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After the ljourney from Mancora by colectivo (this is a hiace which everyone is piled into) as far as a town called Tumbes and then a short journey to the border town Huaquillas, we hopped on the bus in Ecuador to go up to Quito. We arrive 15 hrs later and were naturally very tired. We spent most of the day sleeping. The followin g day we went to the actual point of the Equator and went to a really good museum where they did loads of interesting experiments to prove that the equator should actually be located in Quito, Ecuador. We left Quito after 2 days and headed to some thermal baths in a town called Baños. Really pretty town which has an active volcano which erupts everynight at around 9pm. Despues del viaje ... read more

We arrived in Cusco, Peru 2 days before the Inca Trail to acclimatise properly. Cusco is a beautiful little and a great place to go to if you want to party. This has to have been the best trip we have done so far in South America. We did a 4 day trek in order to get to Machu Picchu and had such a great time. The first day wasn´t too bad. We were picked up and after lunch walked for about 4 hours to our first campsite. Now Im not really a camping girl but this was good craic but then when you have a cook who makes all your meals and porters to pitch your tent for you everynight it´s hard not to enjoy it. I have never seen people work as hard ... read more

While in La Paz we made 2 trips. One was cycling down Death Road which meant that you had to cycle from 4700m to 1300m above sea level. I was by no means the fastest cyclist as you can sea from the photos there was always the sheer drop beside you to consider! I got there in the end though even if my hands were in bits from pulling on the breaks! Check out the nice cycling gear we had to wear. We also went to Rurrenebaque to do the Pampas tour and spot some wildlife. Despite our flight being cancelled twice, we finally made it. We spent 2 days on and off a small boat and were shown so many birds, crocodiles, pink dolphins, wild monkeys an we also went pirana fishing. Mientras en ... read more

San Pedro de Atacama South America » Chile » San Pedro de Atacama By AoifeR April 30th 2007 San Pedro de Atacama is a sleepy town set in the Chilean desert. It was here that we met with friends Anna and Paul. We quickly organised 2 trips for the following day which consisted of visiting the El Tatio Geysers at 4 am and later that day the Vale de la Luna to watch the sunset. I was really impressed by the geysers and later that morning we were able to bathe in the hot springs nearby. The Vale de la luna was equally impressive with vast area resembling the surface of the moon. San Pedro de Atacama is un pueblo muy tranquilo en el desierto de Chile. Era aqui donde e... read more

We flew to El Calafate from Buenos Aires which took about 3 hours. As soon as we walked outside the airport the view of the lake nearby was beautiful. We went to see the Perito Moreno glacier the following day and it was great. We could get so close to it. The sound of the ice falling from the glacier into the lake was so loud. We hiked through the forest surrounding it and got to see it from different altitudes.. Volamos a El Calefate de Buenos Aires que duro unas 3 horas mas o menos. Cuando anduvimos fuera del aeropuerto la vista del lago en el alrededor era hermosa. Fuimos a ver el glaciar Perito Moreno el dia siguiente y era una experiencia inolvidable. Pudemos ir muy cerca del glaciar y el sonido del ... read more