Friday 1 March 2013

My Mexico & South America travel diary.. 127 days


This is a work in progress diary, I had so much fun, I didn't manage to update it all whilst I was away for 127 days, travelling between 26th November 2012 & 2nd April 2013

I travelled through 5 countries, Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina & Brazil.
Here is a route map of my trip

SHORT DAY by DAY diary
Day 127 - 1st Apr - Final day of sunbathing in Buzios, 4pm bus to Rio & Fly Home Rio to LHR
Day 126 - 31st Mar-Relaxing day of sunbathing at the Nomad hostel in Buzios & a lovely last dinner out

Day 125 - 30th Mar- Beach, followed by a banging party @ Fishbone, on Geriba beach, followed by a night of Dancing at Privilege in Buzios
 

Day 124 - 29th Mar- Couldn't resist going back to Geriba beach
 

Day 123 - 28th Mar- Explore the beach on the other side 20real taxi ride to Geriba beach. Watching the Slackline acrobats show their moves off on the beach.
 

Day122- 27th Mar - 13:15 bus to Buzios, arrive @ 4pm & check in to Nomads Hostel. Great location & great view
 

Day 121- 26th Mar- Grey day, no sunbathing to be had, so a bus trip into copacabana

Day 120- 25th Mar- Botanical gardens

Day 118- 24th Mar- Tour day - Christ the Redeemer, santa Theresa, Lapa Steps & sugar loaf mountain. Shame the weather was grey or covered in cloud.

Day 117- 23rd Mar- Walk length of Leblon & Ipanema beach & back

Day 116- 22nd Mar- First day in Rio, staying in Leblon at Lemon Spirit Hostel. 2-5mins walk to the beach. Perfect. Nicer than Ipanema or Cobacabana beaches too

Day 115- 21st Mar- Last day in BA, race across town from Palermo to get a "Notary Public" to witness signing some papers from home. Appreciate looking up on the way (PM)Fly from Buenos Aires to Rio De Janeiro

Day 114 - 20th Mar- Pedro's 6th Birthday - Feliz Comple

Day 113 - 19th Mar-
Day 112 - 18th Mar-
Day 111 - 17th Mar-Arrive in BA, BBQ @ Carlos' house
Day 110 - 16th Mar-Bus Salta to Buenos Aires - overnight 20 hrs
Day 110 - 15th Mar-Salt Flats
Day 109 - 14th Mar -Trene de las Nubes route
day 108 - 13th Mar -
Day 107 - 12th Mar-
Day 106 - 11th Mar- Arrive in Salta, check into Hostel & chill for rest of day
Day 105 - 10th Mar - Villa Berna, Durazno river, PM night bus to Cordoba to Salta

Day 104 - 9th Mar - Chez Gevara's house, lunch in La Cubrecita, Villa Gereral Belgrano, stay in Santa Rosa

Day 103 - 8th Mar - Day out with the crew, lunch & some sights

Day 102 - 7th Mar - Some sights on my own, lots of churches, Monseratt school etc

Day 101 - 6th Mar - Arrive in Cordoba
Day 100 - 5th mar - Waterfall
Day 99 - 4th mar - Day off hiking
Day 98 - 3rd mar - Next best hike - Los Torres
Day 97 - 2nd Mar - Fitzroy hike - Los tres Lagunas, 8 hrs there & back including a break at the top
Day 96 - 1st Mar - 7am pickup to Viedma Ice hiking trip, with drop off in El Chalten. Amazing day

Day 95 - 28th Feb - Fly to El Calafate
Day 94 - 27th Feb - Admin day, pack, walk the dog & have a lie in. Made my first Mate & drank it out of my own cup
Day 93 - 26th Feb - Pedicure in the morning - 70 pesos, Budget & travel planning, book flight to El Calafate
Day 92 - 25th Feb - Into the office with Andy, organise photos, lunch & Downloading Salvador Carnival songs

Day 91 - 24th Feb - Visit Tigre - Puerto Fruita, smoothie, shopping & see the sights
Day 90 - 23rd Feb - Trip to Argentinian Hairdresser to get my hair coloured
Day 89 - 22nd Feb - Visit to La Boca & restaurant in Palermo

Day 88 - 21st Feb -
Day 87 - 20th Feb -Early morning run on the beach before flying back to Buenos Aires

Day 86 - 19th Feb -Boat from Island of Morro de Sao Paulo to Salvador
Day 85 - 18th Feb - p.m. Beach party

Day 84 - 17th Feb - Boat trip round the island & Early night
Day 83 - 16th Feb - Beach during the day & p.m. 'Funny' party or Foam night

Day 82 - 15th Feb - Beach during the day & p.m. Beach party

Day 81 - 14th Feb - Beach during the day & p.m. Toca party

Day 80 - 13th Feb - Early morning boat to Morro de Sao Paulo... take a sea sickness tablet first, it's not a pleasant ride
11am, find an appartment for the 5 of us, p.m. Party at Teatro
Day 79 - 12th Feb - TUCA bloco - start 4.30pm, Moto-taxi home by 8.30, early night & pack
Day 78 - 11th Feb - Camarote Nana
Day 77 - 10th Feb - Evening at the boy's penthouse appartment

Day 76 - 9th Feb - Timbalanda Bloco
 



Day 75 - 8th Feb - YES Bloco - Bob Sinclair

Day 74 - 7th Feb - Experience carnival along side the blocos & on the beach

Day 73 - 6th Feb -Fly from BA to Salvador
Day 72 - 5th Feb -
Day 71 - 4th Feb -
Day 70 - 3rd Feb -
Day 69 - 2nd Feb -
Day 68 - 31st Jan - Look after the kids at home. 37 degree evening & massive thunderstorm

Day 67 - 30th Jan - Recolleta - cemetry

Day 66 - 29th Jan - Puerto Madero

Day 65 - 28th Jan - Saldo - BBQ at home

Day 64 - 27th Jan - Family day by the pool

Day 63 - 26th Jan - Fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina from La Paz, via Santa Cruz

Day 62 - 25th Jan -
Day 61 - 24th Jan - Missed my flight to Uyuni Salt flats

Day 60 - 23rd Jan -
Day 59 - 22nd Jan - Death road cycle ride
Day 58 - 21st Jan - La Paz town

Day 57 - 20th Jan - Isla del Sol & bus to La Paz

Day 56 - 19th Jan - Floating Island of Uros & bus to Copacabana in Bolivia
Day 55 - 18th Jan -
Day 54 - 17th Jan - 
Day 53 - 16th Jan -
Day 52 - 15th Jan - Inca trail day 4 - Machu Picchu

Day 51 - 14th Jan - Inca trail day 3 - double rainbow!

Day 50 - 13th Jan - Inca trail day 2 - camping on top of the world

Day 49 - 12th Jan - Start of my Inca Trail

Day 48 - 11th Jan - Paragliding

Day 47 - 10th Jan - Llama and Alpaca farm

Day 46 - 9th Jan-
Day 45 - 8th Jan - Salt mines, Morray & Maras

Day 44 - 7th Jan - Saqsywaman

Day 43 - 6th Jan - Cuzco explore

Day 42 - 5th Jan - Fly from Mexico to Peru

Day 41 - 4th Jan -
Day 40 - 3rd Jan - Admin day, lie in, washing, manicure & pedicure, afternoon snooze & Peru research
Day 39 - 2nd Jan - Frida Kahlo's house, Zocal area & art galleries

Day 37 - 1st Jan- TV, videos, popcorn & snacks & flight research to Peru
New flight network site recommended
http://www.despegar.com.mx

Day 36 - 31st Dec - New Year's eve - Angel de la Independencia with 12 grapes... for 12 wishes up to xmas

AƱadir leyenda
http://www.yucatan-holidays.com/featured-articles/10-mexican-traditions-for-the-new-year/
Day 35 - 30th Dec - anthrapologie museum, the best muesum I've been to in years. I couldn't leave without going all the way round with the audio guide. After 5 hrs, I made it! A must for anyone going to Mexico city
http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/
Day 34 - 29th Dec -
A long day in the sun & many stairs. Worth the visit, but if you're seeing others in Yucatan, you could miss this one.

Day 33 - 28th Dec - Travel to Mexico City by bus. Amazing changes in scenery. A lovely day time 6hr bus ride. Arrived in the city by 8pm.
Out in Roma Norte with my spanish friends.
Day 32 - 27th Dec - Move to a hostel down the road & head to the town of Arrazola to buy some Alebrejis
Day 31 - 26th Dec - washing, photo uploading & enjoying my expensive hotel room
Day 30 - 25th Dec - skype the family & christmas dinner at Angel hostel

Day 29 - 24th Dec - Monte Alban

Day 28 - 23rd Dec - Surf lesson at 8am, 6hrs bus to Oaxaca, arrive in time for annual radish festival

Day 27 - 22nd Dec - Surf lesson at 4pm, progress!
Day 26 - 21st Dec - End/start of new Mayan era - ceremony on the beach.

Day 25 - 20th Dec - stay another night to have a surf lesson! & celebrate my birthday from midnight

Day 24 - 19th Dec - Collectivo & local bus to Zicatel beach, Puerto Escondido,

Day 23 - 18th Dec - Mazunte beach, more watching of pelicans sweeping down to catch fish & amazing sunset at Punta cometa.

Day 22 - 17th Dec - Mazunte, staying on the hill near Punta cometa, gorgeous balcony & view of the sea!

Day 21 - 16th Dec - Night bus from San Cristobal to Pochutla (to get to Mazunte beach)

Day 20 - 15th Dec - Galleries

Day 19 - 14th Dec - Morning run up to Guadalupe church on hill, worked out why it was so hard, it's 2000m above sea level!
Day 18 - 13th Dec - San Cristobal town & shopping on the great market

Day 17 - 12th Dec - Leave Palenque for San Cristobal de las Casas via Agua Azul & Mizol Ha waterfalls

Day 16 - 11th Dec - Day trip to Yaxchilan & Frontera Corazal

Day 15 - 10th Dec - Check into Margarita & Ed's in El Penchan, visit Palenque ruins & first night in the jungle! stayed in one of the houses at the back, very large double, own bathroom & could hear the jungle if I wanted to, windows had nets on them. Think I paid MXN300 Pesos for one person in a double. Prices for Margarita and Ed's are here:  http://margaritanded.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Prices

Day 14 - 9th Dec - Travel overnight to Palenque on the ADO bus. My first overnight bus! Ouch! Traveled by ADO bus - depart Merida 10pm & arrive in palenque 9am, cost $466 mexican Pesos. http://www.ado.com.mx you can't book on the site, but can see the times.
Day 13 - 8th Dec - Merida - Hammock research & purchase of the best one on corner of Calle 58 & 73

Day 12 - 7th Dec - Meet some nice Italians & go round Chichen Itza & travel to Merida

Day 11 - 6th Dec - Travel to Valladolid & explore the beautiful town & a dip in the Cenote

Day 10 - 5th Dec - A down day chilling in Tulum
Day 9 - 4th Dec - Tulum ruins with 3 guys from German speaking Italy

Day 8 - 3rd Dec - Arrive in Tulum & head to Santa Fe beach by Tulum ruins via M$ 10. Gorgeous beach!

Found a fun Italian bar/restaurant, with a VW Beatle converted into a sugar cane press

Day 7 - 2nd Dec - Slept most of the day getting over last night's sickness, with an evening soak in the hot tub!

Day 6 - 1st Dec - Lido beach club, met a guy from Guadalahara that used to work on Leather lane on the burrito stall... small world. V. Sick that night, at least I was in a nice hotel with private bathroom!

Day 5 - 30th = Early morning walk along to the beach from Playa Del Carmen, South towards Cancun. Gorgeous sea & no hotels, a refreshing break from the strip!

Day 4 - 29th - Excursion to Walmart! Now I know how they prepare cactus for our dinner.

Day 3 - 28th Nov - Exploring the beaches

Day 2 - 27th Nov - Beach, chilling & reading

Day 1 - 26th Nov - Landed in Cancun, Checked into Playa Del Carmen hotel Tortuga

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