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There is no other way like 13 hours bus ride if you want to get to Uyuni from La Paz. It wouldn´t be even so bad if there was a pavement to Uyuni. Last 5 hours was horrible, jumpy and nobody was able to sleep. We arrived to Uyuni at 8am very tired and shocked as the temperature was about zero degrees. Uyuni is located in the middle of nowhere in 3675m above see level. The main reason tourists go there is Salar de Uyuni - the biggest salt lake in the world and one of Bolivian´s most extraordinary attraction. We booked the tour with another Australians tourists. For the comfort of having English speaking guide and more than basic accomodation we paid a little bit more than is was commonly offeres by hundrets of agencies, ... read more

We said good by to Amazon Jungle and arrived to Cuzco. Each year Cuzco city attract hundrets of thousantstourists. Cuzco is on altitude 3326m above see level which means everyone who arrives there from the lower altitude are out of breath. The altitude sickness side effects can be very unpleasant: strong headaches, dizzines, bleading nose even vomiting. Cuzco was once the foremost city of the Inca empire before being conquered by Spanish Conquistadors. There are many examples that Spaniards destroyed Incas temples to build catholic churches on the ruins. Incas engineers were extremly intelligent and many constructions survived earthquakes. We went to the Sacred Valley surrounded by extraordinary Andes Mountains. Pisac, Urubamba, Ollantaytambo and Chinchero are the main points to visit the Sacred Valley. We were drawn to the Pisac market by colorfull stalls packed with ... read more

We safely arrived in Chile (Santiago). We spend there 2 days and decided to head south to see Lake District and part of Patagonia. We signed up for similar bus tour like we had in New Zealand. This time only for a week. It was much smaler bus with about 8 amazing individuals...but about them I will write later. One of the most interesting thing we had ambitious to sign up for, was to climb Villarica Volcano (2847m). I need to add here that this is an active volcano. We haven't seen a volcano as it was very cloudy and we even started to wonder if it exists or it is just a myth. We arrived in the morning ready for big adventure, prepared mentaly (I'm not sure if physicaly) and unfortunately the trip was cancelled ... read more

The Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers, South Westland are an impresive sight, and may even seems a little odd that glacial ice exist alongside rainforest. Above both glaciers stands a chain of spectacular peaks over 300m high including the highest inNew Zealand Aoraki/ Mt Cook 3754m high. The glacier front is very unstable area, the ice constantly moving and colapsing. Heavy rain may cause tunnels to collapse trapping water within the glacier. Surface water often flows down vertical shafts which lead to a labirynth of tunnels deep inside of glacier. We sign up for helihike. This includes trip on the top og glacier by helicopter where we were amazed by spectacular view from above the glacier. Than we hiked on the ice for about 2 hours. company provide us with jackets and boots with special ice ... read more

This is a Fiji time. First of all I wanted to thank you everyone who follows my trip and send me some comments. We went for a week to Fiji. I didn't plan anything there so I din't know what to expect. First day in the morning we overslept for breakfast. It was about noon when we went on the beach hoping to find someting to eat. We met this guy. No we are no cannibals neither he was, but he was the guy who sells coconuts. So he fed us with coconuts (few first pictures). We didn't wanted to stay to long on the main land so we have booked trips to two islands Yasava and Kuata. It was the best decision. Wow! We have met lovely locals, fantastic other travellers and we had a ... read more