OK, i guess last story, unless NYC will prove really interesting. Writing this I am 10 hours b4 leaving South America to NY. You can imagine (or probably not...) how i feel...happy, sad, confused, well, part of the experience, isnt it? What have i been doing ? Flight from Galapagos to Quito. Again shocked at the western level of Quito. Actually a good way to get accostomed to the west again. So Quito: teh best thing about it is that its more or less in the middle of the road for all places, so I could leave my big bag in [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, well one of the highlights, of course, Galapagos. I am now after 2 weeks in this enchanting place. 8 days cruise, which was the top, and the rest by myself or a short trip. So arrived first from Mancora, Peru to Guayaquil, the financial heart of Peru, and was in real shock. The biggest and newest cars i have seen in south america. My image of Ecuador was that of one of the poorest and most simple country in soutrh america. Well, not anymore...and neither the prices...And he city itself aboninable. But weel i had to stay here a [View Full Entry]

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Hi Guys, Long time no speak, write, read. So already in the Galapagos, waiting for the boat, so i think its time to summarize a month and a half of Peru, b4 i forget where and what i did.... Due to different reasons this is really going to be mostly facts and no stories, especially because otherwise i will have to spend a month here at the pc. So I left Cusco to go across the Andes, a very untouritic route, as everyone leaves to the coast from Cusco. Indeed i didnt see even one tourist. The bus went via somewhere [View Full Entry]

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A month or so later. Couldnt leave Sorata without staying at the wonderful camping there. The owners are a wonderful couple, the camping itself a paradise...So stayed 5 days there in my tent, had as neighbours 3 Israeli kids and a very sweet couple from New Zeeland. Also joined me some llamas, a cow, some geese and lots of hens. Spend the time reading and walking, celebrated my birthday with some of the neighbours sitting around the fire. Next was time to go back to Cusco, to work with the street kids a bit more and enjoy this beautiful city. Not [View Full Entry]

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So last catch up and then I´m thru...This story will be about the period (more or less) april 1 to may 7 . From Cusco,Peru to Yolosa,Bolivia (29 march to 24 april, mas o menos) As u understood, or not, as Tova had only 3 weeks for the whole trip,we had to get to Cusco, Peru very quickly, which made me skip Tony´s house in Bolivia. So after 2 weeks in Cusco I returned back to La Paz, Bolivia, to continue to Yolosa,where the house is. This meant: 1 15 hours terible night bus, with border crossing where they started to [View Full Entry]

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Hola todos! Well I stop counting how delated i am with the story, but now 22-4 i think i am more than a month beyond and almost leaving Bolivia again to ruturn to Cusco...Hope you can still follow... ??? Anyway, what happened since? I left you at Copacabana, on the border between Bolivia and Peru. We took the bus from Copa to Puno, which lies at the shore of the Peruvian side of lake Titicaca. Puno is simply a city, and except for the fact that we had a terrible hotel and many difficulties in arrangements, there´s nothing to mention about [View Full Entry]

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So next delated story. We are now beginning of March. After the great bus ride from Uyuni to La Paz. La Paz has remained like 4 years ago: one big market, spreading on kilometers. We stayed in a hotel in the very center, with nothing much to tell about. After the Uyuni adventure our aim was to relax, eat well (and we did, mainly in the restaurant I frequently visited with Marco 4 years ago: Angelo Colonial. Now Tova became addicted to it), and decide whether we dare to do the Choro trek or not. Descending from 4800 to 1400 meters [View Full Entry]

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Already in Peru, 2 weeks later I Am really behind. With Tova gone i´ll try to put things right... So we're talking +/- 1-3 to 5-3 2009. From here on it´s going to be a couple of weeks with Tova, which is now already back to Tel Aviv. For me it will be mostly places i´ve been to 4 years ago, when first visited Peru and Bolivia. But this did not make it less beautiful. So after San Pedro it was time for Bolivia, the lakes and the big salt lake, Salar de Uyuni. Altitude: 4900 meter to 3600. The big [View Full Entry]

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A short one. I´m really behind...Am now a week later than San Pedro (in La Paz now), so will just tell u a bit and leave the rest for the pics. San Pedro is cute, though a bit too touristic...Yet, I loved every second here. Around the village lots of desert nature. I felt like coming home, like the time i stayed in the Sinai desert in Egipt. (a couple of months, when i was 17 and 18, and the Sinai was part of Israel). Next to relaxing i had done a bicycle trip to some ruins and a more primitive [View Full Entry]

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OK guys. I´m afraid we´re turning now from places to people. Dont have amasing pics to show you. Hope u forgive me :-) So am now in La Serena having a break on the way to the far north San Pedro de Atacama where Tovale will join me. I havent seen a hotel for almost 2 weeks now. NIEBLA The first place i stayed at was Niebla, a small village at the sea, next to a bigger city, Valdivia. I landed, thru a travelsite on internet (for people who offer their house free of charge for travellers or look for such), [View Full Entry]

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