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April - May 2018

Awwww! I’m wandering to Chile, Cuba and Peru for the first time in my life :D Read more

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- Apr 6, 2018, 2:00 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
- Australia Victoria Maribyrnong -37.780964, 144.89352437°46’51” S 144°53’37” E
Day 1
¡A Grand Plan!
April 6, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
🌈My whereabouts for the following weeks:

April 06
20:00 Melbourne Tullamarine Airport. Flight LA0804
20:15 Chile Santiago Airport. Omg It only takes 15mins to get to Chile! 🤣

April 07-09
Just chill in Chile ~

April 10-12
Bus ride to the *real special Valparaiso* for a little wander.
*Gracias beloved 🧜🏼‍♀️🎸 :)*

April 13
06:55 Chile Santiago Airport. Flight AV0624
10:30 Lima Airport. Flight TA0958
17:00 Havana Airport.

April 14-17
Getting in the mood for some Cuban singing and dancing in Havana.
*Heard that internet access is patchy at best in Cuba and my phone will not work there so I’m likely to disconnect for a couple of weeks*
*Yay!*

April 18-20
I’ll be in Santiago. Again? No not the one in Chile. it’s Santiago in Cuba this time :)

April 21
Camaguey, Cuba

April 22-24
Trinidad, Cuba

April 25-26
Havana, Cuba

April 27
16:20 Havana Airport. Flight TA0959
20:30 Lima Airport

April 28-May 03
I may do a homestay in a small community near Huaraz and some hikes around the area. Or I may not..

May 04
Meet up with the Intrepid tour group in Lima

May 05-11
Visit Cusco, Sacred Valley & Ollamntaytambo.
Hike the quarry trail to Machu Picchu!

May 12-13
Explore the Peruvian Amazon. Wowwww

May 14-15
Laze around for a couple more days in Peru.

May 16
22:55 Lima airport. Flight LA2371 to Santiago Chile then sleep at the airport until the next flight...

May 17
12:40 Chile airport. Flight LA0805 to Melbourne

May 18
17:50 The wanderer returns!

Ok. Now you can all envy me... HaHaHa
Also please be assured that I’m the most sensible and smart wanderer 😉
Thank you all who’ve been feeling excited for me, telling me tips and tricks and caring for my safety and well-being. 🙇🏻‍♀️
My little wander means so much more because of you beautiful people. Ta ta 😊
Watch this space... wonderful moments will happen in Latin America! 😎

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The two organised tours I’m taking are
1. April 14-27 Singing adventure in Cuba led by this choir leader based in Sydney and organised by Cuban Adventures.
http://www.stuartdavis.biz/About.html
http://www.cubagrouptour.com/index.html
2. May 04-14 Inca trail and Amazon tour by Intrepid (I’m taking the Inca quarry trail route).
https://www.intrepidtravel.com/au/peru/inca-tra…Read more
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- Apr 6, 2018, 6:30 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 118 m
- Australia Victoria Hume Tullamarine Airport -37.669693, 144.84849537°40’11” S 144°50’55” E
Day 1
¡Flying out!
April 6, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
This deserves a post because
How often do you see an empty TRS?
And i was allowed to claim some *petty cash* back for my first iPhone
Plus a celebratory selfie with the iconic (but fake) melbourne tram
Ah my stiff :)Read more
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- Apr 6, 2018, 9:37 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 588 m
- Chile Santiago Barrio Bellavista Santa Lucia Hill -33.438656, -70.64100633°26’19” S 70°38’28” W
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Day 1
A lively welcome :D
April 6, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Bus then train then walk and i found my Airbnb without trouble ;)

While I was walking, I saw this group of people approaching me,
happily drumming and dancing in the street

And when I arrived at my Airbnb, there’s another party
A group of people gathering together,
I was treated with many warm smiles, some chips, peanuts, vodka, juice, wine, reggeaton
And even a cute little hedgehog

And guess what
It was a celebration for their upcoming examination
They’ll surely have another party after the exam too.

They told me:
Win or lose
We celebrate

How cool!Read more
Traveler Great photos!!!
4/7/18Reply
Traveler This is how the southern hemisphere comrades do before their examination?!
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Traveler Safe travels
4/7/18Reply
Traveler I love your blog - what a fantastic idea. (It’s teasing my inner travel bug though 😢). Take care chickie. xx
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- Apr 7, 2018, 10:07 AM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 588 m
- Chile Santiago Lo Contador Cerro San Cristóbal -33.430229, -70.63600233°25’49” S 70°38’10” W
Day 2
Home of Ines & Muy-ling
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
My hosts are Ines the grandma and Muy-lung the granddaughter. Muy-ling told me this is her Chinese name and her mum is currently working in China.

The first thing I did this morning was to take a good look at their home. It’s a bit rundown yet charming in its own way. Great views all around the apartment and very thin windows that let all bustling downtown noises in. Best of it all are the gorgeous plants and furniture :)

Ines and Muy-ling are both very friendly. Ines only speaks Spanish. I had fun speaking very broken Spanish with her using my lonely planet Spanish phrase book.

I also got to meet Paulina, a friend and classmate of May-ling’s. She told me that she loved practicing English and she’d even speak to herself in English, so she’s been happily translating for me. It reminded me of my own school days trying to learn a foreign language and that exciting, nervous and fun feeling when I tried to communicate with a native speaker :)Read more
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- Apr 7, 2018, 11:04 AM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: 581 m
- Chile Santiago Barrio Bellavista Santa Lucia Hill -33.439381, -70.63976333°26’22” S 70°38’23” W
Day 2
Centro Gabriela Mistral
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Stumbled into this arty space.
A huge fish hanging above
A record sale
And some energetic hip-hop dance moves
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- Apr 7, 2018, 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 540 m
- Chile Santiago Santa Carolina -33.475479, -70.63922133°28’32” S 70°38’21” W
Day 2
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April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
This footprint is dedicated to my good friend Rose.

Hey Rose,
As promised I completed the Romantic mission. flew all the way to Chile and found love for my new iPhone..indeed love and protection that wrap all around it haha a phone cover I mean 😂

It’s a huge, crazy market place.
I spoke to a few vendors
well none of them actually spoke English
But they all seemed so happy to help

I had a Churrasco, ie the Chilean hamburger too
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- Apr 7, 2018, 1:55 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 588 m
- Chile Santiago Lo Contador Cerro San Cristóbal -33.430192, -70.63599533°25’49” S 70°38’10” W
Day 2
Estacion Pio Nono
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
There was quite a queue but I had fun taking the funicular up the Cerro San Cristóbal
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- Apr 7, 2018, 3:19 PM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 836 m
- Chile Santiago Lo Contador Cerro San Cristóbal -33.426236, -70.6333133°25’34” S 70°37’60” W
Day 2
Cumbre de Cerro San cristobal
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
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- Apr 7, 2018, 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 756 m
- Chile Santiago Lo Contador Canal El Carmen -33.40756, -70.6113533°24’27” S 70°36’41” W
Day 2
Amazing teleferico ride!
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Incredible views!!!
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- Apr 7, 2018, 11:00 PM
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 584 m
- Chile Santiago Barrio Bellavista Santa Lucia Hill -33.436787, -70.64070933°26’12” S 70°38’27” W
Day 2
Back at Ines'
April 7, 2018 in Chile ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
So I got back at around 6 or 7ish
And was so tired that I fell asleep
And I woke to this busker right below my bedroom window
Kinda cool heyyy

Chatted a bit more with my hosts afterwards
Ines and Paulina asked for photos
After taking the photo, Ines pointed at herself and said to me: mama Ines
Ahhh sweeeeeet :)Read more
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