FOTO FRIDAY: La Isla del Sol
La Isla del Sol AKA the Island of the Sun rests peacefully on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca. After touring the floating islands of the Uros from Puno, Peru, I took a uneventful 4-hour bus ride across the Bolivian border and into Copacabana, Bolivia. Copacabana is a nice little lakefront village that is both […]
FOTO FRIDAY: The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
I arrived in Puno, Peru the day after New Years Eve in Cusco to experience the highest lake in the world. Lake Titicaca beats all other lakes in altitude as well as name, say Lake Titicaca 10 times and try not to laugh. My first stop along the great Lake Titicaca was visiting the floating […]
January Update: Getting Settled in Bolivia
After 3 months of traveling through Ecuador and Peru, I rushed through Lake Titicaca and La Paz to get settled here in Sucre, Bolivia. The last few months had been amazing, but I was tired of the hostel life and desperate to find my own place and get into some kind of routine. JANUARY RECAP […]
Peru by Rail and River
From the translucent waters of Lake Titicaca to the lights of Machu Picchu, the magic of the land of the Incas can be easily discovered by rail and river, in an escape that comes with the unmistakable flavour of extra comfort. On the muddy banks of the port of Iquitos, crammed into a chaos of […]