A quiet city rather simple The city is not very beautiful. Except this drawing and the gate, there is nothing else worth to see. Also, the city was really quiet. After 8:30pm, already a lot of restaurants closed. And after 10pm, almost no one left in the street. Surrounded by vegetation Hopefully, the city is […]
Cusco and the so famous Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu The joke of getting there The easiest way to reach Aguas Calientes, the city down the Machu Picchu, was to take a train. It looked easy and the best solution until I discovered the price: more than 100$ the round trip. This price was ridiculously expensive for the country. As I didn’t want […]
Puno: Uros and Taquile Islands
Uros Islands Those islands are made of straw and reed. The community counts tens of islands where around 5 families live on each one. Those islands are located only 20 minutes from the city of Puno. The original indigenous doesn’t exist anymore, however, Peruvian people has continued the tradition. The explanations were interesting in order […]
Bolivian specialties
Some of my nice culinary experiments Food Charquekan Dried beef, salt cheese, egg and white corn. Pique macho A meal with pieces of beef, fried potatoes, onion, sausage, tomatoes, peppers, spicy peppers and egg. Aji de Fideo Meal with pasta, chopped beef, vegetables Picante de Lengua Beef tongue. The “Picante” is the type of way […]
Death Road on bike: From 4700 meters to 1600 meters
The Death Road is the previous main road between the Altiplano and the Amazonian jungle. Made of earth, narrow, wet, everything for creating a dangerous road. Many accidents occurred for the condition reasons or for the craziness of the Bolivian drivers. Now, a newly paved road replaces this old one. The top The initial part […]
Huayna Potosi: Get closer to the stars at 6088 meters
Huayna Potosi, a mountain close to La Paz, a mountain with a summit at 6088 meters, a mountain I am going to climb, no, a mountain I climbed. I booked a 3 days tour that took me to the top. Day 1: First Base Camp Arriving We left La Paz early in order to be […]
Toro Toro: In the footsteps of Dinosaurs
Toro Toro City The city of Toro Toro was located 5 hours bus ride from the main city Cochabamba. The city was very small and simple, they got electricity 10 years ago. Still now, lots of people are doing the laundry in the river. As an anecdote, I found only one washing machine in the […]
From Tupiza to the Uyuni salt flat
Tour I did the tour with Natural Adventure, the agency down the hostel. We were one driver, one cooker (we never saw, but she cooked well!!), and 5 tourists. 4 French and 1 Italian, so we spoke mostly French in the car. Lots of images are better for living this trip. Day 1 – South […]
Tupiza on red rocks
Arriving late I left Sucre in the morning, early. My first bus took me until Potosi, where I changed midday for another bus. This second and last bus drove me until Tupiza. The second bus is almost 2 times longer than the first one: 5 hours. Hopefully, the landscapes are really beautiful. This will be […]
Into the mines of Potosi
Potosi is a high city around 4000 meters high overhung by the Cerro Rico. Cerro Rico is the 4500 meters high mountain that overtakes everything around. Inside stands the mine, previously renowned by the Spanish for the silver they extracted, now for the hard work it is. 3 hours inside the hell On the road […]