2015:Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Chile

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24. syyskuuta 2015
2015:Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Chile Matkaaja
ChCh to Auckland to Santiago to Lima
24. syyskuuta 2015, Chile ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
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Lima
24. syyskuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
PayPurix Hostel Lima Airport - excellent hostel, really lovely people, so helpful and kind.
Didn't venture far, three blocks and had my running shoes on...not feel the safest. Got a piece of pizza.
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Havana
25. syyskuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Five hour flight to Havana.
Arrived in the afternoon.
Had a good meander around the city...walk and bus. Got totally lost as per.
Found Cafe Paris....home away from home.
Used "hop on hop off" bus.
Met Louise, also Angie (both Brits).Lue lisää
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Cienfuegos (Pearl of the South)
29. syyskuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
On way saw -
# SANTA CLARA; has Che Guevara mausoleum and memorial.
# CIGAR FACTORY
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Trinidad
30. syyskuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Life in Trinidad.
Spent a lot of time wandering around town.
Bought - painting, clay bell

To and return from -
# SALTO DE JAVIRA, waterfall and swim.
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Camaguey
3. lokakuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Travel via -
# VALLE DE LOS INGENIOS, aka Valley of the Sugar Mills. Went up the tall tower.

Out socialising, as per.
Declined to play baseball!
Louise and I found nice square, good place to spend time in. Then the drinking started about noon. Louise drinking cocktails and me, the local low percent beer. Louise piked first, straight after dinner, I lasted late into the night, felt ok cos I'm sure I sweated it all out.Lue lisää
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Santiago de Cuba
5. lokakuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Stop off to see the National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity.

Not a friendly place.
38C at least.
Off to see -
# Cemetery - body is buried, then much later, is exhumed, the bones, etc are cleaned, then crushed and put in a wee box. The family do all this.
# Rum shop (factory shut)
# Revolution Park
# Military Barracks - now school and museum
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Baracoa
7. lokakuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
A day travelling.
Travel via -
# GUANTANAMO LOOKOUT
# A beach for lunch and swim

A lovely wee town to stay in for a few days.
More socialising.
Decided not to go on an island excursion, not 100%.
Out for dinner, "pig on a spit".Lue lisää
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Havana
10. lokakuuta 2015, Kuuba ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Fly from Baracoa to Havana.
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Mexico City
11. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ 🌫 16 °C
Flew in from Cuba.
At night, look at the city, then taken to Garibaldi Plaza - busy and festive. Had wonderful margaritas.
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Teotihuacan
12. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
The ancient city of the Mayans.
Climbed the pyramids of the Moon and Sun and walked the Avenue of the Dead.
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Puebla
14. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
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Oaxaca
15. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Out to a Mescal Bar...shown how to drink mescal with salt and chilli with crushed worms....no problem at all.....very very smooth.
PanAmerican Rally passing through the city . Lots of old cars.

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# MONTE ALBAN ruins (small).Lue lisää
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Tehuantepec
17. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Went via -
# SANTA MARIA DEL TULE; to see the Tule Tree, is the stoutest tree in the world with diameter of 14.05m and circumference of 42m.
# a MESCAL FACTORY; bought a bottle of the good stuff and the chilli/worms.
# a RUG FACTORY; bought a long colourful hat, and coin purse.
# MILTA; very small ruins.

Took travel pill for the up and coming windy roads.Lue lisää
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San Cristobal de las Casas
18. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ 🌫 22 °C
Travel via -
# SUMIDERO CANYON - a wet and chilly day. Realised hadn't enough clothes to cover this kind of weather.
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# SAN JUAN CHAMULA VILLAGE; the church is a blend of Mayan customs, Spanish Catholic traditions and subsequent innovations. Photography strictly prohibited.
Bought - gloves, two spinning tops, yoyo.
# ZINACANTAN VILLAGE; had a real proper taco, etc - very very nice.
Bought - small doll and large doll

Wander the city, bought some dingle dangles.Lue lisää
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Palenque
20. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ 🌧 26 °C
Travel via -
# MISOL-HA WATERFALL
# AGUA AZUL WATERFALLS

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# PALENQUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL ZONE - very enjoyable and photogenic
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Campeche
22. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Travel via -
# GULF OF MEXICO; stop for lunch and swim.

A quaint place.
Received alert notice from NZGovt regarding Hurrican Patricia - was north of us.
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Merida
23. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
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# UXMAL RUINS - rather nice.
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Playa del Carmen
24. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Travel via -
# CHICHEN ITZA; examples of Mayan-Toltec civilisation. Enjoyable to wander.
Bought - silver pipe, small skull.

A very busy tourist place.
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Cancun
25. lokakuuta 2015, Meksiko ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Taxi to Cancun.
To a fantastic, busy, restaurant - lovely food and margaritas.

# Tomorrow, fly out to Lima, Peru.
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Mexico to Lima
26. lokakuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Fill in the day wandering around Cancun.
Taxi to airport at 8pm.
Red wine called for.
Flight from midnight to 5am, Cancun to Lima
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Lima
27. lokakuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Flight arrive early; immigration and customs very quiet, I was on my own for most of the walk through.
Accommodation same as before; Dennis picked me up.
Silly me, didn't book a room for the night of the 26th as planned to go straight into town...at 5.30am....didn't think that one through! So they let me sleep on the couch till my room was ready...about 2hrs later.
Staff just wonderful here, so helpful.
# to Miraflores by taxi...fast and furious!
# to Central Historic Lima by taxi. What a great area, loved it. Lots of interesting architecture.
Dennis from hostel picked me up. All up it was a two hour journey for him.Lue lisää
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Lima
28. lokakuuta 2015, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
More photos.....

#Buildings and Balconies
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Lima to Santiago
28. lokakuuta 2015, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Another flight with 3 seats to myself...am getting use to this.
Slept a bit on and off.
Forgot I was flying during the day and some of it over land...looked out, and there were LOTS of mountains, with snow.
Arrived early...must of been the bigger plane.
Went through immigration, no problem - turned the corner to customs, and wow!!! Huge huge huge long line trying to move.
There were only 2 x-ray machines working for about 4 or 5 planes landing at the same time!! Was going to take HOURS to go through (I had been warned about this, but forgot). So....
Got in behind three little old ladies; at some stage I realised that they, and me, were jumping the queue...by a hellva lot!!
At customs, passed the custom sheet in, said from NZ, with wood from Mexico - next thing, I'm through.
Outside within an hour instead of 5 hrs, thanks to three little old ladies, God bless their cotton socks.

Hotel Rio Amazonas accommodation.
In the old city, near everything, within walking distance and next to the underground. A lovely spot.
Settled in and made plans.
Out and about till near midnight, and so were a lot of other people, so felt safe.Lue lisää
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Santiago
29. lokakuuta 2015, Chile ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Set off for the day exploring, with maps, information and camera.
Went all over the place.
I like Santiago -
# very busy, lots of people dressed in dark coloured clothes
# lots of traffic, buses, taxis, trucks, cars, push bikes, motorbikes
# streets have well signed names, so easy to get around
# lots of cafes catering to my diet; soup and beer, chips and beer, or pasta and beer.
# up San Christobal Hill by funicular railway
Out and about for about 11 hours.
Home, relaxed, plan for tomorrow and then discovered Pisco Sour...my goodness, it was good....bed by 2am.Lue lisää
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