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Mexico to Brazil

Januari - Ogos 2024
We are currently travelling from Mexico City through Central America and South America to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil by August Baca lagi
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  • Paraguay
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  • Uruguay
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Bogotá

    25–30 Mei 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Bogota is a huge city of about 10 million people.

    We took a bike tour on Sunday and cycled about 15km on car free roads seeing some of the nicer areas. For 50 years roads have been closed to all cars on Sunday and everybody was out walking, skate boarding or cycling. Lots of energy.

    We also took the funicular up 500m to 3200m to Monserate a church on the hill above the city for nice views over the town. We added a few new birds to our list here too.

    We also visited a free art gallery where the Colombian artist Boltero gave his collection of own work and wider artists such as Picaso, Dali and even a Henry Moore.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Paddington & Goodbye Colombia

    28 Mei 2024, Colombia ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C

    So a bit of a contrast for our last two days in Colombia.

    Our penultimate day was a lazy day where we chilled around our hostel, called home, and visited one Museum - the Gold Museum.

    Gold was used by many cultures before Spain arrived and the museum showed many pre-Colombus artefacts.

    On our last day here we were up at 4am to drive 90 minutes into the Eastern Andes looking for new birds but also the Andean Bear. There is only one species of Bear in South America, it is called Spectacled Bear in Peru and further south.

    Delighted we found our own “Paddington” and observed it very close (about 20m). It was pouring with rain and it was eating away. Didn’t seemed too bothered by our presence.

    We added another 18 bird species to bring our Colombia total to 356 (more than Costa Rica the previous high point). Our trip total is 898.

    This morning we were up at 4am again to catch our flight. I add a short highlights video of our wonderful month in Colombia.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Standing on the Equator

    30 Mei 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    So we are in Ecuador which of course gets its name from the Equator. Well it would be rude not to!

    After our early flight we arrived in Quito by 9.30. We saw impressive mountains including an active volcano from the flight (see video - look for the eruption at the very end to left of Glacier).

    On our way to Mindo where we are staying for 5 nights we stopped off at Mitad Del Mundo. This is the place where they calculated the equator to be in 1736. They built an impressive monument and there is a line.

    Unfortunately modern measurements calculate the true equator a mere 250m away. Still quite accurate for the time! So we had to go there too. The real equator is much more off the tourist track but they do still have a line!

    One amazing piece of trivia (credit to Find Penguins map). Today is the first time we are further from home than when we were in Mexico. All due to curvature of the earth apparently.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Happy Bird Day in Mindo

    31 Mei–5 Jun 2024, Ecuador ⋅ 🌫 22 °C

    Continuing our time in Ecuador we have just spent 5 nights in Mindo about 2 hours from Quito.

    Here, I (Michael) celebrated my 50th birthday. Lots of people had sent lovely birthday messages, sound and video too. It was lovely to read, listen or watch these.

    When we decided not to go to the Galapagos I had to chose another location for my birthday and Mindo was the obvious choice due to ease of getting to (are security issues in Ecuador) and the amazing reputation for birding.

    It didn’t disappoint as we added another 80 lifers to our trip list (over the four days) to take us to 978. More importantly some amazing experiences. Seeing an Andean Cock of the Rock Lek in full ear-splitting action. Tracking down and observing the world’s largest Antpitta (the Giant Antpitta). Seeing a flock of about 20 Rose Faced Parrots (regional endemic) fly in and tuck into a bunch of bananas. And far more than I can share here - see my blog.

    Back at our lodge our hosts surprised us with a highly crafted birthday desert with candle. We have now left Mindo and are back in the capital Quito for a few days.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Quito

    5–8 Jun 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Our journey from Mindo was delayed due to locals protesting water shortages by blocking the road. Our taxi knew before we left so we didn’t leave. We did have to go through several military and police checkpoints on the road.

    We have spent our first full day in Quito site seeing. This morning we took a free walking tour with a local. The country has very few tourists at the moment - the tour had one person plus us two - before the current crisis they would have 20-40. We see very few European or American tourists here.

    Then this afternoon we visited some churches including climbing the towers. Here we felt the altitude (2850m) climbing the 200 steps. The views over the city were good. Then we went up the hill with the largest aluminium sculpture on top - the Virgin Mary - overlooking the city. Well more accurately overlooking the rich part of the city. She has her back to the poorer districts!

    The city is a UNESCO world heritage site partly for the architecture but also the human traditions which are a melting pot of different indigenous groups.

    Tomorrow if the weather is good we plan to take the cable car to 3,945m and then do some birdwatching and a hike possibly to a new altitude record of 4680m.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Teleferico Quito

    6 Jun 2024, Ecuador ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Well it was cloudy and raining all morning so it wasn’t until lunch time that we took the cable car up the nearby volcano. This took us from 3,117m to 3,945m in 18 minutes. We did feel quite breathless at the top.

    Rather than trying a hike this late in the day we walked around birding looking for the endemic Ecuadorean Hillstar a small hummingbird restricted to the high Andes of Ecuador. We found it along with 4 other new birds. It was nice to be birding by ourselves and relying on our own skills.

    Once the cloud cleared we enjoyed views of the city a 1,000m below us. Tonight we leave for Peru.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Huaraz, Peru

    8–14 Jun 2024, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    We have arrived in Peru! We left our accommodation in Quito at 12.30 and took a Taxi to the airport. Our flight was on time at 4.50pm so two hours later we were in Lima, Peru.

    Once we had collected our bags and gone through immigration we got an Uber to take us into the city and to the bus station. The driver was crazy weaving in and out of traffic.

    We then got a 9.45pm night bus which took 8.5 hours to get us to the mountainous city of Huaraz. It was actually a very comfortable bus (see photos) like the ones we had in Mexico, so we got some sleep. Once in the city another taxi to our hotel where we were in time for a 7am breakfast!

    The next few days we are trekking so should have some lovely scenery to see. The mountains around here look amazing. We went into the main centre and listened to a brass band playing and checked out a few trekking companies and made some bookings.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Hike to Laguna Churup

    9 Jun 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C

    We were up early to get a taxi at 6.30 followed by a Collectivo (local minibus) into the mountains. The bus had 14 seats and 19 people on the bus.

    There were 3 main groups on the bus - western hikers with top walking kit, local hikers with normal clothes and bunny ears, locals dressed in indigenous dress including very high hats.

    By 8am we were at the trail head 3,850m and setting off to the Laguna Churup at 4,510m. Going up was twice as hard as at sea level (see video) but we kept plodding and made it.

    We spent about an hour at the top enjoying the views and also birding (10 new birds added but no camera). The views of the mountains and lake were wonderful.

    We were back at the trailhead by 1.20pm and got the bus back to town. Tomorrow we are trekking again and plan to go a bit higher to 4600m to visit Laguna 69.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Hike to Laguna 69

    10 Jun 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C

    So we continued making the most of the incredible hiking opportunities of the Cordillera Blanca by hiking a bit further and higher to Laguna 69.

    We set off at 5.30am and drove 3 hours to the start of this walk. Despite the longer distances and slightly higher altitude (we maxed out at 4,604m) we found this walk easier as we must be more acclimatised.

    The drive in was impressive with a very high canyon supporting several lakes where I added 3 new species of bird from the drive. Then walking through grazing land we added a few more birds which left me (Michael) on 999 for the trip.

    As the climb kicked in we ignored the birds to make it up the hill enjoying amazing views and surroundings. Unfortunately the mountains were covered in cloud but the cover did make the climb a bit less draining as we got a bit dehydrated on the previous day.

    Once we reached the lagoon we ate some lunch and took some photos but it was quite cold and started to hail so we headed back down which left some time for birding before our bus would leave.

    A pair of Rusty-Crowned Tit-Spinetail’s would provide my 1,000 species of the trip which was a nice moment (ended the day on 1,005). We also saw our first wild llama.

    We made it back to the van and back to Huaraz by 6.30. We then got presented with Guinea Pig soup at dinner! (We wouldn’t have ordered this but for info it tastes quite like chicken).

    A rest day today before I (Michael) attempt my first 5000m mountain.    Baca lagi

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  • Michael and Helen CookMexico to Brazil

    Climbing Nevado Mateo (5,150m)

    12 Jun 2024, Peru ⋅ ☁️ -3 °C

    Up at 2.55am this morning to climb my first 5,000m peak - Nevado Mateo. Helen sat this one out.

    It was quite a drive to the start and we were stopped by the police on the way with our driver being in trouble for not having the right licence to carry tourists.

    We started the climb at 6.15am just as the sun was rising. I was delighted the mountains were mostly clear of cloud allowing great views of many 6000m peaks including Peru’s highest. There were six clients climbing in two groups plus 2 Peruvian guides. Myself, a Dutch lady and 4 Israeli young men all on leave from military service.

    After we climbed the rock slope we met the glacier and switched to boots and crampons. The ascent to the summit was similar to many Scottish Munros in winter except the ice was more grippier, we had to cross one crevasse and the air was so thin breathing was hard. A slow plod won the day.

    Great views and emotions from the summit. Very happy to have climbed this high and enjoyed the experience. The pictures speak for themselves but a rewarding challenge and adventure within this big trip of ours.    Baca lagi

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