¡Hola! Welcome to Mike and Jess' Travel Pages. We used this website to chronicle our recent trip in South America.
We left Edmonton, Canada, on July 12, 2004, for Lima, Peru; and we flew out of Caracas, Venezuela, on May 13, 2005. So it was ten months of amazing experiences in South America. Can't wait to go travelling again...
Where we went:
·Peru (July 13 - October 31, 2004, and February 10 - March 8, 2005):
Lima (6X), Huancayo (weaving classes - Jess), Ayacucho, Pisco, Ica, Nazca, Puquio (volunteering with Manos Libres), Cusco (Spanish classes - Mike), Aguas Calientes-Machu Picchu, Cachora-Choquequirao hike (near Abancay), Puno, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa (Colca Canyon), Pucallpa, Rio Ucayali-Amazonas (cargo boat trip), Iquitos, Tarapoto, Pedro Ruiz, Chiclayo, Mancora, and Tumbes.
·Bolivia (October 31 - November 28, 2004):
Copacabana, La Paz, Coroico, Rurrenabaque-Pampas, Cochabamba, Villa Tunari (Chapare -- coca-growing region), Buena Vista, Santa Cruz, Samaipata, Vallegrande (Che Guevara's gravesite), La Higuera del Che (site of Che's "Last Stand"), Sucre, Potosi (Cerro Rico Mine), Uyuni, Salar de Uyuni (world's largest salt flats), and Quijarro (death bus to Santa Cruz: 02/07->08/05).
·Chile (November 28 - 30, 2004):
San Pedro de Atacama (Driest desert in the world).
·Argentina (November 30, 2004 - January 11, 2005):
Salta, Cafayate, Cordoba, Mendoza (Vino tinto!), Neuquen (Ceramica Zanon -- a worker-controlled factory since October, 2001), Buenos Aires, Concordia, and Puerto Iguazu (Iguazu Falls -- world´s largest waterfalls).
·Brazil (January 11 - February 7, 2005):
Foz do Iguazu, Curitiba, Paranagua (Ihla do Mel), Porto Alegre (World Social Forum V), Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Corumba.
·Ecuador (March 8 - 21, 2005):
Machala, Baños, Quito, Boliche (train-top ride), Otavalo.
·Venezuela (March 21 - 28 and May 7 - 13, 2005):
Caracas, Puerto Colombia-Choroni, Chuao, Caracas.
·Colombia (March 29 - May 7, 2005):
Santa Marta, Taganga (Playa Grande), Ciudad Perdida (6-day hike in the Sierra Nevada), Tayrona National Park (Playa El Cabo), Cartagena (plus Volcan Totumo), Medellin, Circasia, Salento (coffee region... mmm), Valle de Cocora, Popayan, Bogota, Villa de Leyva.
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