Wednesday 19th August 2015 I asked a few friends of mine about what THEY would do for those 7 weeks and one friend who had travelled about 5 months in South America a few years told me: My biggest regret was that I didn`t go to Galapagos. That was the kind of “declic” moment for … More Off to Lima then Guayaquil!
Monday 17th August 2015 With Anouk, we woke up around 9am both sick and continued to go to toilets, a bit less though. We were really tired and spent the morning sleeping until 11.30am when she had to pack her bag and go to the airport to catch her flight Cusco to Lima then 3 … More Where should I go next??
Sunday 16th August 2015 We woke up at 5am and had some brekky at the hostel. Then we headed to the bus and started queuing at 5.50am. The queue was going until the bridge. While waiting in the queue, we were reading the menus, funny how the write Spaghetty and other words. There were not … More Machu Picchu – Day 2
Saturday 15th August 2015 afternoon We grabbed some bus tickets to go up from Aguas Calientes to Macchu Picchu and here we were in the bus almost immediately. It was about 1pm and Anouk and I were off to Macchu Picchu!!! I was really happy to go to this very special site with a really … More Macchu Picchu – Day 1
Saturday 15th August 2015 Here is our taxi, waiting for us at 6am. On the way to Poroy, we passed a small village with a market going on. Dogs going through the trash Snow peak we could see from the car We got to the Poroy train station and could see our train. We grabbed … More Cusco to Aguas Calientes
Friday 14th August 2015 9.45am Off we went with Anouk to grab her stuff first at the Ecopackers hostel where she had stayed for the last night with the group of the British Exploring Society she had just spent 3 weeks with in the Manu National Park. The first thing that I noticed on the streets were … More Cusco
Thursday 13th August 2015 – Bogota to Lima Still in Bogota. In the morning, Mama Elcida made me discover another type of Colombian soup that is eaten for brekky, with eggs, bread, milk and spinach. After that, I took the Transmilenio again to go do some errands in Bogota city centre. I met with Flavius … More Bogota to Cusco
Wednesday 12th August 2015 I spent the day blogging. It is so much smoother and efficient when you have your own netbook, I really enjoyed. Sorry for the ones who have subscribed to the blog as followers, you have probably being spammed today with the dozen articles I finally wrote. It should not happen that … More 6 weeks in Colombia, conclusion!
Tuesday 11th August 2015 afternoon After the Museo del Oro, Flavius and I headed to a small shop where we bought some empanadas for lunch. Then we spent the afternoon in the Graffiti tour, it was awesome to see so talented graffs and learn about their story. After that we had nice aguardiente warm cocktails … More Bogota – Day 2 – Graffiti Tour
Tuesday 11th August 2015 In the morning, Elcida offered me to try out drinking my chocolate with cheese stirred inside. It is a common practice here in Colombia, nothing more normal than that. But honestly, no, I just could not!!! After brekky, I headed alone to the Transmilaneo and took the J23 towards the city. … More Bogota – Day 2 – Museo del Oro
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