Kasani border crossing
2017年11月1日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
At around 6:30 pm, we reached the Kasani border post. Everyone had to get off before the border to submit their immigration form on the Bolivian side. After migration and customs checks we enteredもっと詳しく
Amazing sunset at the border
2017年11月1日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
It was about 7 pm when we continued on in Peru. There were light clouds in the sky and the sun was setting behind the hills bordering lake Titicaca. The reflection of the sunlight in the cloudsもっと詳しく
Puno at night
2017年11月1日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
The bus reached Puno at about 8 pm (Peruvian time) . There was a stopover for about 2 hours before it would continue to Cusco. There were no restaurants nearby so we decided to walk to the city centerもっと詳しく
Reached Cusco
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
After the overnight journey, we reached Cusco at 5:30 am. Our bus from Cruz del Sur for Porto Maldonado was at 21:00 in the evening. That journey too would be for about 12 hours. The bus station forもっと詳しく
Graffiti near the hotel
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
We woke up in the afternoon around 1:30 pm and freshening up, decided to go out and have some food. Just about 300 mts from the hotel was a truck yard with some very beautiful graffiti. It was a trueもっと詳しく
Pachacutec iconic statue
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Another 100 mts from the graffiti was the iconic roundabout of Cusco with the statue of Pachacutec. Anyone entering or exiting Cusco would have surely seen this statute. Inside the cylindrical base,もっと詳しく
View of Cusco from Pachacutec
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
From above the base of the monument, one can have some great views of the city around. Cusco is one of my most favorite places in the world and the views from above, though quite far from the cityもっと詳しく
Pachacutec surroundings
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Some more pics of the surroundings.
Lunch & hunt for the ATM
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
By now, it was past 5pm and we were quite hungry. We stopped by at a local ceviche center where Hristo had his food while I had a Chicha Morada after almost 5 years. Chicha Morada is a non-alcoholicもっと詳しく
Cusco city center
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The tour package with all the activities and food and stay had been 600 USD per day and we had prepaid 300 USD. So, we needed to withdraw another $ 900 for the rest of the payment. We startedもっと詳しく
Back to the hotel
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
It was almost 7:15 pm and our bus was at 9 pm so we decided to hurry back to the hotel to finish the packing and check out.
Traveling in Style
2017年11月2日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
We were at the Cruz del Sur stop by about 8:30pm. The bus came in about 10 min. The buses from Cruz del Sur are pretty luxurious with lovely interior, big comfortable reclining seats with a personalもっと詳しく
Porto Maldonado
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Our bus reached Porto Maldonado about 45 min before time. We reached at 6:15 am and waited at the bus stop for our pickup to arrive. Porto Maldonado is the gateway to the amazonas in this region ofもっと詳しく
The jungle road
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
On the way into the jungle, we stopped to see the Brazil nut tree. 60% of the world's Brazil nut is grown in Brazil, 30% in Bolivia and 10% in Peru. Our guide Jorge told us that the fruit of theもっと詳しく
Tambopata river crossing
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
From Filadelfia, our lodge was across the river, about 5 min away. We took the lodge boat to get across and reach the Chuncho Lodge.
Chuncho Lodge
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
After reaching the lodge, we took about 15-20 minutes to settle down and then we went on our afternoon jungle walk.
Afternoon jungle walk
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
We went on a short trail of about an hour or so at around 11 am. On the trail, Jorge pointed out some interesting plants and their usage. Some of these we already knew from our previous trip into theもっと詳しく
Deeper in the jungle
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
Other varieties of trees we saw were a kind of palm that grows very tall and has natural holes that are used by Mackaws and Tucans for their nests. Jorge also showed us the Iron tree, so called sinceもっと詳しく
More jungle information
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
On the way, we saw the Owl butterfly, perfectly camouflaged in the surroundings. Jorge also showed us the Death finger mushroom. When you squeeze it, a liquid comes out. Just 5 drops of it are enoughもっと詳しく
Reached Filadelfia
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
After 45 min on the jungle road, we reached Filadelfia on the shore of the Tambopata river. Jorge explained that this is the same river Beni we had been to in Bolivia, its just called differently hereもっと詳しく
Evening jungle walk
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
In the evening around 4 pm, we went for another jungle walk.
We saw the walking palm. Its a variety of plam that has roots starting above the ground. If it is not getting enough sunlight, it startsもっと詳しく
Evening walk continued
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ☀️ 34 °C
Other things we saw in the evening walk were the leaf cutter ant and their nest below the ground. We also saw the Tree Spider. There was also a Tangarana Ant tree. On the way back, we also sawもっと詳しく
Night walk day 01
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Around 6 pm, it started getting dark and we went on tge night walk into the jungle. A lot more insects were active at this time of the night. We saw a lot of spiders, cicadas, crickets, locusts,もっと詳しく
Tarantulas and more..
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Further in the walk, we saw some frog eggs and a preying mantis. Jorge managed to coax out another big tarantula from its hole.
Besides these, we saw beetles and cicadas on the trees and bushes.
End of night walk
2017年11月3日, ペルー ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Towards the end of the night walk, we saw 2 ladybird like insects mating. It was a beautiful full moon night. Unfortunately, no camera or device can capture the magic of the moon rays and the lightもっと詳しく
旅行者
Looks to be a sleeper coach?
旅行者
👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽
The Craze for Travelling
Yep.. It was a semi sleeper