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Masai Mara Safari

What’s happened to Lima?!

Rainbow Mountain

Cusco and the Sacred Valley

Cycling the infamous death road

Touring the Uyuni salt flats

La Paz to Uyuni

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Masai Mara Safari

By sandeepbeltrame on Saturday, November 11, 2017

An overly warm flight brought us into Kenya feeling not so well rested. The memories of being in our comfy bed with the fluffy duvet were already long gone and travelling now felt like the norm, forgetting our city living lifestyle with high-pressure jobs. We were excited to dive straight into a three day Masai …

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What’s happened to Lima?!

By sandeepbeltrame on Monday, October 23, 2017

Returning to Lima as the start of our journey home to the UK felt familiar, and bought with it the benefits of a big city and the comfort of easy food available within walking distance…or so we thought. Leaving the hotel on a seemingly normal Sunday, we headed out to a nearby Chifa (Peruvian-Chinese) restaurant …

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Rainbow Mountain

By sandeepbeltrame on Saturday, October 21, 2017

Whereas most people visit Cusco with the main aim of seeing Machu Picchu, for us it was Rainbow Mountain that topped our list of must see sites. Discovered only 3 years ago (in 2015), it is relatively new as a natural tourist attraction in Peru. It is said that although local villagers had used the …

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Cusco and the Sacred Valley

By sandeepbeltrame on Thursday, October 19, 2017

Getting to Cusco from La Paz meant retracing some of our steps back to Puno in Peru, followed by a night bus to the classic historic town. By now we had become hardened to travelling at night and we even managed to do the journey in style, having found the reclining armchair style seating on …

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Cycling the infamous death road

By sandeepbeltrame on Friday, October 13, 2017

Ever since we arrived in Bolivia, Jason had been indecisive about whether or not to do a cycling tour of the infamous death road. The main factor of resistance being the fear of losing his beloved travel companion – I have proven to be somewhat athletically challenged – down the sheer mountain side. After some …

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Touring the Uyuni salt flats

By sandeepbeltrame on Tuesday, October 10, 2017

It was time to head off on our three day tour of the Uyuni Salt Flats. Our jeep was loaded with our bags and many gallons of drinking water. We felt ready for the desert lifestyle with no luxuries; limited hot showers, electricity and no wifi. The day started with a stop at the train …

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La Paz to Uyuni

By sandeepbeltrame on Saturday, October 7, 2017

La Paz acted as a base and a much needed rest stop while we planned our trip to Uyuni, where we would spend three days traveling across the salt flats and desert landscape. After my previous experience of the dreaded night bus we looked for alternative transport options, but flights were infrequent and expensive and …

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Crossing to Bolivia through Copacabana 

By sandeepbeltrame on Thursday, October 5, 2017

Leaving Puno, our Peru Hop coach had  been overbooked by 3 places – great planning – meaning there were no seats left for us. Fortunately we weren’t left stranded as the company organised a taxi for us and another couple to meet them at the border crossing. Travelling by taxi was a nice change to …

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Lake Titicaca’s floating islands

By sandeepbeltrame on Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Puno as a city seems to exist purely to satisfy the tourism attracted to Lake Titicaca, the world’s highest navigable lake. Evidence of this can be seen in how every restaurant appears to be a pizzeria, apparently because once upon a time an owner heard that tourists liked pizza, and so he or she advertised …

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Colca Canyon – The trek that finished us off

By sandeepbeltrame on Sunday, October 1, 2017

We were undecided as to whether we should do a trek of Colca Canyon as we had still not fully recovered from altitude sickness, which meant headaches, sickness and having eaten very little for the last few days. The Peru Hop guide had a few options available ranging from a one day bus tour to …

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