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.”
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