Buenos Aires
19.–26. tammik. 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Beautiful city, fantastic architecture, lots of life and culture.
Mendoza part 1: National Parks
28. tammik.–1. helmik. 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Rented a car and broke out the tent again to explore the regions around Mendoza. Had a couple nights in national parks: Ischigualasto and Talampaya. Both are full of triassic era geology and fossils.Lue lisää
Mendoza part 2: Aconcagua
2.–7. helmik. 2024, Argentiina ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Moved to the mountains for a couple days (much more pleasant camping temperatures!) Hiked to the first Aconcagua base camp at 3300m. Full height is 6960m, making it the highest mountain outside of theLue lisää
Florianópolis - Carnaval
9.–15. helmik. 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Popped over to Brazil to see beaches and carnival!
Iguazu falls
16.–18. helmik. 2024, Brasilia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Saw the Brazilian and Argentinian side of Iguazu Falls - the largest waterfall system in the world. Truly spectacular.
Asunción - Paraguay
19. helmikuuta 2024, Paraguay ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Spent a day in the capital of Paraguay on our way to Bolivia. Not much going on but some nice architecture.
Then took a 22 hour bus journey where the seats were so close that if leaning back theyLue lisää
Santa Cruz De La Sierra
20.–23. helmik. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
City in the Bolivian Amazon. Lovely old cathedral (inside did not live up to the outside) and we visited Guembe biosphere - an animal reserve with some nice pools to relax in after saying hi to theLue lisää
Sucre part 1: churches and castles
23.–27. helmik. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Sucre is the capital of Bolivia, also known as the white city due to the beautiful colonial architecture. We visited an old monastery which had gorgeous rooftop views of the city.
We also went out ofLue lisää
Sucre part 2: dinosaurs!
23.–27. helmik. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
We visited the largest dinosaur footprint wall in the world. The main layer is limestone and has over 5000 footprints from around 68 million years ago. A couple other layers are visible from where theLue lisää
Potosi
28. helmik.–1. maalisk. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Potosí wasn't the nicest place to visit - at 4,100m the air is thin which is exacerbated further by the 50 year old buses and taxis puffing out fumes constantly (our COVID masks came out for theLue lisää
Salar de Uyuni
2. maaliskuuta 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Salt flats tour day 1/3.
Had a very fun day getting completely covered in salt and taking the most touristy photos believable.
The train is from a train cemetery just outside the salt flats - whenLue lisää
Salt flats tour desert day
3.–4. maalisk. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Our salt flats tour took us into the desert for days 2 and 3. We got to see the incredible landscapes, some of which were up at around 5000 m! Saw lots of alpaca/llama/vicuña/related animals and aLue lisää
La Paz
5.–9. maalisk. 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Spent a few days chilling in La Paz, recovering after the salt flats. Stayed centrally near the witches market where they all have dead baby alpacas hung up for good luck and sold for use in culturalLue lisää
Death Road
7. maaliskuuta 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A road that was historically known for causing hundreds of deaths each year as it was the only road between La Paz and some towns nearby which provided food for the city and it is rather too narrowLue lisää
Isla del Sol
10. maaliskuuta 2024, Bolivia ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
On our way into Peru we stopped off for the afternoon on Lake Titicaca at Copacabana (not a nice place), where we took a short boat ride over to Isla del Sol, an island which used to be inhabited byLue lisää
Puno / Islas de Los Uros
11. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Crossing into Peru we stopped in Puno for the night and I (Sam didn't want to wake up) went on a tour of the floating islands on Lake Titicaca. The islands have been inhabited consistently forLue lisää
Cusco
11.–15. maalisk. 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Cusco is full of beautiful large squares and old churches and buildings. Unfortunately it's also full of people trying to sell you things or polish your shoes constantly. They don't seem to realiseLue lisää
Rainbow Mountain / Montaña Vinikunka
12. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Had a very early morning to visit Rainbow Mountain near Cusco, were collected at 3am ready to be there before all the other tourists! The colours are formed by different minerals in the ground - iron,Lue lisää
Salkantay Trek / Machu Picchu
15.–19. maalisk. 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
5 day Trek to Machu Picchu, the common replacement for the Inca Trail which is too expensive and regulated nowadays (and too easy of course). Salkantay is over 70 km, with its highest point of 4600 m,Lue lisää
Arequipa
22.–23. maalisk. 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Spent a couple of nights in Arequipa which is supposedly the most beautiful city in Peru due to many of the central buildings being made from white volcanic stone.
We visited an old convent thereLue lisää
Nazca lines
24. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Had a pause on our bus journey to have a quick look at a couple of Nazca lines. They were smaller than we expected.
There are around 70 animal/plant designs total, so to get a proper look at theLue lisää
Huacachina
25. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Spent a day in a tiny little desert oasis. Very idyllic and had a nice time hanging in the pool.
Paracas
26. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Spent one day in Paracas, opted not to do the marine reserve because we've probably seen enough penguins (no idea how Sam believes that, there's no such thing as enough penguins!) and we were sort ofLue lisää
Huaraz
29. maalisk.–2. huhtik. 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The hiking capital of Peru. Spent a few days here prepping for our Huayhuash trek. Quite an untouristy city compared to most we visited in Peru, and surrounded by beautiful mountains! Got to see a fewLue lisää
Laguna Churup
31. maaliskuuta 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
While Sam decided to watch Arsenal have a boring match with Man City, I went out on an acclimatisation hike to Laguna Churup, and Churupita. Top of the hike was around 4,600 m and I was fully alone onLue lisää


























































































































































































































































































































