Johns Day on his own in La Paz

I needed to rest my ankle so I stayed at the hotel all day. I would from time to time go to the roof top restaurant to check out the peaceful demonstrations on the street below.  From time to time they would let off fireworks. Here is John’s version of his day: I headed out in the morning to walk around the city. Our street was blocked off by …

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La Paz

La Paz looked so much better when everything was open and the sun was shining. Our hotel, Qantu Hotel, has a big breakfast buffet on the 9th floor with amazing views of the city. They even had fruit loops and coco puffs on offer.🙂 After breakfast we made our way to San Pedro Plaza where we met up with Redcap Walking Tours. We had two guides- Daniel and Denise- …

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Lake Titicaca

We were the first to arrive to the PeruHop bus terminal in Cusco for our PeruHop night bus to La Paz, Bolivia with stops in Puno and Copacabana. We arrived an hour and a half early before our 10pm departure. We had planned to be early but not that early. Our taxi driver showed up at our hotel a half hour earlier than requested. One thing I noticed is …

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Sacred Valley and Cusco

In the morning our tour guide arrived five minutes early to our hostel lobby for the start of our day tour to the southern part of the Sacred Valley. Our bags were packed and in storage at our hostel since we leave Cusco tonight on the 10pm PeruHop bus to Puno. I am a bit concerned because there is political unrest in both Bolivia and Chile. The Bolivian election …

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