– After a long day flying from Bolivia, through Peru to reach Costa Rica, I was thrilled to get off the plane and feel warmth again. Finally…no more fleece and I would start wearing my shorts and tank tops that got packed away in the cold of Bolivia. – Colin and I started off to […]
– Early in the morning, we were off on a 3 hour bus ride to Copacabana to see Lake Titicaca, which is the third highest navigable lake in the world. We didn`t know we would stop part way, get off the bus to take a speed boat across the lake while our bus took a […]
– After weighing the options for leaving Uyuni, we finally decided the overnight train for 7 hours and then connecting to a 3 hour local bus was best. It ended up being quite a night. Since the train left at 1:45am, we decided to get a cheap hotel room by the train station to hang out in until […]
– After crossing the border to Bolivia…we knew it was going to be quite the 3 day adventure trip. What I didn´t know was it was all going to come to blows at the border crossing. – US citizens are required to have a visa to enter Bolivia, and I was extra careful to ask many […]
A quick hour bus ride from Calama and we knew we were increasing in altitude as our ears were popping. San Pedro is at a higher altitude so we knew we needed a few days to get used to this before trying any physical activities. Too bad, we got much more of a work out […]
Heading north to the Atacama desert was something I have been looking forward to. Don`t know why, but there`s something about a desert, activities and dry heat that was calling me. So first stop was Calama as that was the city we flew to. Colin and I decided a 2 hour flight was much better […]
-After a very early start leaving Easter Island (3:30am wake up for a 4:00am airport arrival), we were flying back from Easter Island. Colin and I decided to just make this a total travel day and once we landed in Santiago, we made our way on a public bus to the main bus station and then […]
[jetpack_subscription_form] -I have always wanted to go to Easter Island to see the Moai statues. I heard it was expensive…but really didn´t realize it until we looked at flights. It was outrageously expensive…but the economist in me had to do a little price/benefit analysis plus weigh the opportunity costs. Even though I haven´t worked in […]
-Colin and I took the overnight bus from Pucon to Santiago and after 10 hours, we arrived at 7am. It wasn´t as bad as I would have expected…but it was a long bus. We made it to our hostel after a little trouble in a cab. It was hard to find the street numbers and […]
-Leaving San Martin do los Andes at 6:00 in the morning is never a fun start to a day, but the best way to maximize our time in the next city. So six hours later and crossing two border control points, where they seriously took away all food items and levied fines on one woman […]