Blogs from South America - page 4845

Eigentlich wollte ich ja gar nichts mehr von Lima schreiben, aber... Ich fuhr ja dann am naechsten Tag zum Flughafen um nach Quito zu fliegen. Und der nette Taxi-Chauffeur schenkte mir doch tatsaechlich den Alkapaschal seiner verstorbenen Mutter, damit ich immer daran zurueck denken koenne, wie freundlich die Taxifahrer in Lima seien. Ist das nicht suess? Die Peruaner sind wirklich ganz nette Menschen. Quito ist eine tolle Stadt, die sehr viel zu bieten hat (wenn man Zeit haette und das Wetter besser waere). Aber ich merke deutlich, dass der Standard von Land zu Land steigt. Es hat hier Lichtsignale fuer Fussgaenger, Verkehrsregeln, Taxometer in den Taxis, Toni-Yoghurt und die Busstationen haben einen Namen und sind sogar angeschrieben. Eigentlich fuehle ich mich hier ein wenig wie in Europa. Manchmal bedaure ich diese Fortschritte jedoch, denn irgendwann wird ... read more

Hello all, and apologies for taking so long to post this. I´ll recap a bit, with La Paz, a city beyond the description of words, so i´ll let the pics do the talking. After a day delay, I took a tiny plane to Rurrenebaque, in the Bolivian jungle for a 3 day tour of the pampas. Highlights included crocodile spotting by canoe at night, pirahna fishing, and swimming with pink river dolpins (along with the pirahna and the crocs!). Got to see capybaras in the wild, which was so cool, after seeing them in cages at Amazoonico. Got ravaged by mosquitos and bed bugs! Onward to Villa Tunari, a completely unispiring spot, home to Inti Wari Yassi, the animal sanctuary i was to be at for a month. Where to begin?? The first hostal i stayed ... read more

Deciding to leave Buenos Aires was easy enough the hard part was deciding where to go. In the end after much deliberation I decided to head straight for Bolivia but thought it would be good to break the journey up and stay in Salta for the night. So before I begin to tell you about Salta I feel the need to tell you about my first and only bus journey up until now in Argentina. On my way to BA the bus journey was nearly better than any flight that I’ve been on (Club Class to New York still wins hands down). The seats roll all the way back and part way through the journey we stopped and were rallied into this restaurant where we were given a 3 course meal with wine. Then on the ... read more

After the busy city of LaPaz we decided to see the famous Salt Lakes in Uyuni. Ofcourse, travelling in Bolivia is not as easy as one would want. To get to Uyuni we jumped on a 13 hour bus ride. The bus smelt, was squashy and had no toilet.So we spent the ride watching Narnia in Spanish, had one midnight toilet stop of 10mins for 40 people and had the bumpiest ride of our lives.... Lets just the say the roads are in need of some serious attention. So we finally arrived in Uyuni at 6am. It is a Western Town. Flat, hot and empty roads, best known for the Salt Lake tours, which is exactly what we did. We jumped on a jeep with Andy (our English friend), Swiss Sonia (our friend who thankfully understands ... read more

Greetings all Since we last spoke a lot of things have occured mainly the start of our GAP tour. Meaning that we are leaving Buenos Aires and starting on our way to RIO. We met the people on our gap tour and they are a really cool bunch and are really easy to get along with. The first day of our GAP adventure was a quick tour of Buenos Aires with us visiting all the main sites like Evitas grave and the suburb of La Boca. la Boca is quite a poor area however the people that live there have constructed all the buildings out of different coloured materials, giving it really different vibe. It was an awesome place and definately worth the one peso bus fare however as it is quite a poor suburb its ... read more