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25 May 2016
The plan for the morning was to explore El Alto using the cable cars (gondola). After breakfast we walked to the nearby station for the Red line and went up two stations to El Alto. At 3 Bolivianos (about NZD0.60) per ride, it was a steal. Normally cable cars are tourist traps but here, it […]
24 May 2016
We have two days in La Paz to take it really easy. After a leisurely start, we walked to San Francisco square. It didn’t take much for us to realise that Bolivia is not as developed as Peru. Footpaths are congested and squares are not manicured. This isn’t a criticism but merely a description. If […]
23 May 2016
Above: Our bus follows us on a barge across Lake Titicaca while we cross on a boat. Our hosts kindly offered us an earlier breakfast at 0615; they have a maid so it wasn’t like they had to do it themselves. We taxied to the bus station arriving at 0700 for our 0730 departure. All […]
22 May 2016
We had an 0845 pickup Due to a misunderstanding, our breakfast wasn’t ready when we turned up. Anyway, it got prepared and we were ready when the taxi pickup arrived. Kim felt a bit breathless today even though we had been at relatively high altitude at Cusco for a while already. We took it easy […]
21 May 2016
Today we head from Cusco to Puno by bus. We had breakfast before 0700 and taxied to the Cruz del Sur station just outside of the old city for our 0800 departure. Once boarded, they videoed everyone (a common practice here and also in Mexico). The journey took us to to Juliaca (5+ hour) where […]
20 May 2016
We had arranged for a tour each for today: Maras & Moray by ATV (quad bike) for Kim and the same sites by van for me. His pickup was 0800 and mine 0845. At breakfast around 0730, his pickup arrived. As he wasn’t ready, they offered to return in 10 mins and Kim would wait […]
19 May 2016
We had a much needed lazy day, waking up without an alarm. After breakfast, we returned to bed just to read, write and look through photos. We finally left the room after 1100 to do a walking tour of the old city using our guidebook. As it turned out, we had already seen a large […]
18 May 2016
Above: From the rooftop of our accommodation. The balcony of the school is evident from the murals painted thereon. I felt a million dollars after a great night sleep; I’m normally a heavy sleeper but recent nights haven’t been like that perhaps due to altitude. In my moment of weakness yesterday, I had arranged for […]
17 May 2016
Despite my tummy condition, I had an uninterrupted night sleep which gave me good confidence for the day at Machu Picchu. We left the hotel around 0515 amidst sound of explosions (they were fireworks we were told). It was a 20 min walk to the railway station where we waited briefly before boarding Peru Rail’s […]
16 May 2016
With an 0840 flight departure to Cusco, we left the hotel around 0600 by taxi summoned from the square. At the airport, we were third in the queue and we’d be far too early. Then the power went off and check-in was limited to two counters which had backup power. Then they started taking people […]