Weird time was spent in El Chalten starting from the bus that brought us there, where we met Genevieve - an Australian born who grew up in Hong Kong and lived alone with her ten year old brother from the age of twelve in a house of their own. Her story is extraordinary, although I don't think I'm at liberty to tell it. However, I do have her ( Read more... )

Actually, the question was more like to Circuit or not to Circuit. I know it sounds complicated, but it's really not, so just bear with me. The two best and most popular treks in Torres del Paine are "The Circuit", which goes in sort of a circle hitting all the important sites, and "The W", which is a part of "The Circuit" that takes you to the ( Read more... )

Although next to a nice plaza, the hostel we stayed in, "Hostel Carly", was a dinky little place with one, and only one advantage to it - free internet. And there is nothing else that draws Israelis more, like free internet. We've stayed in that hostel a few times already and every time both the machines were taken by my fellow countrymen. The ( Read more... )

Not having found anything else of interest in Arequipa itself, we moved on to plan number two. Colca Canyon, one of the most famous Peruvian wonders,is located not four hours away from Arequipa. Described as being twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and easy enough to hike through without a guide, we could not resist. We caught a 2am bus hoping to ( Read more... )

Traveling, you end up doing many things that are exciting and fun only in recollection. After the wounds have been licked shut and the pain in your lungs does not feel like a knife through the chest anymore - only then you can say with a straight face you would have done it all over again given the opportunity ( Read more... )

No words can express the awesomness of our four day hike on the Inca Trail, So here is a tousand pictures.

To get the most out of the experience, we recommend you watch them climbing up a StairMaster about 65 degrees alternating half a day up, half a day down.



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