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Buenos Aires

Ah, where to start! We spent 2 relaxing weeks in Buenos Aires. Most of you reading know by now that I spent a semester (really 3 months) in Buenos Aires in college so this part of our trip was much anticipated by me! I also had been hyping it as the land of good food […]

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Iguazú / Iguaçu : In any language = amazing (part I)

From Cusco we flew to Foz do Iguaçu in Brazil, via Lima. Our goal here was to see Iguazú (Spanish spelling) / Iguaçu (Portuguese spelling), an enormous waterfall on the border. Both countries have national parks for the falls, and both are worth visiting, as you will see below!! We luckily made our fairly short […]

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Machu Picchu

It is iconic, on everyone’s bucket list. And it’s mobbed. (Though, you too can visit virtually here.) It is worth it, however, especially as they have managed to improve crowd control, of late. Waiting 2 hours for an (expensive) bus to the site was normal recently. A new tightly-timed entry system seems to alleviated that […]

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Cusco, Peru (days 41- 49)

After our early departure from Puno, we were able to spend 9 days in Cusco! It was spent over 2 apartments, both in the center of the city. Cusco was the capital of the Inca empire, where its four geographical sections met. As such, in and around the city (called the “Sacred Valley”) are an […]

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Puno, Peru

Our journey to Peru involved many steps and modes of transportation. This is mainly because the airport in Santa Cruz is on an island, so we had to take a taxi (from the hotel) to a 5-minute long ferry, where your luggage goes on the roof of the boat. Then there is a (private, not […]