The Journey Through South America
For my South America trip (the original “Journey”):
Here’s a comparison of my original planned itinerary and what I actually ended up doing. In the beginning of my trip I moved a lot quicker than I’d anticipated, though I eventually ended up falling back in time with my itinerary after spending a longer amount of time in some places (even despite skipping a few others in the mean time). And of course in the end I did come home a week earlier than I’d originally planned.
So here’s the journey, in all it’s glory:
| Date | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| September | ||
| 7 | Fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina | Fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 8 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires |
| 9 | Buenos Aires | Tigre |
| 10 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires |
| 11 | Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires |
| 12 | Iguazu Falls | Iguazu Falls |
| 13 | Iguazu Falls | Iguazu Falls |
| 14 | Travel | Travel, Iguazu to Salta |
| 15 | Salta | Salta |
| 16 | Salta | Cafayate |
| 17 | Salta | Salta to San Pedro de Atacama, Chile |
| 18 | Salta | San Pedro de Atacama |
| 19 | Salta | San Pedro |
| 20 | Salta | San Pedro |
| 21 | Salta | Salar de Uyuni |
| 22 | Salta to Chile | Salar de Uyuni |
| 23 | San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | Salar de Uyuni, Uyuni to Sucre, Bolivia |
| 24 | San Pedro | Sucre |
| 25 | San Pedro | Sucre |
| 26 | Salar de Uyuni | La Paz |
| 27 | Salar de Uyuni | La Paz |
| 28 | Salar de Uyuni | La Paz |
| 29 | Salar de Uyuni | La Paz |
| 30 | Uyuni to Potosi, Bolivia | Copacabana |
| October | ||
| 1 | Potosi | Copacabana/Isla del Sol |
| 2 | Potosi | To Puno, Peru |
| 3 | Sucre | Puno |
| 4 | Sucre | To Arequipa |
| 5 | Sucre | Arequipa |
| 6 | La Paz | Arequipa |
| 7 | La Paz | Arequipa |
| 8 | La Paz | Colca Canyon |
| 9 | La Paz | Colca Canyon |
| 10 | La Paz | Colca Canyon |
| 11 | Copacabana | Arequipa |
| 12 | Copacabana | Arequipa |
| 13 | Puno, Peru | Cusco |
| 14 | Puno | Cusco |
| 15 | Cusco | Cusco |
| 16 | Cusco | Cusco |
| 17 | Cusco | Cusco |
| 18 | Cucso (Dad arrives) | Cusco (Dad arrives) |
| 19 | Machu Picchu | Lares trek |
| 20 | Machu Picchu | Lares trek |
| 21 | Machu Picchu | Lares trek |
| 22 | Machu Picchu | Machu Picchu |
| 23 | Cusco (Dad leaves) | Cusco (Dad leaves) |
| 24 | Arequipa | Cusco |
| 25 | Arequipa | Cusco/to Ica |
| 26 | Arequipa | Huacachina |
| 27 | Arequipa | Huacachina |
| 28 | Nazca | Huacachina to Lima |
| 29 | Huacachina | Lima |
| 30 | Islas Ballestas, to Lima | Lima |
| 31 | Lima | Lima |
| November | ||
| 1 | Lima | Lima |
| 2 | To Huaraz | Huaraz |
| 3 | Huaraz | Huaraz |
| 4 | Huaraz | Huaraz |
| 5 | Huanchaco/Trujillo | Huanchaco/Trujillo |
| 6 | Huanchaco/Trujillo | Huanchaco/Trujillo |
| 7 | Huanchaco/Trujillo | Mancora |
| 8 | Mancora | Mancora |
| 9 | Mancora | Mancora |
| 10 | Mancora | To Cuenca, Ecuador |
| 11 | Into Ecuador | Cuenca |
| 12 | Ecuador (unplanned)* | Baños |
| 13 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Baños |
| 14 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Baños |
| 15 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Baños, to Quito |
| 16 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 17 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 18 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 19 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Fly to Galapagos |
| 20 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 21 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 22 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 23 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 24 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 25 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos |
| 26 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Galapagos, fly to Quito, nightbus to Lago Agrio |
| 27 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Lago Agrio, to jungle/Cuyabeno Reserve |
| 28 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Cuyabeno Reserve |
| 29 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Cuyabeno Reserve |
| 30 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Cuyabeno Reserve |
| December | ||
| 1 | Ecuador (unplanned) | To Lago Agrio |
| 2 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 3 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 4 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 5 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 6 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Quito |
| 7 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Fly back to U.S. |
| 8 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio, U.S. |
| 9 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio |
| 10 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio |
| 11 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio |
| 12 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio |
| 13 | Ecuador (unplanned) | Ohio |
| 14 | Fly back to U.S. | Ohio |
*My original plan for Ecuador, as stated on the original “The Journey” page: “I’m leaving about a month of time for Ecuador – will probably include Baños, rainforest/Amazon, cloud forest, Vilacabamba, Machalilla, and hopefully the Galapagos.”
Girl, Unmapped 
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