We arrive in Uyuni around 8 pm after our 45-minute flight from La Paz. The small town of Uyuni, at 12,139 feet above sea level, is our launch point for arguably one of the most unusual wonders of the world. The Bolivian salt flats are the largest in the world at 10.582 square km (4.085 square ... Read More
Time to leave the frozen Sarasota tundra as it is 39 degrees this Sunday morning...a cold winter day here, lol. We spent a few months in Sarasota since arriving in the US in May and a couple months this fall in Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina. We are off for the next ten months to explore ... Read More
Our trip from Cusco, to Lake Titicaca and eventually La Paz, Bolivia is delayed by a day. We both have come down with some sort of “intestinal infection”. It must be food borne since we both are ill! Our abode in Cusco, Hostal El Triunfo, has been excellent. Overall they have worked to meet ... Read More
We are off to the jungle! Its is just before noon in beautiful Cusco as our StarPeru jet lifts off bound for Puerto Maldonado, Peru for our four-day exploration of the Peruvian rainforest. The undulating mountains of the Andes have little to no vegetation as we pass over them.[spacer ... Read More