South America

After the Inca Trail and Machu Picchu, my brother Alex, our new friend from the Inca Trail, Tsvetomira, and I had six weeks of adventures together through Peru and Ecuador that included hiking the second highest canyon in the world, hiking a 19,000 ft volcano, sandboarding down giant sand dunes, partying in awesome hostels on […]

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Touring Machu Picchu

by Dan Fey on July 11, 2012

This post is a continuation of The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu, click here to read the first post. Just the same as the last three days, my parents, brother, Tsvetomira, and I were hiking on the Inca Trail in search of Machu Picchu.  Today was our last day, and we knew we were close […]

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For me, hiking the Inca Trail for four days with my mom Sandy, dad Michael, and brother Alex followed by a spectacular experience at Machu Pichhu was the highlight of my three months in South America. Machu Picchu lived up to all of the amazing things I heard about it before seeing it for myself. […]

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Cerro Santa Lucia is a beautiful hill in the middle of Santiago, Chile.  This picture is taken on top of Fort Hidalgo, which was built in 1820 as a defensive point.

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It was about 12:30pm on April 25th, the day I arrived in Valparaiso via bus from Mendoza. I was walking around the beautifully colored houses sitting on Cerro Carcel (Carcel Hill) on a beautiful, blue sky day. I was elated from my Adventures across Argentina and happy to be walking around alone to soak in […]

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After two weeks in Argentina, I’ve hiked nine hours from day to night in Patagonia, hitchhiked six hours with a gas truck driver who spoke only Spanish, and spent a day touring and tasting wines via bicycle. These adventures have allowed me to understand just a taste of Argentina’s beauty and amazing culture. In this […]

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After two weeks in Argentina, I’ve hiked nine hours from day to night in Patagonia, hitchhiked six hours with a gas truck driver who spoke only Spanish, and spent a day touring and tasting wines via bicycle. These adventures have allowed me to understand just a taste of Argentina’s beauty and amazing culture. In this […]

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After two weeks in Argentina, I’ve hiked nine hours from day to night in Patagonia, hitchhiked six hours with a gas truck driver who spoke only Spanish, and spent a day touring and tasting wines via bicycle. These adventures have allowed me to understand just a taste of Argentina’s beauty and amazing culture. In this […]

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