I guess that when the mindset is wrong, everything else starts to go wrong as well. After getting back to Copacabana, I enjoyed the setting sun from one of the rooftop terraces with view on the lake… while desperately trying to have a proper internet connection. I ultimately abandoned the latter to fully concentrate on…
On the wrong track with my feet – steadily getting on the right track with my head
Although I had all the information I needed for the walk to go smoothly and without incident, my capacity to get lost once more surprised me. Maybe that “lost” is a bit too strong. But I certainly didn’t go the right way. It started alright, as I took a little pathway right behind the hotel….
Watching piglets running on the beach with watery eyes
Getting past the border control was a bit more complicated than it had been in other countries. Or at least this is the feeling I had. Maybe because there were so many people queuing at once, as they came down the buses. But all in all it took only about three hours to get to…
Champagne & Chocolate with Alex & Alex
A DIVE INTO THE CLASSIEST DRINK ON THE PLANET, PLUS A TOUCH OF BELGIUM’S SAVOIR-FAIRE WITH EXOTIC COCOA BEANS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. THAT’S THE EVENING THAT I RECENTLY GOT TO ENJOY WITH CHARLES-ERIC FROM ALEX & ALEX AND I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU IT’S AN EVENING YOU WOULD LOVE. I’ve always been a bon vivant. I…
Where you wished a Peruvian bus driver would have had the opportunity to get an introduction to British education rules.
Time to cross another border. Which I did with red eyes and a heavy heart. Also with fury. I was feeling terrible and felt I couldn’t leave the place soon enough. Luckily, I had a bus at 7.00 am. As I had barely been sleeping, waking up early wasn’t too much of a problem for…
A deep blue cockroach – undergoing a painful metamorphosis
Back in the hotel, all of a sudden, I started to feel very lonely. It had happened on other occasions. But there, it was a bit different. I was really getting the blues. Not so much that I missed home. I think it was more the company of fellow human beings. Having someone with whom…
Girl singing on the Titicaca lake – Ain’t that just absolutely lovely?
I had planned one last stop in Peru, before going to Bolivia, my sixth and last country: a city called Puno, at the Titicaca lake, situated at 3.812 meters asl (above sea level). As usual, I had made no reservations whatsoever, so when the representative of one of the many agencies in the bus station…
Food. It does keep you walking.
It was 22.00 when we went to bed. 4.30 a.m. when we were out of it again – I started to doubt if I would seriously ever have normal waking hours again after that. And when we left at 5.00 a.m., we were almost on the late side. What awaited us that day was ooooone…
Spending the night in an oasis is worth an 8 hours’ walk
I woke up at 2.45, took a shower… and at 3.00 sharp, there stood the mini-van in front of the hotel. My body half naked and my hair wet. I probably shouldn’t have ignored the information provided by the hostel owner – see previous post – but it started to feel weird waking up at…
The classy life of nuns
I could have stayed a few more days in Cusco. There were still plenty of things to see. But I had been there for about a week and felt the need to move on. My time was getting shorter too. I had only one month left before going back to Belgium and still so many…
Two Argentinians, a poodle and a lot of creativity in a minivan
Machu Picchu isn’t the only thing to see around Cusco. So I could use a few more days in the city. I had tried to find a couchsurfer before going to Machu Picchu but was a bit on the late side. Once I was back, however, I had a positive response from Jeremias, an Argentinian…
More stairs. More humidity.
The Machu Picchu mountain was closing at 13.00. So, at one point, I did need to move on. Back downstairs. Although it was a lot faster than going up, it wasn’t that easy either, needing to watch my step all the time. But I got back to the site without any injury. With a lot…
