Category: Americas
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In New York City parties is a verbatim account of some of the traveling oddities that happened to me on a trip I took to the United States. It was a short but intense trip, in fact I will devote no less than two episodes of the podcast to it. In this one, which is…
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Altitude sickness was my concern for this trip, partly because of my hypertension. Read more about it here ; I started getting sick when I got to 4,000 meters, there are those who suffer from it much earlier. Years later in Bolivia, however, I dealt with it differently and had no problems. My general practitioner…
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Other completely different scenery is on the way up to the Andes. Here, of course, the desert is rocky and arid given the altitude, and at the highest point where we stopped(Mirador de los vulcanes), we could see the highest peaks of the Andes. This rather long journey saw us leave before dawn, and at…
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The tour to the Islas Ballestas was the start with a bang of a stellar trip, but if I had chosen the itinerary, I would have given more space to Lima, which we visited rather hastily instead. Tours in the Islas Ballestas These small islands are called the Peruvian Galapagos because of the very large…
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I realized the dream of traveling to Peru in August 2018. Going to the Andes was one of my geographic puns that had been in my head forever. It lasted 17 days and was a group trip with an agency. The destinations were. This was our itinerary, very classic compared to those who go to…
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Another really special experience is seeing sports in the U.S.; particularly in New York it is an integral part of many people’s vacation. Watching sports in the US: basketball In general it is always meritorious because of the much more serene and joyful atmosphere than we have. I was particularly lucky because the 2 sporting…
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One of the many myths I had as a traveler was to see New York with snow, and I was lucky because I caught it on the very last day. Instead I was definitely unlucky with accommodations, but sleeping decently and cheaply in New York is impossible. Sleeping in New York Sleeping in New York…
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After the 3 nights in Chicago, using my United voucher, I went to enjoy my Christmas in New York. To be precise, it was the days following Christmas, but the atmosphere was intact. Like in the movies, I too at Christmas in New York. I went back to the places I remembered most fondly from…
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Chicago in winter: the windy city I had always had it in my mind to see Chicago in winter. The metropolis on Lake Michigan, famous for its frigid climate being exposed to Arctic currents, so super cold and very windy. In my head I had the idea of visiting it just in winter. Also because…
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The trip I called traveling in the USA in winter was not in my plans, I had little time to accomplish it, but I consider it one of the most successful. After being there in the summer, I had many reasons for wanting to return to those parts in the winter. Why traveling in the…