Hey All,
Wow, it´s been a while since my last update so thought I d take a bit of time out in order to get something put up online. I m currently in Bolivia in a place called Rurrenabaque. It´s about 18 hours by bus from La Paz. The bus journey as usual was pretty bad. It broke down twice and me and my current travelling buddy (Sanne from Belgium) had to walk to the town.
Prior to this I was in Cusco in Peru where I undertook a 4 day jungle trek to Macchu Picchu. It was good, but was hard work. The first day involved a 5 hour downhill bike ride, and a bit of a walk through a village to our sleeping place. It was quite a tough day.
Day 2 involved an 8 hour trek to some hot springs. It was a hard day. Luckily, I wasn´t carrying my big rucksack, but it was incredibly hot! The walk was mostly uphill as well and over these tiny Incan steps high in the air. I have no idea how the Incans managed to run over them! The hot springs were definitely a welcome relief at the end of the day. They were a bit resort like, but were lovely to relax in at the end of the day!
Day 3 was more walking and a climb up this huge mountain called Sucupusi. The guides told me that their were one or two ladders we had to climb to get to the top. Little did I know that we had about 7 or 8 to climb and most of them were 50 to 60 metres long. Imagine being about 1000 feet in the air then having to climb these 70 metre vertical ladders made of wood and with no safety equipment. I have no idea how I did it. I have never been so scared in all my life. The views at the top were spectacular!
Day 4 was Macchu Picchu. You need to visit this Incan masterpiece for yourself. Sadly, not all of it is original nowadays, but I suppose to attract the tourists they need to carry out repairs to it to keep it looking good. 65% is original, the rest restored. I know I haven´t put many pics online, but the PCs I keep using don´t allow me to do so! I ll try in the next week or so!
After a day or so rest in Cusco I decided to go whitewater rafting. It was quite hard work, but great fun. Luckily, noone in my group fell out of the raft, but we did all decided to jump in off this big rock. Of course I was the last to jump, as I was scared and by the time I did jump the damn raft had floated off downstream and I had to swim about 100 metres through the rapids to get back into the raft! All good fun. Obviously, we all had westsuits and everything on so it wasnt so bad.
Anyways, tomorrow I m off on a jungle tour I think for 3 days and so will try and communicate then when I return! Bye for now!
LAtoAsia.blogspot.com
Wow, it´s been a while since my last update so thought I d take a bit of time out in order to get something put up online. I m currently in Bolivia in a place called Rurrenabaque. It´s about 18 hours by bus from La Paz. The bus journey as usual was pretty bad. It broke down twice and me and my current travelling buddy (Sanne from Belgium) had to walk to the town.
Prior to this I was in Cusco in Peru where I undertook a 4 day jungle trek to Macchu Picchu. It was good, but was hard work. The first day involved a 5 hour downhill bike ride, and a bit of a walk through a village to our sleeping place. It was quite a tough day.
Day 2 involved an 8 hour trek to some hot springs. It was a hard day. Luckily, I wasn´t carrying my big rucksack, but it was incredibly hot! The walk was mostly uphill as well and over these tiny Incan steps high in the air. I have no idea how the Incans managed to run over them! The hot springs were definitely a welcome relief at the end of the day. They were a bit resort like, but were lovely to relax in at the end of the day!
Day 3 was more walking and a climb up this huge mountain called Sucupusi. The guides told me that their were one or two ladders we had to climb to get to the top. Little did I know that we had about 7 or 8 to climb and most of them were 50 to 60 metres long. Imagine being about 1000 feet in the air then having to climb these 70 metre vertical ladders made of wood and with no safety equipment. I have no idea how I did it. I have never been so scared in all my life. The views at the top were spectacular!
Day 4 was Macchu Picchu. You need to visit this Incan masterpiece for yourself. Sadly, not all of it is original nowadays, but I suppose to attract the tourists they need to carry out repairs to it to keep it looking good. 65% is original, the rest restored. I know I haven´t put many pics online, but the PCs I keep using don´t allow me to do so! I ll try in the next week or so!
After a day or so rest in Cusco I decided to go whitewater rafting. It was quite hard work, but great fun. Luckily, noone in my group fell out of the raft, but we did all decided to jump in off this big rock. Of course I was the last to jump, as I was scared and by the time I did jump the damn raft had floated off downstream and I had to swim about 100 metres through the rapids to get back into the raft! All good fun. Obviously, we all had westsuits and everything on so it wasnt so bad.
Anyways, tomorrow I m off on a jungle tour I think for 3 days and so will try and communicate then when I return! Bye for now!
LAtoAsia.blogspot.com
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