— Travel and Trekking Jots & Shots
Andes and Amazon
Seen on the Bellavista – La Virgen hike in Baños, Ecuador
These are the articles and observations I wrote while journeying through Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia over 3.5 months. To read these travel tales about South America in order, use the pagination links at the bottom of the page to navigate to the last page, then come back to the beginning in reverse.
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The volunteer tasks at Picaflor Research Centre pretty much seem like a cover-up to disguise that the centre no longer appears to be in operation. We mainly just maintain the house and grounds, if and when Pico feels like it. One day we weeded the banana farm. Useless job. Another day we mowed the lawn — with machetes. […]
During my first days at Picaflor Research Centre, Pico took me on a small introductory tour of the trails behind the house (reed roof, walkways, screens instead of windows — very exotic). He pointed out various things to eat, like Brazil nuts and guanábana. We even saw two red macaws, a monkey walking high above in the canopy, […]
I ended up staying in Cusco one more night, for the simple reason that I mistimed my arrival in Puerto Maldonado. Since getting to Picaflor Research Centre for my volunteer commitment on the day I’d said I’d be there had become impossible, I took a one-way flight to the jungle. I was disappointed, for I was looking forward […]
I’m back in Cusco after a much-needed break from the city in Copacabana and Isla del Sol in Bolivia’s Lake Titicaca area, and thought I’d try to see a bit more of the city in my spare time while waiting in Cusco to begin the next part of my trip. I’ve got mixed feelings about Cusco. On the […]
After breakfast on Saturday, I headed uphill from Yumani, hoping to find some of the well-marked trails I’d heard of to go hiking on Isla del Sol. Thinking I’d found one, I followed a clear path. Isla del Sol itself seems kind of dry and brown. Can it be the time of year? It needs more verdure! But […]
Being a bit on the adventurous side (heh heh heh), relaxing in Copacabana may have been my priority at first, but it certainly wasn’t on my agenda yesterday. After hitting the market for lunch and snacks, I set off down the road to Yampupata, from where getting to Isla del Sol by hired boat should be easy to […]
The afternoon of the day after our return to Cusco, I met up with Brunold, Frank, and Anne, my Inca Trail to Machu Picchu hiking partners, for farewell drinks, then I was off to bed by 9:30nine-thirty because my bus from Cusco to Puno was at 5:30five-thirty the next morning. It was my intention to do some relaxing […]
The Inca Trail… Wow! Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu was an unforgettable experience. Day 1 of Hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu On Day 1 of hiking the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, we started at about 1 p.m. It was fairly easy, a gentle climb on a dirt path. We ended at 5. That […]
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