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Porto, Portugal
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Bogotá, Colombia
BUY WATER BAGS!!
50000COP around 10£
FROM AIRPORT: official taxi from airport (on the right on internationals arrival). make sure they start the count.
Tapsi or Easy Taxi apps
HOTEL: Torre acqua lofts downtown Bogotá
Free walking tour 17/9 @ 10am 1000,000COP (couple)
Candelaria: Botero museum (closed Tuesdays) visit on the 18th
Plaza bolivar (street food), palace justice, national capitol, cathedral
Moseo de oro 2£
Walk around Calle del embudo
Monserrate: funicular 6:30-11:45, cable car 12-10pm
Botanic garden (maybe not ?too far)
Santuário nuestra senora del Carmen
Parque central Simon bolívar (free)
Plaza de mercado de paloquemao (food market)
Calle 79b
Nightlife: zona T, la aquelarre, quebra canto
FOOD: hot chocolate with cheese (santafereno), AJIACO soup, arepas, pan de bono, empanadas, TAMALES, lechona,
Fruit: lulo, Guanabana, mamoncillo.
Lá puerta falsa: budget friendly
Andre’s carne de res: steaks
Granadilla, sancocho, arepas, obleas,
OUTFIT: jeans, toe covered shoes, cardigan, rain. No shorts, sandals
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Salento, Colombia
HOTEL: intiLuna hostel
Los amigos: Tejo game
TOUR COCORA VALLEY BOOKED: 130,000COP/pp + 30,000COP/pp coffee tour. to pay there
Hike cocora valley: main town square in salento before 8:30, but a return ticket for a Willy (colourful Jeep) 10,000cop/pp.valle de cocora loop (4-6hr hike) anti-clock wise.
BRING CASH: entry free 6,000cop, hummingbird sanctuary 20,000cop, national park fee 20,000cop.
Coffee tour! El Ocaso tour 40,000 cop
Hike up the el mirador
Plaza de bolivar
FOOD: trucha with cream and garlic , menu del dia (la posada de Rubi)
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Medellín, Colombia
HOTEL: poblado guest house
Bus: terminal del sur. taxi to guest house
FROM/TO HOTEL: easy taxis / uber (sit at the front, illegal)
FOOD: el cielo restaurant. Mango michelada at the top of el penol. El altar, ganso & castor, general cafe, casa el ramal
21/9 arrive and leave bags at the hotel. BOOK GUATAPE TOUR. Lunch, sesta 1:30h. Free walking tour communa 13 @16:30-19h 100,000COP
22/9 trip to guatape NEEDS BOOKING the day before at the hotel 109,000 pp
23/9 free walking tour @11h Explore El poblado. san antonio park, coltejer building, Plaza botero, park of lights, national palace, la alpujarra, barefoot park, berrio park.
to visit: museum of antioquia. Parque lleras , parque arvi (metro cable- L line)
evening: el poblado,
TO AIRPORT: take bus from San Diego mall (with tunel light) 20,000cop
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Cartagena, Colombia
FROM/TO AIRPORT: taxi
HOTEL: habitacion receien restaurada POD A
10124 Calle 31 getsemani, 130001
(Urbanick)
Avoid street vendors!!
Uber ✅
Visit castle san felipe de Barajas, then Free walking tour 24/9 @ 10-12:30 meeting camellon de los mártires. (Includes: torre del reloj, portal de los dulces, Pedro claver, plaza simon bolivar, parque centenário (spot sloths), plaza de la Trinidad, plaza del pozo, etc)
Breakfast at época cafe bar
las bóvedas market, getsemanis (?graffiti tour), walled city (Catedral de Santa Catalina de Alejandría and Santuario de San Pedro Claver, Torre del Reloj (coconut ice cream), Plaza de Santo Domingo), plaza de la Trinidad, boca grande neighbourhood
Sunset cafe del mar, la serrezuela, la Terraza municipal, cycle centro historico
25/9 playa castillo grande, playa blanca (overcrowded and overpriced) (get the boat back to Cartagena); islaBela; ?tour to rosários islands. ??tour 5 islands
26/9 palenqueras; ?vulcano mud experience 5h
FOOD: cafe san Alberto’s (best coffee) , NUFF, arepas, el burlador gastrobar restaurant, ceviche; la cevicheria (restaurant), ana’s restaurant , carmen, nami, época cafe bar, pascal, di Silvio trattoria, libertário coffe rosters or ábaco livros y café (coffe),
Salsa bar: cafe Havana, tertúlia
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Lima, Peru
TO/FROM AIRPORT: taxi from airport. Uber, cabify NEVER a random taxi in the street) TAXIDATUM
TIPS: 5-10 soles in family restaurants.
25 soles: 5£ 50 soles - 10£
Diamond/ acetazolamida: inkaFarma
Explore by foot or taxi (ask hotel to book registered taxi) -
HOTEL: KACLLA the healing dog hostel
Walking free tour 27/9/24 @ 11am
Mirflores: parque Kennedy, parque del amor. Guava pucllana, Plaza de armas, centro histórico (during the day!), basilica cathedral of Lima, basilica e convento de San Francisco, mercado n1 de surquillo,
Visit barranco.
FOOD: Ceviche, arroz con pato, chicharrones, causa, aji de galinha, nikkei, la lucha sangucheria (sandwiches and French fries), lomo saltado, jalea limena, conchas negras, tiradito
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Cusco, Peru
HOTEL: Gringo bill's cusco
UBER ✅ TAXIDATUM
EXCHANGE EUROS TO BOLOVIAN PESOS
FOOD: salchipapas (fried sausages and potatoes), Lomo Saltado,
28/9: Plaza de Armas, Cusco Cathedral, Sacsayhuaman ruins, San Pedro Market (lunch) ?walking free tour @16h (booked), Cristo blanco, temple of the sun, san blas, qenco, puka pukara, tambomachay.
Evening: downtown
29/9: travel to Ollantaytambo (buy Partial Tourist Ticket Circuit III) - Maras Salt Mines (salineras de Maras), Moray ruins, pisac, chinchero and Ollantaytambo (book tour to sacred valley: convenient)
stay in Ollantaytambo (Casa D'Maria hotel)
30/9 visit Machu Pichu 11h entrance (train to aguas callientes, bus to citadel), then train back to olly. collectivo from olly to cusco
01/10 rainbow mountain tour
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La Paz, Bolivia
TIPS/MONEY: 50bolivianos - 5.60£
HOTEL: hostal la posada de la abuela
FREE WALKING TOUR: 03/10/2024 @ 10:30
Witches market, San Francisco Church + basilica, Plaza Murrillo, visit el alto (not very safe, visit during the day), use mi teleferico, san pedro prison, mercado rodriguez, ?cholita wrestling, calle jaen, calle sagarnaga (shopping), parque mirador Laikakota
?ride death road
FOOD: salteñas (am), black potato soup, fruit salad (mercado camacho), el ceibo's chocolate, catfish,
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Uyuni Salt Flat, Bolivia
uyuni salt flats tour (contact 2 days before •••••••••••••)
5/10/24 @ 10:30 downtown uyuni, bus station
7/10/2024 transfer to san pedro de atacama
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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Bus from San Pedro de Atacama to Calama Airport (pay at the time)
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Santiago, Chile
TIPS/MONEY: 12,500=10£
HOTEL: aji Hostel
cabify instead of Uber
Centro Cultural La Moneda: changing of the guard at La Moneda (Constitución Square) @ 10am.The whole ceremony takes around 30 minutes – and has been done since 1851!
FREE WALKING TOUR: 08/10/2024 @ 3pm.
Bellavista barrio, plaza de armas, paseo bandera, constituizon plaza, metropolitan cathedral, parcs bicentenario + araucano, street art, barrio italia, parque florestal, gondola / cable car to cerro san cristobal, cerro santa lucia, huerfanos street (downtown), Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, CEMENTERIO GENERAL DE SANTIAGO
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos - free, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 6pm
FOOD: cazuela, central market (seafood) + La Vega Central, empanadas, sopapillas con pebre, ceviche, leche asada, pisco sours (chipe libre), Emporio Zunino: empanadas, cafe derby
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Punta Arenas, Chile
collect car and drive to el calafate vie puerto natales
Paso Rio don Guillermo border (8am-10pm) no fruits/vegetable.
around 5-6h
Try Cordero Patagonia e centolla (crab)
Rest: la marmita
Unimark supermarket:
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El Calafate, Argentina
ARGENTINA TIPS/MONEY: 12000=10£
Perito Moreno 500ars ?tour ?drive there at dawn wake up at 4am. BRING SNACKS! For picnic
then drive to el chalten (3,5h)
Calafate ice cream
Lá tablita restaurant, la zaina
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El Chaltén, Argentina
11/10: small hike 15min to condor lookout (sunset)
Trek de los condores and las Aguilas viewpoint (2h)
12/10: base of mount fitz Roy via laguna de los tres (early start at Hosteria el pilar trailhead (piedras blancas glacier on the way)- 8h moderate trail 22-26km(packed lunch). option to come back to same place or go to Sendero al Fitz Roy and get transport to el pilar (14km).
Bring hat and gloves, napapijiri, layers tshirt, long sleeve, fleece, waterproof top, suncream, mosquito spray, sunglasses, bone, power bank,
Campground 10-15min before the climb: poincenot. BRING TOILET PAPER.
At the top, go down the lake on the left side, then up the little hill 7-8min to see another glacier.
Came back towards Laguna capri.
13/10 ?el chalten in the morning then drive to puerto natales (or just drive down to Cuernos del Paine trail - starts at Refugio Basico Pudeto (1h45m)
In puerto natales: coffee maker for the hiews
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Puerto Natales, Chile
CHILE
14/10 Mirador las Torres Hike 21km (torres del paine welcome centre carpark). 21,000 clp
drive to punta arenas hostal al sur del mundo
El lago pehoé
Rest: Afrigonia: mix Africa and Patagonia
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Punta Arenas, Chile
CHILE
relax after long walk
15/10 ? pinguim tour 100£/pp 4-5h
return car at 18h
?visit punta arenas: walk the promenade
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Ushuaia, Argentina
8am: bus to Ushuaia
cerro guanaco trail 8km 4h steep and muddy!!
cerra costera trail 8km 2-3h mainly flat - trailhead: southernmost post office in the world, buy a card and send it. passport stamp!
ARGENTINA
FOOD: centola; Maria Lola restaurant of BarDPizzas
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
FOOD: asado, empanadas, alfajores, medialuna (small croissant), La Brigada:steak, Parilla Peña: empanada, entraña (flank steak) smothered in chimichurri sauce and flan mixto (flan served with whipped cream and dulce de leche),
Rodeo restaurant
Fogon asado, el secretito, parrilla pena,
SUBE card - subway
?free bike share
Recoleta: TEATRO COLÓN (?evening show), Cemetery: World’s Most Beautiful Cemetery, El Ateneo Grand Splendid, El Caminito in La Boca, Obelisco De Buenos Aires, Plaza de Mayo: the Catedral Metropolitana, Cabildo (town hall) and The Casa Rosada (?book a free tour on weekends), BUENOS AIRES BOTANICAL GARDENS, Mercado De Las Pulgas, San Telmo (market)
Bar Sur (tango show), the
PRENDA OARA CASTRO : matcha mate
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Iguazu Falls, Argentina
ARGENTINA: visit this side on the 21st of Oct. then pass the border to brazilian side
hotel: BRAZIL: visit 22nd early in the morning before opening
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
TIPS/MONEY: 73 reais=10£
100 reais= 14£
150 reais = 21£
FOOD: pastel, churrasco, acarajé, confeitaria Colômbia (breakfast and lunch buffet)
25/10 ?cristo redentor (train) early Copacabana NEEDS BOOKING + Ipanema + Leblon beach
24/10 pão de açúcar (150 reais) earlyyyy! NEEDS BOOKING! (Cable car) Cristo redentor (?after favela) ; walking free tour favela @14h
23/10 @ 15h walking free tour @ largo da Carioca centro; escadaria selaron; aqueduto carioca; catedral metropolitana de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro; real gabinete português de leitura; praça Floriano Peixoto (cinelandia square); praça 15 de novembro; centro cultural banco do brasil Rio de Janeiro; igreja da Nossa senhora da candelária; São Bento monastery; museu do amanhã; rio art museum; street art mural;
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Porto, Portugal