28 June 2010
About 3 months ago, we decided to book the most famous trek in South America: the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It was a difficult decision: not only does it cost several hundred dollars per person, but it was also a constraint in our trip since we had to fix a date – and so far, fixed dates never did us any good.
Add the fact that the trail goes up to 4200 meters, exposing us to altitude sickness, we had a little apprehension when we started this 4-day 45km trek which ultimately turned out to be one of the highlights of our trip!
Il y a 3 mois environ, on a decide de reserver la randonnee la plus celebre d’Amerique du Sud : le Chemin de l’Inca jusqu’au Machu Picchu. C’etait une decision difficile : non seulement ca coute plusieurs centaines de dollars par personne, mais en plus ca nous mettait une contrainte de date pour voyager, puisqu’il faut fixer precisement le jour du depart – et jusqu’ici, les dates fixes ne nous ont jamais ete profitables dans ce voyage.
Ajoutez a cela le fait que le sentier grimpe jusqu’a 4200 metres, nous exposant au mal d’altitude, on apprehendait donc un peu cette randonnee de 4 jours et 45 kilometres, qui finalement s’est averee etre une experience formidable !
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26 June 2010
Protests, dance competitions, ruins and the World Cup defined our stay in Cusco, capital of the Inca empire
Manifestations, concours de danse, ruines et coupe du monde ont ponctue notre sejour a Cusco, capitale de l’empire Inca
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24 June 2010
On our way to Peru, we stopped on the Bolivian side of Lake Titicaca – where we explored on foot and by rowboat!
En chemin pour le Perou, notre voyage nous a amene sur les rives boliviennes du fameux lac Titicaca – en fait, on a meme pu naviguer dessus !
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21 June 2010
After cleaning off the dust from the mines, we checked out two more Bolivian cities, Sucre and La Paz, and sped down the most dangerous road in the world on bikes!
Apres nos aventures souterraines, nous avons visite les deux capitales Boliviennes, Sucre et La Paz, et avons descendu a velo la fameuse “route de la mort”
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11 June 2010
Located at an elevation of 4060m, Potosi is the highest city in the world. But, during the 17th century it was also the richest city in the world, thanks to the wealth of silver in the nearby mountain, Cerro Rico, which is still mined to this day, and where we spent a day crawling around in tunnels and blowing up dynamite
Situee a 4060 metres d’altitude, Potosi est la plus haute ville du monde – mais c’etait aussi au XVIIeme siecle la plus grande et la plus riche ville du monde, a cause du gisement d’argent du Cerro Rico toujours exploite aujourd’hui et que nous avons explore
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6 June 2010
Cette expedition de 1000 km en jeep dans le sud de la Bolivie nous a emmene de Tupiza au salar d’Uyuni, a travers le Lipez et ses lagunes colorees, ses geysers, ses llamas et autres flamands roses
This 1000km jeep expedition in the south of Bolivia took us from Tupiza to the Salar of Uyuni, through Lipez with its colourful lakes, geysers, llamas and pink flamingos
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