Well, yes, this is one of those apologising posts for not blogging. The last post rather petered out didn´t it? And we really haven´t had much time recently. And now we are in Bolivia where there is not much in the way of ´banda ancha´ (that´s broadband to you and me) so it may be a while before we blog properly again.
But let me explain briefly why...
You see we were in the lovely Ecuadorian hillside village of Vilcabamba, Anna wasn´t well, I was busy drinking and becoming hostel pool and ping pong lord (I won a bottle of rum - but that´s another story) and... yes... and we realised we were running out of weeks. Well, that we had less than six weeks to see Peru, Bolivia and Argentina, and get to Santiago in Chile. Not long considering it is pretty easy to spend 6 weeks in any one of these countries - and more.
So, we put down the ping pong bats and came up with a cunning and extreme plan. We noted the places we really wanted to see, looked in the books and came up with a schedule that includes a night bus every other night or so and takes in all the ´big stuff´ we want to see (especially penguins).
The plan went;
PERU- Huaraz (for the Cordillera Andes), Arequipa (for the world´s second deepest canyon), Cuzco (for Macchu Pichu), Copacabana (Lake Titicaca and Isla Del Sol)
BOLIVIA- Rurrenabaque (for the pampas, river action and pink dolphins we hope), Uyuni (for crazy salt flats jeep ride)
ARGENTINA- Salta, Cordoba, Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn (whales, penguins amd more penguins), El Bolson (for hippies), Barilloche (lakes), Mendoza (wine)
We started very, very well. We have been up to Lake 69 at 4800m near Huaraz, hiked 2 days into Colca Canyon, ´done Macchu Pichu´, and we even managed to slip in an amazing day at Huacachina (more next time). Today we went to Isla Del Sol in Lake Titicaca. It is supposed to be the birthplace of creation - I thought that was the Hacienda in Manchester - boom tsch! And we have made up time - for instance we were the last gringos across the border last night and tomorrow we get on the 6am bus to La Paz, rush to the TAM ticket office and get tickets for the 1430 flight to Rurrenabaque on TAM Militar - it even goes from the military airport, which sounds like fun! We could be cruising in some dug out in the pampas on saturday with any luck... and once we hit the quality Argy broadband I promise to divvy up the full monty with pics and all...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
James, Hi! Thanks for your recent postcard from The Galapagos.
If you go to Sorata (a bus ride, I think, from La Paz), you must call in at Pete's Place. It's run by an old Walthamstow friend of Bob's.
Jan (Hill)
Dear Jamie & Anna,
The last time I saw the two of you was in Honduras. We drove by you (in a shuttle). You were talking to a couple of soap-dodging rat-tail dreadlocked white people.
Did you survive?
I wanted to stop the driver but you, Jamie, seemed to be smiling at the unwashed individuals so everything seemed fine.
Oh yes, cousing Lucy & Ady no longer work at the Earth Lodge. They've set up a den of herbalism somewhere on the Youcan.
Love & kisses,
Bob, Emily, Ishabel & Toby.
Post a Comment