Photo: Arequipa, Peru
During my exploration of the other side of the river in Arequipa (Peru), I found out where and how the taxi drivers wash their cars. I was somehow surprised, yet how else should they wash their cars?
When I was doing my internship at Minka Peru in Trujillo, a friend of mine showed me Chan Chan. Chan Chan is the largest Pre-Columbian city in South America. Some of the pictures below give you an impression how big this city was. I was pretty amazed by the ornaments on the walls, the museum and surrounding sites are also very interesting. We did a lot of great pictures there and had a lot of fun.
For other interesting places in Northern Peru you should check out the article: The Secluded Secrets of Northern Peru on trifter
On one of my exploring trips through Cordoba I found a place with old trains, I saw and I knew “I want get in there” :) Luckily a few days later my friend Thomas visited me, before heading to his internship in Colombia. Hence, we took our new clothes, cameras and some stuff with us and headed to the “train cemetery” (later we found out that his was actually the part of an active train station…).
When we arrived there, we saw a wall before us, well it was definitely made to keep small animals out, because it was too low for us…
Hence, we were in :) running around the place exploring it and of course posing around. Beware, in these areas it may be common that “homeless” people live. After doing photos for a few hours, we began moving on. While walking along the rails, we realized that this wasn’t a train cemetery, it was the inactive area of a large train station. Hence, he headed towards the station platform. As we reach the platform and want to leave the station, we are approached by two policemen (note: I thought these guys were from the military, since their uniforms were green and the equipment look more army than police like). Now we learned something interesting ;) in Argentina you need a ticket to enter the platform, well since we left anyway, it was no problem at all. Thomas charme and persuasive skills were quite practical too.
Here is a video & gallery with more photos from our little adventure, enjoy! For questions and feedback drop me us comment or mail!
I was entering Bolivia from Argentina, the first place I stayed was Tupiza. Tupiza is lovely small town surrounded by a desertlike terrain in red colors similar to Colorado (at least from the pictures). There was the first time I ever tried horse backriding. Well, just one hint, if you never rided on a horse before and your muscles aren’t highly trained I would recommend NOT to take the 6 hours tour. I didn’t knew that I can have muscle soreness in the back and that a muscle soreness can last for 3 threaking days… nevertheless it was one of the best experiences in 2007!
After Tupiza I went to Sucre were I met a real good friend. After a two weeks and some of my best Spanish classes, we moved on to Salar de Uyuni the great salt lakes.
Then our trail parted and I went to Isla del Sol at the lake titicaca, which was one of the most beautiful scenes I have ever experienced.
These are some places of Cordoba (Argentina) you probably won’t see during a tourist tour. These places include an abandoned train station and various old buildings located in different parts of the city. You can find some stories about these places in the adventures section.
Video: Cordoba, Argentina
Video: Cordoba, Argentina
