Isla del Sol - Bolivia (Day 19-20)

After crossing the Peruvian-Bolivian border we stayed one night in Copacabana, the next morning we took the first boat to Isla del Sol, a small island in Lake Titicaca... Soo peaceful & beautiful... paradise!


Pic 1: Breakfast with a view.


Pic 2: Tea time in the mountains.


Pic 3: Sunrise


Pic 4: Sunrise II


Pic 5: Isla del Sol


Pic 6: Isla del Sol


Pic 7: A local family fishing / Isla del Sol


Pic 8: Isla del Sol


Pic 9: Ruines / Isla del Sol


Pic 10: A nice cactus / Isla del Sol


Pic 11: Isla del Sol


Pic 12: Isla del Sol


Pic 13: Isla del Sol

Puno (Day 17-18)

After the Salkantay Trek I, Itay and Cynthia decided to travel together to Isla del Sol in Bolivia. Our first stop on the way is the city of Puno bordering Lake Titicaca. I really do not find the time to write much so here just some pics...



Pic 1: Arrival in Puno


Pic 2: Cynthia and our Australian friend we met on the bus... sorry mate, forgot your name...


Pic 3: The cook on duty, very proud to pose.


Pic 4: Floating reed islands on Lake Titicaca. Amazing how these constructions keep floating! The Uros people, who live on these islands only come on land to trade fish for goods or burry the dead.


Pic 5: Reed boat


Pic 6: Itay, Cynthia and our Australian friend.


Pic 7: Breakfast time!!!


Pic 8: The bus to Copacabana

Salkantay Trek V (Day 15)

After a great night in Aguas Calientes (sleeping in a bed!) we started climbing to Machu Picchu at about 5.00AM. Wow! What a view! What a city!



Pic 1: Machu Picchu in the early morning...


Pic 2: Machu Picchu after the morning clouds had gone...


Pic 3: "Railway station" of Aguas Calientes


Pic 4: Me & Cynthia in the train to Cuzco.

Salkantay Trek IV (Day 14)

Day 4 of the trek. Hiking from Santa Teresa to Aguas Calientes through the Peruvian jungle.




Pic 1: Cynthia buying our breakfast...


Pic 2: Crossing the river by cable car.


Pic 3: A small settlement in the jungle.


Pic 4: Train arriving in "Hydroelectrico"


Pic 5: Nico & Itay...

Salkantay Trek III (Day 13)

Day 3 of the trek. A 6 hour walk early in the morning and a chill-out afternoon at the hot springs of Santa Teresa...


Pic 1: Early morning river-crossing...


Pic 2: The horses crossing a river...


Pic 3: Very nice tropical fruit, forgot the name...


Pic 4: Picture & lunch time!


Pic 5: Our cook playing mandolina


Pic 6: A big family on the way to the hot springs...


Pic 7: Our third campsite in Santa Teresa.


Pic 8: Dinner from a higher perspective...


Pic 9: After a relaxing day... some beers at the campfire...

Salkantay Trek II (Day 12)

On the second day of the Salkantay Trek we woke up very early at the bottom of the Salkantay mountain. A very hard day passing at an altitude of 4600m. The pics...



Pic 1: Early in the morning, the horses are ready for another hard day...


Pic 2: Cute dog on the way...


Pic 3: Me & Cynthia, la Française "poco loco" during the climb.


Pic 4: Me, near to the top of the Salkantay mountain...


Pic 5: Over the top, descending towards our second campsite...


Pic 6: Soup with French Fries! We deserved it! ;-)

Salkantay Trek I (Day 11)

Woooow! I am just back from a 5 day trekking in the Andean mountains! What a unique experience! Don’t have really much time to tell the whole story, so just some pictures with comment this time!

Here the pictures of the first day! Enjoy!

Pic 1: Luggage and food for 5 days...

Pic 2: Me, two Israeli guys, two Spanish guys, two Brazilians, a Norwegian, a girl from Argentina, et une Francaise... super quoi?!

Pic 3: The night is falling but the base camp nearby...

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Pic 4: Base camp at the foot of the Salkantay mountain...

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Pic 5: Dinner at 4.000m... Extreme temperatures, thin air but a great spirit!

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