Tag: walking
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Lima Today, Vancouver Tomorrow, Peru Forever
I’m sitting at the Lima airport currently reflecting on what an amazing adventure the last four weeks have been. Yesterday Kristy and I flew in to Lima and rode to our hostel in the super nice district of Barranco. It’s the Lima equivalent to Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant and it is beautiful. Kristy was unfortunately feeling…
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Unbelievable Beauty at Rainbow Mountain and the Red Valley
Kristy and I have spent the last 4 weeks travelling around Peru, and I could honestly spend another 4 weeks seeing everything that we haven’t seen yet. We have been in Cusco for the last 2 weeks and loving everything this pocket of the country has to offer. However, our return ticket to Canada is…
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What does the Salkantay Trek, fake crying to get into a Wonder of the World, sleeping bags, a zip line showdown, and an 11 passenger van have in common? Read if you dare…..
Let me start by saying that travelling is amazing, money comes and goes, and safety is the most important thing above all. While fortune was not on our side during the Salkantay Trek, we had SO many guardian angels looking our for us that I am forever indebted to. With that being said, August 15-19…
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Malls, Bus Rides, and Arequipa
Kristy and I were originally at a loss for what to do with approximately 7 hours as we waited for our night bus to Arequipa. It’s not the first late night bus ride I have ever been on where I had a long time to wait (see my blog posts leaving Ghent and Paris specifically)…
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Paris Part 2: Mona Lisa, Macarons, and Carbohydrates
It was Good Friday during my second day in Paris, and I woke up bright and early for a day at the world’s most famous museum: The Louvre! I walked the streets of the city from my hostel near Gare Du Nord to the Louvre, and entered at the opening time of 9am. I wouldn’t…
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Mount Snowdon
On my second last day in Wales, we finally took to Mount Snowdon to get the majestic view that everyone had been raving about for 9 months prior. We set off in a cab to the mountain’s base, in the quaint town of Snowdonia. We set off on the Llanberis path, which closely follows the…
Where the Paved Road Ends 