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Join me as I trek, horse-ride, quad-bike and climb South America, visiting mountains and volcanos in Peru, Bolivia and Chile and enjoying everything in between. There'll be laughter, language issues (I don't speak Spanish) and lots of llamas.
Jonathan Peck
Dec 7, 20236 min read
Blog 21: Sunset on Santiago
4th - 8th December 2023 So finally, I arrived in Santiago from Puerto Montt, for a few days of city-stay prior to returning to Melbourne....
Jonathan Peck
Dec 6, 202310 min read
Blog 20: The Llama that Spat
6th December 2023 My final day tour in Chile was to the Incan Lake at Portillo, high up in the Andes behind Santiago, on the border with...
Jonathan Peck
Dec 3, 20239 min read
Blog 19: Climb Every Mountain
3 December 2023 Well ok, I only climbed one mountain, two if you include inti punku, three if you include Humantay. And this one was...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 29, 20234 min read
Blog 18: The Farm From Heaven
30th November - 4th December 2023 It was an eventful trip out to El Chucao, the farmstay I had organised on Airbnb. It was to be...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 28, 20234 min read
Blog 17: A Fly-Past of the Andes
29-30 November 2023 After enjoying the heat and sunshine of the deserts in Bolivia and Chile, I was ready for something new and looking...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 26, 20231 min read
Blog 16: Chilling in the Wild West
26-29 November 2023 There is very little to write about in this blog, I'm simply trying to convey the relaxing vibe of San Pedro de...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 26, 20235 min read
Blog 15: Hot Air and a Desert Dawn
27th November 2023 After my 40 days and nights in Bolivia, I was ready for some R&R by the pool in San Pedro. But not without first...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 24, 20235 min read
Blog 14: 40 Days and 40 Nights in Bolivia (Part 3: Bye Bye Bolivia)
We woke early on Day 4 or Day 3, our last day in Bolivia. At 5000m, it was freezing outside. Our camp had been warm and comfortable but...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 23, 20238 min read
Blog 13: 40 Days and 40 Nights in Bolivia (Part 2: Flamingos)
So began Day 3. Or in my book, it was really only Day 2, because you could hardly call the day prior to catching the overnight bus in La...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 23, 20237 min read
Blog 12: 40 Days and 40 Nights in Bolivia (Part 1: Uyuni Salt Flats)
23-26 November 2023 OK, so it was actually 4 days and 3 nights in the wilderness, and one of those days, as it turns out, was...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 22, 20234 min read
Blog 11: Gerard Murphy's hat
23 November 2023 I had only one project for today and that was to meet a commitment I made in Talbot back in September to buy Gerard...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 19, 20237 min read
Blog 10: A Spell in the Witches Market
20-22 November 2023 Arriving by plane in La Paz is not the most attractive entrance to the city. After flying over Lake Titicaca, the...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 18, 20237 min read
Blog 9: Horseback to a Glacial Lake
19th November 2023 After all the drama of Machu Picchu and the train ride back to Cusco, it felt like my scheduled trip to Lake Humantay,...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 17, 20234 min read
Blog 8: A Hot Spring in the Rainforest
18th November 2023 After coming down from Macchu Picchu (physically and intellectually), I had an evening and almost a full day to...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 16, 20236 min read
Blog 7: Machu Picchu, The Wonder of the World
17th November 2023 On 17th November 2023 I visited the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu, the fabled city of the Incas that was lost to the...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 15, 20237 min read
Blog 6: Coming Down from a High
16 November 2023 So there I was, at my Holy Grail, the Sun Gate at Inti Punku. I'd dreamed of it so long I welled up as the sun set on...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 15, 202310 min read
Blog 5: My Holy Grail
15 November 2023 After my day hooning around the Sacred Valley on a quad bike at speeds of up to 35kph, it was time to leave Cusco for a...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 13, 20235 min read
Blog 4: Ancient Incan Quad-biking
14th November 2023 By the time my first excursion out of Cusco came around, I'd adjusted to the jetlag, but wasn't sure if I'd adjusted...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 12, 20236 min read
Blog 3: Crusty Cusco Characters
13th November 2023 With a couple of days dedicated just to acclimatising, I got to spend a fair bit of time observing, chatting to, and...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 11, 20235 min read
Blog 2: Cusco throws a Welcome Parade
12th November 2023 At first glance, arriving into Cusco is like arriving into some central Spanish city like Salamanca or Toledo. The...
Jonathan Peck
Nov 11, 20233 min read
Blog 1: Antarctica, South America and Warracknabeal
11th November 2023 Hi there! Dr Juan here (you can call me Juanathan). The blog template says introduce yourself first, so hey, let's...
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