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Day 161–165
April 3, 2024 - April 7, 2024
4 nights
☁️ 1 °C
Altitude: 5,558 m
Peru Nevado Siula Chico -10.290651, -76.89719610°17’26” S 76°53’50” W
Huayhuash
Apr 3–7, 2024 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Completed 5 days / 54 km of the Huayhuash circuit. Our original plan was to do 8 but Sam doesn't like bogs, rain, or rivers, and got a bit ill so we called it at day 5 having already made quite a good way! Almost the whole hike is above 4,000 m with each day having a pass to get over, the highest of which was over 5,000 m on day 4!

The hike is incredibly rural, most of the time the nearest village is a days walk away, and the village we stopped in day 5, Huayllapa, had almost no way out of it. Luckily we met another group who were leaving and their guide gave us a lift to the nearest town with a bus (4 hours away!). Took us a full day to get back to Huaraz where we pigged out on well deserved pizza after 5 days of noodles and garlic parmesan mash potato.Read more
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Day 169–170
April 11, 2024 - April 12, 2024
1 night
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 76 m
Peru Playa Miraflores -12.128562, -77.03303512°7’43” S 77°1’59” W
Lima
Apr 11–12, 2024 in Peru ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Had a couple days in Lima while we booked the next section of the trip. Had a nice walk along the coastline, and got to see some of the older buildings in the city centre. Really massive, modern city.
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Day 171–173
April 13, 2024 - April 15, 2024
2 nights
☁️ 30 °C
Altitude: 1,539 m
Colombia Parque Lleras 6.2102, -75.5712746°12’37” N 75°34’17” W
Medellin
Apr 13–15, 2024 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Medellín was an interesting city. The area we were staying in was very modern, full of digit nomads who spent time in fancy cafes, and a lot of amazing street art. On the other hand, when we visited the city center it was the most poverty stricken we have seen. Every metre was another person begging or sleeping on the street, often with severe disabilities and birth defects. It was definitely a bit of a shock, and perhaps demonstrates some of the dark past of Medellín.Read more
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Day 176–180
April 18, 2024 - April 22, 2024
4 nights
⛅ 28 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Ecuador Playa de Los Alemanes -0.747647, -90.3127780°44’52” S 90°18’46” W
Santa Cruz - Galapagos
Apr 18–22, 2024 in Ecuador ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Left our bags in Bogotá and headed to the Galapagos with just our swimsuits and snorkel gear! There is such an incredible amount and diversity of wildlife on these islands that we felt incredibly privileged to see and snorkel and dive with.

Santa Cruz is the most touristy/commercial of the islands, with lots of souvenir shops and nice restaurants. But still you can see sea lions lying everywhere through the town, and looking into the water from the pier you see golden rays and baby blacktip reef sharks.

We went on two dives, to Gordon's Rock where we saw a whole family of hammerheads! And to Seymour where we saw some sleeping white tips.Read more
TravelerAmazing. Is that your own video?
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TravelerYes, we've put together a video for each island! Had some chill time while in Bogotá so wanted to be productive!
5/7/24Reply
TravelerThat's brilliant - what an experience to have.
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Day 180–183
April 22, 2024 - April 25, 2024
3 nights
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 6 m
Ecuador Punta Villamil -0.962203, -90.9574690°57’44” S 90°57’27” W
Isla Isabela - Galapagos
Apr 22–25, 2024 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Isabela was our favourite island for snorkelling. We spent quite a lot of time at Concha de Perla, a free snorkelling spot where we saw everything we'd ever want to! We also visited Isla Tintoreras, just off Isabela which was possibly the best snorkelling we'll ever do - had white tip reef shark nurseries and penguins flying around the water. While on land we took ourselves off on a little cycle tour where we got to see a tortoise nursery and the remains of an old prison which was on the island.Read more
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Day 184–189
April 26, 2024 - May 1, 2024
5 nights
☁️ 27 °C
Altitude: 9 m
Ecuador Playa de Los Marinos -0.902116, -89.6124520°54’8” S 89°36’45” W
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San Cristobal - Galapagos
Apr 26–May 1, 2024 in Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
San Cristóbal was the sea lion island. There were so many! The island was a mixture of the other two, not too busy or too quiet. We dived at Kicker rock which is famous for its hammerhead populations but unfortunately we had very bad visibility so didn't see any, but did have a fun interaction with a turtle. Better than our dives was our time snorkelling with the sea lions at Tijeretas.Read more
Traveler It looks like the sea lions are dancing - so beautiful.
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Traveler How wonderful to meet the turtle like that!
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Day 191–195
May 3, 2024 - May 7, 2024
4 nights
☁️ 17 °C
Altitude: 2,634 m
Colombia Sede F CUN 4.598453, -74.0693624°35’54” N 74°4’10” W
Bogotá
May 3–7, 2024 in Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Had a relaxing few days in Bogotá - needed after the excitement of the Galapagos. We were staying in the historic center and there was some nice architecture and a lot of cool street art.
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Day 197–199
May 9, 2024 - May 11, 2024
2 nights
☀️ 30 °C
Altitude: Sea level
Curacao Mambo Beach 12.089945, -68.90453512°5’24” N 68°54’16” W
Curaçao
May 9–11, 2024 in Curacao ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Final stop!! Spent a couple days in Curacao as it was our cheapest route home (flights make no sense). Very Dutch, full of colourful buildings. We forgot to take a photo of the beach.
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Trip end
May 13, 2024