

    (Pictures chocolate museum and workshop from the next day inside)    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Chilled day: Museum + chocolate worsksho

    11. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    After sleeping out I had breakfast at the hostel with a nice conversation with a hostel stuff. I made laundry and wanted to go to one museum ( inca Raritäten) which is not open. I will do it on Monday.

    Then I went after one cappuccino to a the museum Coricancha Qurikancha, which was the sun temple ( the biggest temple in Cusco, Cusco= Capital of the Incas) of the Incas.

    OMG I learned so much today about the Incas in this museum!:

    - the Museum was the Tempel of the sun, before it was damaged by the Spains
    - size: the Incas were at the biggest till 1532 from kolumbia till Santiago
    -Stones: they had so different stones for different usage and their temples had so much steps and in the temples the sun with a face inside was their main symbol teine
    - Inca calendar
    - Inca Astronomie (explains the Nisca lines?)
    - in the museum were Spanish and Inca stuff, but the Spanish stuff did not interested me so much.
    - they had a Temple of the sun, rainbow, moon, lightning, Venus, stars and the highest priest.
    - they sacrificed kids
    -They had in our winter fasting months
    - they involved patcha mama!

    —> the Spanish damaged so much and it is crazy, that they used all material for their cathedrales and churches again. Ruining a culture, idiots.

    Resume: OMG I felt in love with that museum and their culture, that’s the reason I I stayed 3h there. The bell tower there was my last steps.

    P.S. : I payed the entrance for a student haha, but unfortunately not for Machu Pichu😂 physical card blah blah

    So I was lucky, that I had not to wait for the chocolate workshop in the chocolate museum, because I informed about that yesterday.

    It was super interesting to make my own chocolate, got in touch with the process of making and to try different chocolates. (Over 65% it is to bitter for me) facts:

    -There are three kinds of chocolate: dark, milk and white, which is in the industry not natural made.
    - Peru has of the best Kakaos, because of their diversity ( also Brazil and south west Africa) otherwise chocolate is best at Belgium and Swiss
    - white chocolate will be done after pressing the cold chocolate

    My selfmade chocolate tasted amazing and I did the course with an introverted and strange American called Cliff.

    I bought some stuff for the 2 days one night trip to Machu Pichu. I decided myself against the Inca trail or the salkantatrek(should be amazing), because it would be to long and to expensive. Also agains the train, because two ways are 120€. My buses are 20

    So the evening was against chilled and I am looking forward to Machu Pichu.

    Bus to hydroelectrica—> 3h hike to agua calientes and sleep there. —> 2h hike to Machu Pichu —> 2-3h there —> 3h down to hydroelectrica and pick up at 14:15. back in the hostel at ~9pm. Sleep one night there, Inca museum and then off too nisca lines!    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Transfer Day to machu Picchu

    12. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

    I was picked up with Walley (England, 18) in front of the hostel at 6 am with a minibus.

    We drove till 2 pm to a restaurant and ate there to lunch. I already found a nice group of Quentin (France), Aida(Spain), Adrian(Argentina). We were there already at the jungle😂💪🏽.
    We walked 3h closby the train rail (train would be 120€ for two ways!) and we arrived with some rain during the walk at agua calientes. The landscape in the jungle and during the walk was already amazing
    I went with Adrian to the hostel and we went to dinner. After that we catched up with the others and had a super funny karaoke night 😂💪🏽.

    (Put the morning hike pictures of tomorrow today)    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    M A C H U P I C C H U !!

    13. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Today I have seen my first world wonder!

    I woke up at 5:30 and Adrian was still in the hostel, which was not planned. It rained till 5:30, so he stayed longer there. Also some bad weather scam from Aida about clouds was already in the WhatsApp group. The morning news could be better😂

    So after breakfast I catched up with Aida and Quentin and we went a 1 1/2h steep way up Machu Pitchu. (A bus one way would be 12€, so we decided to hike both ways).

    After arriving at 7:15 I clarified to get a guide and joined Walleys group at 8:00.

    What should I say? The guide information were super interesting and Machu Pitchu was amazing. Because the Spain did not found that place, it is mostly in that condition the Inca left it.

    We had a tour of 2 1/2h and I super enjoyed it. After that I went down with Quentin (+Aida and a Swedish girl) to hydro electrica, where we we had lunch. Unfortunately we were a little late, so we not catched the bus, but another one was driving.

    But they repair the streets from 3-6, so we got 2h stuck on the road and I went home at 24:00. after a hot shower, I went to bed.

    I really enjoyed every minute up there and to see see the Inca 180 Inca buildings there was super amazing.

    Some information about Machu Pitchu:

    - Spiritual, university for Incas, special place for richer Incas
    - Houses called colca and at their time they had a roof build of wood, bamboo and llama haul, which needed to be rebuild every 4-5 years
    - there was an entrance from the Inca trail
    - it’s 132 Kilometer away from Cusco
    - it was builded around 1445 till 1542 and was not finished (big stones show that, that they wanted to build more of it), because then the Spain came.
    -The 9th (of 16) Inca King began it and around 500 people lived there
    - they had a farm and a Urban place there
    - Why there?: water+ stones + clima for farming
    - 1911 found again, but with a lot of vegetation & US guy came back 1912
    -US gave back less stuff after investigation and no gold
    - Small, young, big mountain are there. You could go to the small mountain for a better overview, but more expensive and need to book 3-4 month in advance.
    - Building: 21.12 sunrise zu Inca Trail , 21.06 sunrise east, to know which season is coming
    - die Incas haben die Steine hier mit mit Wasser, Salz und anderen Steinen geschliffen
    - In the urban place the Terraces: deco and water goes down    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Adios muy hermoso cusco 🔜 Nasca

    14. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

    After some complications with the return minivan I had in the morning a problem: I forgot my AirPods in the minivan when I went out of the bus after sleeping at 0:30.🤦🏼‍♂️
    But I were able to locate them in my App! Last location 35 min ago. I hoped also, that this bus is not driving tourists to the Machu Picchu today. I asked the people around, if they know this minivan, but no.

    At the end a guy said we need to call the police & he did. At the end the police called around, a person came, opened the car and my AirPods were inside! Super nice 😂 also the police drove me to plaza de armes, super cool! The police also asked for my Facebook😂 I am proud of myself to clarified the situation with my Spanish skills and alone!

    I went after that to the Inca museum, where I learned more about the pre-Inca and the Inca time and I saw a lot of stuff.

    I said goodbye to the Swedish girl Sofia and Brandon from Peru at the hostel, when it heavily rained. Now I am 16h on the way to Nasca. The plan is to go to Nasca, huacachina, Paracas and Lima.    Læs mere

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  • PhilSeitz98RejsendeSouth- and Central America

    Chilled day in Nasca

    15. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    I arrived in the morning at Nasca after sleeping ok but much in the 16h bus. Nasca is a small town, where is not much to do, except going to the Nasca lines. The Nasca-Cultur in this region from 500 b.c till 500 a.c made them, and it is still unknown, what the meaning behind them are and why the Nasca-people did that and for which use. A lot of theories are behind them.

    I decided to do an helicopter flight above them, because the lines are super interesting, I want to see all of them from above and I never drove with a helicopter.
    (@Mom and dad: you still have the present from the helicopter flight!!🤪)

    After checking in and buying the flight, I called my mom and my brother Paddy.

    After that I went to lunch and slept again in the hostel. I was really exhausted of the last days of travelling and super tired. (Already travel tired?🤪😂)

    I also informed myself about the next things to do in Peru/Ecuador/Colombia & planned a possible route, because the (time) planning was not fully done till now💁🏽‍♂️

    Two very important things:
    1. I will fly after Lima to Iquitos, where I want to do an Amazon rainforest trip!! I am super excited!
    2. Less time: with my travel planes trough the next countries, it could be longer than excepted to travel. That means I could travel till the 01.07.2023. hopefully I will have enough money for that haha.
    I also want to see Nee York for one week. We will see.

    After a very chilled day I am super happy to did a lot Orga stuff and go to the Amazon rainforest. Tomorrow I will also go after the flight to huacachina, a place where a natural oasis is next to this town.    Læs mere

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    Nasca-Lines flight+ beautiful huacachina

    16. marts 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    What an amazing, exciting, beautiful and really fucking nice day!!

    Today I woke up to take my plane flight over the Nasca lines! There I met Yuki from Japan, living in NY. It was my first plane flight with this size and I really enjoyed it! Only the first 2-3 curves my stomach noticed something 😂

    I was so impressed, in which big area the Nasca lines are and how detailed they looked from above. Also flying for the first time, I super enjoyed it! Every figure had also a specific meaning to the nascas and the biggest one is 300m big. Spider, condor, astronaut,… super good!

    They also drove us above water springs from the Nasca time and over an Inca temple.

    After a 40 min flight I got back to the hostel and went to lunch. Then I wanted to take a collectivo, but I heard that at the time that the roads to Ica are on 3 streets overflowed. Shit. But I got one collectivo for 12€🤦🏼‍♂️ which drove me. At the end I arrived after 5h of drive & one challenging drive over very muddy streets. Then I took a taxi to huacachina and checked in.

    Huacachina is a small touristic place, where you can chill, Party or to Biggy tours and sanboarding.

    The desert with the sand hills looking amazing. Wow! During the way up to watch the sunset I met Dor from Israel. We watched together the sunset and went together for pizza dinner.

    Because we were tired we went earlier to bed.

    So with the Nasca lines, the exciting drive (also to think not to end in huacachina) and the very stunning view    Læs mere

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