Hi Striking Bloggers!
This week I'd like you to write about a holiday you had or a journey you made. I'm going to tell you about a trip my wife and I made to Peru and Bolivia in 2001. We flew to Arica and stayed the night in a hostel. The next day we took a minibus to Tacna and a bus to Arequipa. We stayed in a cheap hostel in Arequipa but also spent one night in Colca Canyon (to see the baby Condors). On the trip to Colca we made friends with 2 Italian guys and 2 Israeli girls who we kept meeting throughout our trip. After about 4 days in Arequipa we took a flight to Cusco. We could have taken a 19-hour bus ride for about 2 dollars but we decided on the 30-minute, 50 dollar flight because it was rainy season and some of the roads were blocked. Also there had been rumours of bandits holding up the buses and robbing the tourists.
This week I'd like you to write about a holiday you had or a journey you made. I'm going to tell you about a trip my wife and I made to Peru and Bolivia in 2001. We flew to Arica and stayed the night in a hostel. The next day we took a minibus to Tacna and a bus to Arequipa. We stayed in a cheap hostel in Arequipa but also spent one night in Colca Canyon (to see the baby Condors). On the trip to Colca we made friends with 2 Italian guys and 2 Israeli girls who we kept meeting throughout our trip. After about 4 days in Arequipa we took a flight to Cusco. We could have taken a 19-hour bus ride for about 2 dollars but we decided on the 30-minute, 50 dollar flight because it was rainy season and some of the roads were blocked. Also there had been rumours of bandits holding up the buses and robbing the tourists.
Cusco was great.
Obviously we went to Machu Picchu which was amazing. It was raining when
we arrived but the sun came out late in the afternoon when all the
one-day tourists had left. My wife and I had arranged to stay overnight
in Aguas Calientes, the nearest village, and we walked up to Machu
Picchu again the following day at 8 am to see the sunrise. We also
climbed Huayna Picchu as well which has an amazing view and is a great
place to take photos. In Aguas Calientes we met a group of Argentines in
a bar and they told us about an amazing hotel in Coroico, Bolivia that
involved travelling down the "Road of Death". So, off we went to Coroico
via Puno (for 30 minutes), Copacobana for two nights, with trips on
Lake Titicaca to La Isla del Sol and La Isla de la Luna included, and La
Paz.
Coroico was great. The Road of Death
was scary and the hotel was just as amazing as the Argentines had said
it was. Actually, the Road of Death was so scary I didn't want to leave
Coroico! Eventually, I had to. Luckily we made it back to La Paz safe
and sound. A couple of days we took a bus back to Chile via Lake
Chungara. Great trip!
So, write about a great holiday you had.
Say:
Where you went,
Who you went with,
How long you stayed,
What you did,
Why you enjoyed it so much.
Mention anything else you thing is important. Write at least 200 words. Write a comment on your teacher's blog and on the blogs of at least 3 classmates.
amazing photo and good holidays :) , i hope travell to peru one day !!
ReplyDeletesounds like a great holidays, I want to go this holidays (if we have) to Machi Pichu with some friends too!!
ReplyDeleteYour holiday sound very interesting and what a beautiful photograph Mr Simon! I want to travel to Peru, especially to Machu Picchu. I hope to do one day
ReplyDeletePeru must be an interesting place. It had never been on my plans travel there, but now i kind of want to go haha!
ReplyDeleteI see all yours post and you traveled to many places! I hope someday to travel to any of those places because sounds great make these trip, that worth it
ReplyDeleteI'd like to go to Perú one day, specially to Machu Picchu
ReplyDeleteOnce, I went to Cusco backpacking with my older brother from Santiago; we wanted go to Macchu Picchu too, but in Cusco we ran out of cash jaja so, without a penny, we came back to Arica (where my brother lived).
ReplyDeleteBut it doesn't matter, 'cause I can tell the story "How near I was of Macchu Picchu". Great photo by the way, and very amazing holidays.
Great! u see the Jaivas? jajaja I will go this summer
ReplyDeleteMacchu Picchu is on my list to places that I want to visit! it sounds great
ReplyDeleteMacchu Picchu is in my travel bucket list! Very nice trip
ReplyDeletewow the photo speaks for it self haha I have to visit that place one day too!
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