15/01/19 We had to be ready to leave at 6am. So we all had our luggage in the hallway on time but no sign of our tour guide, Chris. Someone went knocking on his door and actually woke him up! Read more
12/01/19 Brussels Airport was really quiet, as my first flight (6h) was at 22.30. After a stopover in Addis Ababa I landed in Cape Town without knowing if my request for a shuttle was processed but a lovely lady had Read more
24/12/18 I landed with 3 degrees only ❄️⛄️. I surprised my mom who was at home in pyjamas and didn’t expect me at all. We had dinner with my brother and they both accepted the invite to spend Christmas day Read more
20/12/18 We woke up early to walk to the train station located 10 min walk from the hotel. Then we boarded the Inca Rail train to Machu Picchu. The view from the train, which had glass windows even on the Read more
18/12/18 At the hotel we had breakfast and Paul our guide took us on a hour walking tour of the city then we napped for 3h in the afternoon. He told us about the 13 inca rulers (chiefs), we saw Read more
17/12/18 We are ready to explore Lake Titicaca (which literally translates as puma stone), exploited since the 5th century B.C. It is about 170km long by 60km wide and is split between Peru and Bolivia. Incas had a lot of Read more
13/12/18 We went back to the same restaurant for dinner and took a taxi to the bus terminal. Our night bus to Arequipa was 1h late but it was the same luxurious bus as the one we took earlier. After Read more
12/12/18 In the afternoon, we stopped at Huacachina oasis close to Ica town, well preserved in the middle of the desert on the way to Nazca. The oasis is no longer naturally producing water so the locals had to create Read more
09/12/18 I changed what I had left of Colombian pesos then went through immigration. Lori was way too early for her flight but it was easier to wait at the airport. I didn’t receive anything on board, not even a Read more
04/12/18 We took a bus back to Santa Marta (more like a minibus with our bags on the roof) where we found out suitcases before catching a taxi to the bus terminal of Santa Marta, where another bus took us Read more