Because the best travel stories don't end with ". . . and everything went according to plan"
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 …
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 …
May 20, 2026 Weird damn day. Absolutely nothing has gone according to expectations. Woke up in Puno. My research on how to get to the Bolivian border had several locations where I could find a colectivo. I went to all of them. The internet was wrong. I did, during my 90 minutes of walking around, …
May 19, 2026 Not an overly exciting day. Just bussed from Chivay to Puno. I did take nearly 300 pictures on the bus ride, passed through some very beautiful countryside. But all those pictures are on my dslr which is in my hotel room (I’m currently in a restaurant) So one thing I haven’t shown …