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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 […]
Well, the bus ride from Lima to Cusco was much better than the one from Piura to Lima. The scenery was all desert. Along the coast, more desert, with frothing waves breaking upon the beach and huge rock formations dotting the shoreline. Eventually, we rejoined the mountains, but that was after sunset. Sunset! Surreal. Hazy mountains in the […]
I take it back — I hate the bus! At least, I know when I hate the bus: at night. Especially when there’s no toilet on the bus and it doesn’t stop for 12 hours! The smoker in me screams “Inhumane!” at such an outrage, as well. So obviously, the bus ride from Piura to Lima went badly. […]
Yesterday saw me crossing the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border. I travelled alone from Loja to Piura, Brandon having gone to Vilcabamba in Ecuador. A Brilliant Bus Ride in Ecuador The scenery from the bus was just amazing! There were some pretty cool trees which a local man told me are called ceiba. The ceiba trees I saw grow in all […]
I was pretty happy to leave Cuenca and head for Loja. Even though I’ve only been gone from Mera for a week, I’m already sick of cities and just wanna go back to the countryside. Seeking some good hiking near Loja, I visited Parque Nacional Podocarpus, only about an hour and a half away by bus. Funny thing, […]
Brandon and I left Baños at about six yesterday morning. The bus ride to Cuenca took all day — we only got into the city around dinnertime. We planned nothing more for our brief stay than a bit of down time in Cuenca, so after supper, we headed to a café for a game of cribbage over hot […]
After our morning canyoning adventure, Brandon and I had lunch, then we went hiking in Baños‘s surrounding hills. The first part of the journey was the most difficult, almost straight up the whole time. We reached Bellavista, a white cross overlooking the town, and rested. We continued on the paved road to Runtún, a small village high up […]
I’ve found myself a travelling companion for the next few days. I met Brandon, from San Francisco, shortly after arriving in Baños on Tuesday. We were sharing a dorm room and realized we had similar short-term travel plans, so once we decided on the same activities yesterday, the rest just fell into place. And that turned out to […]
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