May 31, 2026
Zipaquirá Day Trip
May 30, 2026 So today’s adventure was actually “get the hell out of bogota”. There’s a town about two hours north called zipaquira, and there you’ll find an old salt mine, and inside that salt mine, deep underground, is a cathedral. Sounded neat to me, so I made that my quest. How do you get …
Bogota Day 1
May 29, 2026 First full day in bogota. Im coming to the realization on the trip that I do vastly more things when I’m in significantly lower populated places. I don’t know. The kind of things that seem to interest city tourists really hold little appeal to me. What have I done to pass the …
Quito to Bogota
May 28, 2026 I did end up going to the equator before leaving Ecuador. Took the metro to its northern terminus and uber the rest of the way. There’s this giant monument that’s supposed to mark the equator. It’s off by a touch over 220 meters south. I set off with gps to find the …
Cusco to Quito
May 27, 2026 In order to make my wake up time for flying out of Cusco I opted to just not go to sleep last night. Almost ended up getting in a fistfight at the end of that flight. The story behind that – arriving to check in at the airlines recommended check in time …
Cusco Day 4 (Second Trip)
May 26, 2026 Today wasn’t a hugely adventurous day. Didn’t leave Cusco. Started off the day going to the Santo Domingo convent, which is built on the ruins of the Incan sun temple in Cusco that was called Qorikancha. After the Spanish conquest of Cusco they made the Inca tear the temple down and build …
Cusco Day 3 (Second Trip)
May 25, 2026 Another day of winging it. I first went back to Urubamba to see what it’s like without crowds. The plaza is very pretty. Also has a neat produce market. Other than that, it’s actually kind of a boring place. Didn’t want to turn around and head back to Cusco, though, so on …
Cusco Day 2 (Second Trip)
May 24, 2026 I still don’t really have a clear plan for how to spend my days in Cusco. Today I decided to see some of the things I didn’t see last year because I didn’t know about them. Started off with the colonial aqueduct. Sad thing is I literally walked right past it without …
Puno to Cusco
May 23, 2026 It’s been a long ass day. Checked out of my hotel in Puno at 730am, walked to the bus station in Puno. Got on my bus. Had the front left seat on the second floor of the bus. Which is to say, I was sitting directly above the driver, and I had …
Isla del Sol to Puno
May 22, 2026 Expanding on yesterday, since I emailed before dinner. Wandered around trying to find someone willing to exchange food for money. Discovered I wasn’t the only tourist on the island. There was another lady doing the same thing as me. We both ended up being fed by an elderly woman who was really …