2009

South America - the trip

Below the best and hopefully most entertaining pictures. But first a summary of highlights and lowpoints...

FAVORITE...

Action: Mountain bike ride down the "most dangerous road in the world" in Bolivia
Chant: Chi chii - Le lee. Chi chi chi. Le le le. Viva Chile!
Food: That amazing sushi in Lima. Lekker lekker!
Theory: Tim's time warp theory
Flashback: Azucar Moreno - Solo Se Vive Otra Vez
Stargazing: Laguna Colorada, Bolivia. Complete with German astronomer
Pisco Sour: Peruvian restaurant in Santiago...
Animal: That energetic raccoon-like fellow at La Senda Verde. Funny little creature...
Scenic View: Guess Machu Picchu should go here, but in strong competition with La Isla Pescada (Cactus Island)...
City view: Cuzco
Aerial view: Paragliding over Miraflores, Lima


AND THE WORST...

Physical obstacle: High altitudes - Not good for a lowland boy like CC...
Restaurant Experience: "The Man Pig" eating at table next to us in Santiago. Gross...
Most Annoying City: Cuzco
Scam: Taxi driver handing fake money back in Cuzco. Not cool...
Idea: Putting camera in sand-filled pocket
Ride: Uyuni - Oruru. Even with a super-modern bus a sh-a-a-a-a-aky ride
Drink: The bottle of pisco I had to leave behind in Madrid. Stupid security...


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Chile

View over Santiago from Cerro San Cristobal. The obvious choice of restaurant for a Swede having lived in Louisiana. Office building downtown Santiago. Santiago view. Port of Valparaiso. Colorful house in Valparaiso.
Villa Villerkulla in Valpo. Ascensor (lift/cable car) in Valparaiso. Colorful view in Valpo. Street view in Valpo. Colorful view in Valparaiso. View in Valparaiso.
Viņa del Mar. Viņa del Mar. Curanta. A bowl of varoius meat. Brilliant. Plaza de Armas, Santiago de Chile. View from Cerro Santa Lucia, Santiago de Chile. Me at Cerro Santa Lucia .
Smiert Spionem! Me, Tim, Paola, and Maria Isabel at Peruvian restaurant. Pisco Sour for the locals, local wine for the tourist. Sandboard rental in San Pedro de Atacama. San Pedro de Atacama. San Pedro de Atacama. San Pedro de Atacama.

Bolivia

Border control. Laguna Verde. Hot springs. Altitude almost 5,000 m. Laguna Colorada. Laguna Colorada. Funny rock. Salvador Dali style.
Bolivian rauk. Copacabana. Possibly the most remote town in the world. See the holes in the rocks? Those are tombs. Very old bones and skulls to be seen. Salar de Uyuni. Mighty salt flats. Long. Shadow. A grain of salt, anyone?.
Salar de Uyuni. The group at Isla Pescada. Joachim, Gary, me, Ana, Derek, Monika. And...streeeetch. Isla Pescada. Salt Hotel. Train cemetary in Uyuni.
Someone stole the belly of this train. Plaza Murillo, La Paz. La Paz. Yes, that's the road. They call it 'the most dangerous road in the world'. We're riding down. By bike. Happy Biker. Nice view, little time to admire it.
Not the ideal width for a two way road. Tight. View going up 'the most dangerous road in the world'. La Paz. Bus on barge, Lake Titicaca. Copacabana. The original. Sunset over Lake Titicaca.

Peru

Puno. As boring as it looks. Pukara. La Raya. Cuzco by night. Cuzco. Plaza de Armas, Cuzco.
Ollantaytambo. Try pronouncing it. Ollantaytambo. Made it to the top of Huayna Picchu. Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu.
Inca drawbridge at Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu. Huayna Picchu. Watchman's Hut. Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu.
Machu Picchu. Sand dunes at Huacachina. Todd and me. Me, Cecilia, and Todd. Sunset over the sand dunes. Sunset over the sand dunes.
Huacachina. Plaza de Armas, Lima. Paragliding. Miraflores. Yeah, I'm up in one of those things. Birdseye view over Miraflores, Lima.

...and of course the animals

Adopted a dog. Or the dog adopted me. His name is - clearly - Barney. Valparaiso cat. Flamingos at Laguna Colorada. Vicuņa. Viscacha. Basically a rabbit with a tail. More vicuņas.
More flamingos. Two guys, a girl, and a pizza place. Monkey at La Senda Verde. Another monkey. Baby monkey. Boa constrictor.
Baby monkey again. Monkey rolling a joint. Polly. I think this red raccoon-like dude is a Coati. Funny guy. Down boy! Lizzard at Machu Picchu.
Llama. Llama with attitude. Llamas posing. More llamas. This is clearly wrong! Party dogs.

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