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The next day a group met at 6.30 am for a day trip to Quilotoa. After an hours drive we stopped for a very big breakfast and we got to know each other. Turned out an English couple was heading to Galápagos the next day as well and would be doing the tour on the … Continue reading Quilotoa
The next morning at 6.30 am I took the shuttle to the airport and boarded for Quito at 10.30. Unfortunately we sat on the runway for almost an hour before finally taking off. The Ecuadorian women’s football team, who’d just won bronce at the XI. Juegos Suramericanos, was on the same plane and one of … Continue reading Quito, Ecuador
On Monday 4th June, I got up and ready at 6 am, had breakfast and took a taxi to Puno train station. Well, at least that was what I thought, but the driver brought me to the bus terminal instead. ? Thank god there was another taxi waiting, which drove me to the correct place … Continue reading Travelling in style
On Saturday 2nd June, I set off for the weekend to visit some islands on the Peruvian side of Lake Titicaca. On the bus I met a girl from Lima who was on the tour to Sallistani with me the day before. First we took a boat to the floating islands, the Islas de Uros, … Continue reading Lake Titicaca
The next day I got up at 5 am, got ready, had breakfast, left my big bag at the hotel, and took a taxi to the office of Inka Express. The coach to Puno left at 7 am and stopped five times on the way. First at the church of Andahuaylillas, the “Sistine Chapel of … Continue reading Cusco to Puno
On Monday 28th May, after a big breakfast, I walked around Cusco and visited the Inka Museum, and the Museo Histórico Regional. At mercado San Pedro I had freshly squeezed juice at the fruit stall of a lovely elderly woman, and bought coca leaves and chocolate. Again I wasn’t feeling too well and didn’t know … Continue reading Cusco
On Saturday 26th May, I got up at 4 am and 20 minutes later I was in the already quite long queue for the bus up to Machu Picchu. I had a nice conversation with an English guy and his Bolivian girlfriend behind me and exactly at 5.30 the shuttle buses started to pick up … Continue reading Machu Picchu
On Thursday 24th May, I had breakfast before 8 am, dropped my laundry at reception and went into town in search for the post office and wifi. The colourful café I chose had trouble with theirs as well but nevertheless I had a very overpriced cup of tea in an admittedly very beautiful mug there. … Continue reading From Ollantaytambo to Aguas Calientes
On Tuesday 22nd May, I woke up freezing but to an incredible view. After a quick shower I checked out and carried all my things back down the steep hill. Then I took a mototaxi into Pisac and had breakfast at a nice café. I used their wifi to call Markus and we had a … Continue reading Exploring the Sacred Valley
On Sunday 20th May, I got up and ready, packed my bag, and was downstairs for breakfast at 7 am. During the ten minutes I was out on the terrace, mosquitos attacked me so I wouldn’t forget Panama too quickly. At 7:30 the taxi driver picked me up and asked if I would mind taking … Continue reading Miraflores, Lima