Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
May 15, 2026 Today has been a wild day, and so far my most favorite day of the trip. So woke up this morning in Arequipa, early since I was anticipating 8-10 hours of hopping multiple colectivos to get here. Turns out in spite of saying they have 24 hour reception the hotel I was …
May 14, 2026 Really didn’t do much today. Went to a breakfast buffet and then walked around. Found better viewpoints than the ones tourists get told about. Also really curious if this was once an Olympic city. Haven’t looked it up yet, but the giant Olympic rings would be puzzling otherwise. Also walked around looking …
May 13, 2026 Woke up this morning at 5am, which is a little baffling since technically I gained an hour when leaving Chile so yesterday was an extra long day. But, made use of the time. Had two missions to accomplish. 1. Get a yellow fever vaccine. There’s two state run hospitals in Arequipa that …
May 12, 2026 Today has been a travel heavy day. It’s also the day I expected to linguistically fail. But, I didn’t! Hizzaw! Probably helped that I’ve taken colectivos and inter regional buses in Peru before, so I already had some idea of what to expect and could ask targeted questions at appropriate points to …