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1. Travel Tip:
Arriving in Lima
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By the time we arrived in Lima I was utterly exhausted, but I couldn't help feeling a sense of pride in making it, by enduring the trip I felt like I deserved to be there. I’d felt the journey,... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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2. Travel Tip:
The end of the line - almost
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Despite everything I went to sleep happy that night. I had my sleeping bag, the kids weren't crying, the Peruvians were sleeping, and it was the last night of this, my own personal hell! I should... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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3. Travel Tip:
The Chile/Peru Border
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The Chile/Peru border was dull except for the thorough searches the officials insisted on which allowed me to rescue my sleeping bag from my rucksack for one night of warmth on the bus. I still... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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4. Travel Tip:
Peruvian mercy
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My endurance of the Peruvians and they're increasingly more frequent and high pitched mocking exclamations of por favor paid off, because that night I was given a coat, and a blanket to sleep with.... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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5. Travel Tip:
Things begin to get desperate
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This is where the sleep deprivation really kicks in and the first national secrets are forming on my lips. Exhausted, dragged out of paradise and stuffed into a sweat box, the thought of another... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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6. Travel Tip:
The Chile/Argentine border
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The border itself lies right in the heart of the Andes and was the closest thing to pure, unadulterated sweet relief that is possible after being clamped inside that rolling tin pencil case for... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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7. Travel Tip:
Approaching the Chilean border
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Towards the border things became interesting again. A Peruvian family made a daylight raid on my fruit rations which were so blatant that all I could do was stare quizzically before I realized that... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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8. Travel Tip:
The Andes come into view
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With fresh hope and sunshine warming the bus I caught my first few hours of sleep before waking as if from a premonition just in time to see the Andes appearing in the distance. Nothing I can say... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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9. Travel Tip:
The future begins to look bleak
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The temperature plummeted to close to the 0°Kelvin mark and the stalactites growing from my nose were about to start merging with the stalagmites growing from my feet, locking me forever in a... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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10. Travel Tip:
The beginning of the end
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The first few hours of my 3 days journey went well enough; I had 2 seats to myself, my own TV, and was far enough from the toilet to avoid death by fumigation as at least two passengers seemed to... Tags for this Chapter: bustrips buenosaires lima chile argentina peru |
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