We arrived to Uyuni from Potosi at midnight. The second we got off the bus, a lady bombarded us, asking us if we wanted to do the Salt Flats tour with her company. We were warned of this lady and kindly told her we were waiting for the morning to book our tour. (She apparently…
Woo.. we had safely made it back to La Paz!! But no woo hoo on the fact that that same evening we would be jumping on another bus for yet another 15-hour bus ride!! When we arrived to La Paz, the bus driver dropped us off at a different bus station than the one we…
There are two ways to get to Rurrenabarque from La Paz. Option one is to buy a plane ticket and enjoy a half hour flight. Option two is to buy a bus ticket and endure a twenty-hour bus ride. Although the bus ride is forty times as long as the flight, it is nearly a…
As we entered the gigantic city of La Paz, we started observing how it is situated in this huge bowl like landscape. It is the world’s highest national capital, sitting at an elevation of about 12,000 feet. It quickly became apparent that people who live here belong on one of two sides of the spectrum…
From Arequipa, we boarded our bus that would be a 6 hour bus ride to Puno, Peru. This is the coastal town on the Titicaca Lake. Upon arriving to the town, we were hoping that we would be able to catch a connecting bus to Copacabana, Bolivia, but because Peru is literally on their own…
Yes.. You read it right.. Four weeks out of the states.. And nearly three months out of our house and we are starting to miss things. Yes, there are the obvious things like our family that we miss and having friends over at our house and visiting them at theirs, but we thought all you…
Wow!! We were really waking up and heading to Machu Picchu for the day. This was one of our biggest dreams come true. After reading books about this place, reading blog after blog and website followed by website about Machu Picchu, we couldn’t believe we were really getting up to head into this majestic place….
The morning that we left the Lima airport started off a little hectic; we started noticing a lot of the different airlines had been getting delayed and/or canceled due to the weather that was up around Cusco (where we were attempting to fly into). We sat patiently in the gate seating area to see the…
Lima, Peru is the hub for people heading to Machu Picchu. With cheap flights in and out of Lima, there are loads of tourist flocking the streets daily! The architecture in Lima has a huge Spanish influence, the food is considered top notch, and the Pisco Sours are served strong! Getting Into Lima Taxi? Taxi?…
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