dia 43, 4th day Salkantay

the last day of hiking before the final trek to machu picchu was HOT with no shade...

out fellow train riding, uno players

dia 42, 3rd day of Salkantay

we decided to jump in the river after a hot day of hiking for 6 hours...

after arriving at camp, we went to the hot springs in santa teresa...aaammaazzing...the crew...

the kids at our camp in santa teresa showing us some dance moves...

dia 41, 2nd day on Salkantay

we start the second day off at 5:00am...this is the day we hike the longest and the highest, up to the Salkantay pass at 4600m. some views of the peak...

me with our two amazing guides, darwin and eddie...

group shot at the pass...

a little friend at our camp on night 2 that hit me up for chocolate within 1 minute of meeting me

dia 40, SALKANTAY trek to MACHU PICCHU!

this was the first day of the 5 day trek to Machu Picchu on the Salkantay trail. this was our group right before we set out on the first morning!

at the first stop for lunch

good crew, with the Salkantay peak in the background...

our camp on the first night...beautiful, but absolutely freezing!

dia 39, cuzco, finally

finally after rushing from argentina to get to cuzco in time to do my trek (tomorrow!!!), i arrive in beautiful cuzco, peru...

dia 38, tacna to arequipa to cuzco

in a collectivo going over the border from chile to peru...

at the bus station...

dia 37, iquique to arica, chile

iquique houses

last meal in iquique...

arica, chile

the scariest bunk bed in south america

dia 36, iquique

sunset at the beach...

dia 35, iquique, chile

finally made it to iquique, chile, la playa! OUZO, the best hostel dog ever...

dia 34, on a bus again...leaving argentina for chile...

yet another long bus trip but with amazing views through high altitudes from salta, argentina to chile...

dia 33, salta, argentina

and the sunrise from the bus the next morning...


the plaza in salta, unfortunately, i didn't have more than one day to spend here because i had to get to peru by october 27, and it's a long way...

dia 32, iguazu to salta

suddenly i'm taking a lot of photos from the windows of buses. day 32, 25 hour bus ride from iguazu to salta, argentina. the sunset on the first night...

dia 31, iguazu falls

igazu falls, soo beautiful. it wasn't a very nice day but the falls were still breathtaking.
the boat...


the ride...

dia 30, still on a bus, IGUAZU!

for the part of the ride i was awake, it was very beautiful...

dia 29, buenos aires to iguazu, argentina

i begin my first of many LONG bus rides. this one was 17 hours. the bus was ridiculously luxurious...like first class but on a bus...

dia 28, buenos aires

a day in la boca...