South America
Our travels to South America. Discovering a different country, a different continent, a different culture and a different mind-set... This trip changed us in so many good ways!
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Stay in Coroico
We survived Death Road twice! (Only got one T-shirt though.) After our downhill cycling experience with Vertigo 4 days ago, we spent a few days at the town near the end point of…
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Cycling Bolivia’s Death Road
Written on Monday, 7th October. (Posted today because we found wi-fi.) When we were struggling with our Bolivian Visas I asked my good friend, Willem, if Bolivia is worth the effort. (Him and…
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Two Nights in La Paz
We are in Coroico, Bolivia! As you probably already know wifi is very scarce and slow here. We have found a place at the top of the hill, Sol y Luna, with limited…
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Copacabana to La Paz
We had a very scenic and interesting bus trip from Copacabana to La Paz. All of us (bus passengers) had to get out of the bus to cross a part of Lake Titicaca…
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Our trip to the Floating Islands
Can you believe that there are people in this world who have spent their entire life living on floating reeds!? It sounds crazy! We did a tour to the Uros Islands on Lake…
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Inka Trail Day 4 – Machupicchu
Inka Trail Day 4 – Machupicchu Watching the sun rise over the lost city of the Inkas was amazing. We had such a feeling of accomplishment. We did it! We followed the Inka…
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Inka Trail Day 4 – Race to the Sun Gate
This post was written by Marc. Inka Trail Day 4 – Race to the Sun Gate The last morning was the earliest wakeup, 3:30am. We were told no room service on this day…
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Inka Trail Day 3
Inka Trail Day 3 Day three of the trail was an easy (compared to the previous day) 9km walk through the cloud forest. This is the start of the Amazon Jungle so we…
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Inka Trail Day 2
Inka Trail Day 2 We were all quite nervous for this day! We knew Dead Woman’s Pass lay ahead of us which is at a 950km higher altitude than our campsite, Ayapata. I’m…
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Inka Trail with Llama Path Day 1
We said we would tell you more about our Inka trail. So the next 5 posts will all be about our big trek to Machupicchu. This post was written by Marc. Inka Trail…
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10 Cuzco Curiosities
Like every city, Cuzco has it’s interesting and strange things that make it different from any other place. It is our last day in Cuzco today and we really enjoyed our time here.…
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Back from the Inka Trail
What an incredible experience we had! The Inka trail was unforgettable! We are completely exhausted and in need of a shower. My legs are dreading having to climb the stone stairs up to…
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Our Inca trail is starting early
The juice at the San Pedros market is so fresh! You can choose whatever fruit you want and they freshly squeeze it for you. We met up with our german friends at the…
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Regional Strike and the Inca Trail
The Inca trail winds across the Andes Mountain Range to the mysterious Machu Picchu. It is one of the world’s best known classic treks but it is much more than a great hike.…
