Deja vu
19 sierpnia 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
So this seems to be a recurrent theme... tried to get out of US and it just wants me to stay! Flight to Lima cancelled so an impromptu adventure around LA...
Made a friend at breakfast, Adam who I Czytaj więcej
Sand dunes and sunsets
21 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Met the people I will be now travelling with for the next 30ish days... long day on a coach but went to the desert, and did buggy riding and sandboarding... Needless to say sand got EVERYWHERE!!!
Ballestas Islands and Pisco
22 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Went with a few of the group to the Ballestas Islands this morning (as one of them described it, the poor man's galapagos 😅) and saw a lot of pelicans, boobies, penguins, dolphins, sea lions and Czytaj więcej
Nazca
23 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Spooky morning in Nazca visiting Chauchilla Cemetary where learnt about a lot of the old civilisations of Peru... there are so many, not just Incas... and saw lots of mummies.
In the afternoon we Czytaj więcej
Arequipa
24 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Woke up from none existent sleep on the night bus (yer the novelty wore out) in Arequipa which turns out to be a beautiful city and really reminded me of Spain... except the backdrop of glorious Czytaj więcej
Altitude acclimatisation
25 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
So most the group are battling with altitude at the moment but this tour is organised to give us time before Machu Pichu hike to get ourselves acclimatised... we went to a small town called Chivay and Czytaj więcej
Colca Canyon
26 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Early morning trip to Colca Canyon this morning to see condors...
In the top 10 deepest canyons in the world with the deepest point being more than 4000m deep... we were very lucky to see so many and Czytaj więcej
Arequipa take 2
27 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We were left to our own devices today, so we decided to see the mummy Juanita and visit a monestry... I don't have many pictures but learnt so much about the incas in the mummy Juanita tour... so Czytaj więcej
Rainbow Mountain
29 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Arrived in Cusco after night bus and had a quick tour of the area and got much needed washing done...
Had a pretty chilled day, Chino, our guide, took some of us to watch the local football then we Czytaj więcej
Sacred Valley and Ollantaytambo
30 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Packed up all the gear for the r day Machu Pichu hike and travelled to Ollantaytambo via Sacred Valley.
The incas believed that the river that runs through the valley mirrored the milkyway which is Czytaj więcej
Machu Picchu day 1
31 sierpnia 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Day one of Machu Picchu hike... First 11km completed in the super heat...
Got to campsite and had a beer...
Great day, lots of amazing views and good rest spots!
Bring on day 2 - apparently the Czytaj więcej
Machu Picchu day 2
1 września 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
5:30am start... definately the hardest day - 12km pretty much relentlessly up including dead womans pass... got to the highest point on the trail at 4215 ft... and we all made it to camp in good Czytaj więcej
Machu Picchu day 3
2 września 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
5am start... The best day! So much variety in the landscape and trail. The weather was also perfect... not too hot or cold and it was dry! Views were stunning and there were several inca ruins for us Czytaj więcej
Machu Picchu day 4
3 września 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
We made it!!!
3am start to get through the check point at 5:30 and give the porters and chefs time to catch the train...
Through the sungate around 7ish and then into Machu Picchu... it was amazing! Czytaj więcej
Goodbye Cuzco, hello Lake Titicaca
6 września 2023, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
We departed Cuzco to head to Lake Titicaca and Puno... this was time for homestays (staying with a local family and helping out a bit).
We took a boat ride to the area via some floating islands where Czytaj więcej
Homestay and kayaking
7 września 2023, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Time to get to work!
Woke up fairly early, around 6/6:30 to help mama in the kitchen before breakfast... breakfast was so tasty, fried bread with jam and egg... think I put on weight just from that! Czytaj więcej
Hello Bolivia / Death Road Biking
9 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Arrived in Bolivia on the 8th and went for a lot of drinks... hilarity ensued, which may not be appropriate for Find Penguins so won't elaborate!
Anyways, woke up on 9th very hungover but ready for Czytaj więcej
La Paz
10 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I have a roomie! New member of the group, Lisa from Italy 😁
Great day exploring La Paz today... I think it's considered the highest city in the world with over 1 million people... so yer, altitude! Czytaj więcej
Sucre day 1
11 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Arrived in Sucre after night bus... night bus was better than expected with fully reclining seats - like 1st class airplane!
Spent the morning orientating ourselves and spent most the afternoon Czytaj więcej
Sucre day 2
12 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Went to the textile museum today which was super interesting... it wasn't just about the textiles, but also about the music and dance and rituals that Bolivians performed... I think my favourite part Czytaj więcej
Dino footprints - Sucre
13 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Before getting on the bus to Potosi, pretty much the whole group decided to go and see the dinosaur footprints...
Was really interesting from what heard of it, and the guide (who was from Sucre) had Czytaj więcej
Potosi mines and rooftops
14 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Arrived in Potosi yesterday and went for dinner...
In the morning we went to the local mines to understand what life is like... I think I prefer the farm work than mine work.
We first had to stop Czytaj więcej
Train graveyard of Uyuni andSalt Flats!
16 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So apparently there was a period where Chile took away all the rail infrastructure feom Bolivia... which explains why there is pretty much no rail network... but just outside the town of Uyuni there Czytaj więcej
Potosi mint factory
16 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So think this day was mostly a bus ride, and I can't remember what day we went to the mint factory in Potosi (they used to make around 80% (I think) of the worlds currency).
I also got to make my own Czytaj więcej
Lagoons and flamingos
17 września 2023, Boliwia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Continuing the 'road trip' (unsure if there were any official roads!) To get off the salt flats and see some pretty amazing lagoons and flamingos in the desert in Bolivia.
And a dip in some hot Czytaj więcej

























































































































































































































































































































