After our long hike to the Machu Picchu we spent 3 more nights in Cusco doing laundry, resting and reorganizing ourselves before we started to move forward towards Chile. We took several bus rides to accomplish this. We needed to reach Calama from where we had a flight booked to Punta Arenas, Patagonia. Since previously …
The Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu is an alternative to the Inka Trail and considered by most to be the best alternative route (and maybe even better!). • The Salkantay Trek is listed as one of the 25 best treks in the world by National Geographic Adventure Travel Magazine. • The Salkantay Trek is definitely …
As you might know from the previous post we choose the hard way to get to Cusco. Also, the first impression of the city and our hostel wasn’t great. Compared to sea view room in Lima we now had a room with no windows. In addition, the hostel was quite cold and damp. Luckily, we …
We landed Lima on the evening of the last day of the year 2018. We had an Airbnb place booked for several days. We lived with a family who had an apartment in the skyscraper which had a rooftop with a pool and grill area. Although our room itself was rather tiny then the view …
Our flight to Lima had a 24-hour layover on Bogota and for sure we did not want to spend all this time at the airport. So we booked a hostel nearby and explored the city a little bit. At first, we thought we will also visit the historic part of the city or so-called old …
We spent only a few nights in Panama since we had flights from Panama City to Lima booked already a long time ago, and we decided to spend more time in Costa Rica. Our main aim was to visit the Panama Canal and if time, walk around the city. Panama City is big Metropol and …
We arrived in Costa Rica capital San Jose on 17th of December. We decided to fly in although we would have wanted to travel by land with buses. We decided not to because we had heard from many people that political situation in Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua is not good and we were advised …
Guatemala is a land of volcanos and thereby we could not resist hiking on top of one of those. There are 3 volcanos around the Lake Atitlan and San Pedro volcano is the most famous for hiking. It is not an active volcano and hiking on top of it should be achievable for everyone. Like …
We stayed with a Mayan family in San Jose la Laguna. It was a fully traditional local family where different lives under one roof. The matriarch and the queen of the house Garciela work in a local fabric coloring cooperative. The patriarch Diego worked at the tourism center and in addition, he was involved in …
After we left Antigua, we decided to spend the rest of the week by infamous Lake Atitlan. This crater lake which, is surrounded by volcanoes, is referred to one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. To get there we needed to take a 3 hours bus ride. We took a local “chicken bus” …