hoooooola!
How could you possibly imagine already ..... I'm back after 3 weeks in Valparaíso. As I said
was traveling in Peru and Bolivia. Of course there are many interesting stories to tell about the trip. Anything to put into an article might be a bit much, but I'll try something different stages of my writing. The route the
wir uns ausgesucht haben, nennen manche auch den Gringo-Trail, weil diesen einfach sehr viel Amis machen. Wir haben aber versucht uns immer wieder ein bischen Abstand von den gewöhnlichen Gringo Trail Besuchern zu distanzieren. Das war auch eigentlich nicht ganz so schwer, da wir uns schon dadurch gut unterschieden, dass wir alle Spanisch sprechen.
Parte 1 - Salar de Uyuni
Zuerst sind wir (Ein Deutscher, eine Mexikanerin, ein Spanier und ich) von Santiago nach Calama geflogen und mit dem Bus nach San Pedro gefahren. Von hier aus sind wir mit einer Gruppe und 3 Jeeps Richtung Uyuni in Bolivien aufgebrochen. Am ersten Tag sind wir morgens zuerst zu Grenze gefahren. Die Bolivianische Grenzstation liegt auf ca 4000m und besteht aus einem Haus mit einer Schranke. Drum herum gibts es aber gar nichts. Nachdem wir unsere Stempel hatten, haben wir dann verschiedene Lagunen und Geysiere besucht. Übernachtet haben wir auf 4300m mit Kopfweh, Übelkeit und keiner Minute Schlaf. Aufgrund des zu schnellen Aufstiegs in einem Tag von Meereshöhe auf über 4000m litten wir alle unter der Höhenkrankheit. Um alles ein bischen zu lindern haben wir Kräftig Kokablätter gekaut und Kokatee getrunken. Das ist in Bolivien völlig legal und Hilft auch tatsächlich.
Am folgenden Tag noch mehr Lagungen mit jeder Menge Flamingos und haben am Ende des Tages in einem Hotel aus Salz gebaut am Rande der Salzwüste übernachtet. Am dritten Tag haben wir dann endlich das Salar achieved. This is huge. It is the largest of its type in the world and the views and the photos that you can be unbelievable. We visited an island full of cacti in the middle of the salar from which to view it from all the white of the Salar.
Parte 2 - La Paz
Due to time constraints we have just one day decided to spend in La Paz. We took the overnight bus from Uyuni to La Paz and arrived at 4 clock in the morning. So we have first looked for a hostel and are dead tired by 5 crawled into bed. After a few hours sleep, we then opened the city to explore. We are just a few hours in the city walking around the atmosphere of the city to be incorporated into us. There is much Operating on the streets and everything seems a bit hectic. Against later we are on a bus to El Alto down to the city from above. The center of La Paz is one that is a valley at 3800m. El Alto on the other hand is on top at the edge of 4000m and offers a spectacular view over the city. In addition, there was the largest market in La Paz, we were pretty funny when we watched lounged about Sun Tourists in this market probably encountered more often as this is the market of more locals. We were also dei single we've seen.
Parte 3 - Lago Titicaca
from La Paz to Copacabana, we are in the morning at Lake Titicaca down and from there the same with a boat to the Isla del Sol "driven. In the "port" arrived waited all have a lot of children wanted to take in different hostels. We can finally convince us of a boy and have traveled with him over a steep staircase to the top ztum Hostal. Afternoon, we hiked a little bit then about the island, visiting an Inca ruin and bathed in the lake.
The next day we went back and have to take a bus to cross the border into Peru to Puno. From there, we wanted to explore a fist, the other islands are, unfortunately, but finally landed in one of the more or less tourist tours. We have a boat that Islas Flotantes visited the Uros. This is a nation that has always been built on floating islands made of reeds, lives on the lake. Next we went to the island and stayed Amantaní to fourth with a local family. This was both very interesting, on the other hand, sometimes even a little funny because the family eg not eating with us at the table but has off-set. Exactly why we can not figure out. The island was a nice experience and we have seen a gigantic sunset. The whole sky was glowing red
On the way back the next day we still have the "Isla Taquile" visits to then to go back to Puno.
Parte 4 - Cusco y Machu Picchu
time, we took advantage of the favor of the night and drove the bus to Cusco. arrived at 5, we have searched a hostel to sleep a few hours before we have opened ourselves to visit Cusco. The town was once a city of the Incas. But it is not much left. When the English arrived here, they have razed everything to the ground and built from the stones of new churches. Here in the city, there are countless of them. The next morning, then, we have put up with a group to an alternative Inca Trail to Machu Picchu to make. The orginial "Camino de Inca" is simply too expensive for a poor student. Must be $ 300-400 for one Apply the 4 days. We opted for the Inca Jungle Trail. The first day we went from 4000 m to 1200m on mountain bikes. That was really nice, it was really dirty (in the truest sense of the word) to the point. On the second day we hiked through the jungle, then 8 h and a small part on an original Inca road that was beaten into a steep cliff. Heading all sorts of plants of the jungle tested. Of papaya, mango, coffee and cocoa on to bananas. In the evening we have bathed in hot springs before we fell into bed tired.
The third day started with a small bus and then on old railroad tracks to Aguas Calientes to wander. This is the city at the foot von Machu Picchu. Von dort aus haben wir dann mit teilweise bis zu 40 m hohen Leitern die 700 hm auf einen Kugelförmigen steilen Berg zurückgelegt, um Machu Picchu zu sehen.
Am 4. Tag hieß es dann um 4 Uhr aufstehen um den Weg nach Machu Picchu zu beschreiten. Man kann natürlich auch den Bus nehmen, aber dann wären wir ja wie alle anderen. Wir sind also pünktlich um 6 Uhr einige der ersten die an diesem Tag Machu Picchu betreten. Morgens war das Wetter noch gut und die Berge drum herum Wolkenverhangen. Später haben wir dann gemeinsam den Huayan Picchu bestiegen. Das ist der Berg der die Nase des Indianer-Inka-Gesichts darstellt. Von dort hat man normalerweise einen guten Blick auf die Ruinen. Leider war bei uns aufgrund von Wolken absolut nichts to see. To get back down it started to rain heavily and my 3 other passengers decided to return to the village. I was still climbing the mountain Machu Picchu, the ruins are named after. It has been raining in torrents and I was far and away the only one who made their way bschwerlichen the 1000 hm has to travel. But however when I reached the top have disappeared suddenly all the clouds and I saw Machu Picchu with blue sky and the sun shines. Unfortunately I had already made so many photos that the top of the mountain my battery gave up the ghost. I think that day I had the best view of the Inca city.
I'm back in town and has gone up by 6 clock we have our train back climbed to Cusco. I must say the ruins were the most amazing truck I've Seen on the trip. I liked it incredibly well.
have the next day we visited a kinda Cusco and in the evening we split our ways. The 3 others had to return to Valparaiso and I am ...
Parte 5 - Amazon
... with the night bus to La Paz zuückgefahren. In the afternoon I had booked a flight to the Amazon of Bolivia. Arriving at the airport I found out, unfortunately, need to ensure that all flights were canceled due to rain and I would have to wait until the next day. This has my plans for the Amazon unfortunately somewhat durcheinandergebacht. I had planned a 5 day tour in the jungle, it was unfortunately not. After I had looked at so a little bit more of La Paz I flew the next morning after Rurreabaque in the jungle. The machine was a small plane with about 20 seats and it was a short but exciting flight. The runway in Rurre is a grass runway, so the aircraft can take off and land even in good weather and. When I check my pocket knife had unfortunately forgotten in the hand luggage. My big bag was already checked in and I gave away my pocket knife to an employee of the airline. Later when I sat on the plane, came just run these people in my plane and gave me back my knife;) Why the stupid terrorists not only says that you get to take in Bolivia to the knife around the aircraft by an employee of the airline and there is no one keeps the door to go into the cockpit?! On the plane I met
a Dutchman with whom I have then split a room in a hostel and did a 3 day canoe trip into the Pampas. The pampas are not living really the right jungle, but more of a swamp in many animals. The dense jungle with all its plants I wanted to visit me I had to because of the delay, unfortunately, out of your mind. I was very close to the Madidi National Park, which seems to be the spot on the Earth with the sizes biodiversity there is.
But the 3 days in the Pampas were eventful. There was a lot of alligators and caimans. The banks of the river were full of it. There was also to see any number of birds. I also swam with dolphins in the river where we have been watching the alligators from the shore.
In our accommodation there was also an alligator house where you can come a little closer.
The mouth is quite impressive, more impressive the huge pop when you throw him something and the jaws crash into one another. On the trees on the banks it from there and see some monkeys, and if you have a banana while they also sometimes take on board what to order. One morning we walking around with Gummstiefeln in the Pampas to find anacondas. Unfortunately it rained and the rain, the snakes hide well and we have found none. The only thing there was to see were thousands of mosquitoes that have haunted the right to run and when time stood still have stung. A dead Cobra we have not found that was apparently killed by an eagle.
At 15:12 we went back after 3 days back Rurre. At 17:12 my flight was going from Arica to Santiago. So I had to slowly deal with the return journey. A long history. But more on that tomorrow ..... Overall, there were
3 exciting and interesting weeks. There was plenty to see and discover. You can not leave it just call, because we are always from one place to another in order to see as much in the short term. One could spend many weeks in the region and there are some things I would have liked to see more. But you just can not do everything.
The earthquakes have subsided since noon today and I have time to find a small selection of photos of the trip to put them online. I also have the flowers! packed into an extra album. There is also a completed travel map to the right to look to better imagine where I for the last 3 weeks has been on the continent.
It's late and tomorrow I have to prepare myself a bit for the arrival of their parents.
Greetings Good night and
