Viaje Loco: A quick briefing...

So like I said in the end of my last post, I left Emily and Dan, went home to pack my backpack, and then caught a bus to our meeting point at my friend Kellie's.  Since our plane wasn't until 6:00AM Kellie had called for a taxi at 2:00AM. We all met around 12:00 in order to make sure we had everything we needed (or so we thought) and to say some goodbyes to all the friends who were leaving the following week. At this point I felt like I had been saying too many goodbyes lately and was ready for our trip to get underway.

Here is a quick rundown of the trip:

1. Start by traveling by plane (our one and only of the trip) to Lima, Peru
2. Bus to Cusco, Peru
3. Van and then train to Aguas Calientes (Machu Picchu)
4. Train then van back to Cusco, Peru
5. Bus to Puno, Peru (Lake Titikaka)
6. Cross the border (just barely) into Bolivia and bus on to La Paz, Bolivia (Death Road)
7. Bus from La Paz to Uyuni, Bolivia (Salt Flats) 
8. Train to border of Villazon, Bolivia into La Quiaca, Argentina (home home home!)
9. Bus from La Quiaca to Salta, Argentina
10. Say goodbye to Kellie, bus from Salta back to BsAs

So in an orderly numbered list those are the steps of our crazy Viaje Loco. Now to try to blog about it all...this might not be so orderly,  just a heads up.

P.S. These are my travel friends! Sam is on the left, Kellie on the left