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Moving north through Patagonia, we headed to Bariloche, Argentina. Bariloche is the spot for outdoors sports in Argentina: hiking, fishing, rafting, mountain biking, and skiing in the winter. It also has one of National Geographic’s Top Ten Views in the World (which is hyped up all over town, but it’s really pretty awesome).
First, let me just say that that joke never gets old. Any time the temp. drops just a little bit I make it,
as does every other native English speaking dork visiting Chile. Ok, so back to the good shit:
La Paz is Bolivia’s capital city, and is the highest capital city in the world at over 10,000 feet.
This would be ok, except that the city is set in a narrow valley, so it seems like you need to walk up hill no matter where you’re going. The first couple of days in La Paz are exhausting, but you get used to it.
Micheladas are a pretty common drink throughout Mexico and Latin America, and for good reason: they’re tasty when it’s hot out. There are many different types of micheladas, depending on where you’re at, but in the warmer areas of South America they are just lemon, salt and beer (in other areas they can be more complex, and sometime spicy).
After five days travelling downriver from Pucallpa, we reached Iquitos, the largest city on earth not 
connected by roads. Home to over 400,000 people, Iquitos is actually a pretty big, and pretty nice city(considering where you are).
After Arequipa, we travelled back to Lima, and then took the 25-hour bus to Pucallpa. Yes, I know its 
dumb to go to the south, then backtrack and head to the northeast corner, but this is the price you pay fer being an idiot.
Bogota is one of the few places in the world were you can go to a museum and see fine art, have a great meal, and then get a glass of chicha. Chicha is a thick, cream-colored, low-alcohol drink made from fermented corn drink. In La Candelaria you will see signs on lots of bars saying “Chicha Hoy!” The flavor is distinct, kind of tangy, kind of sweet. It’s definitely unique, and the flavor will stick with you for at least two beers (which you’ll be swilling just to get rid of it). I’m not saying it’s terrible, it’s just not that good. You should try it since its there, why not?
Otherwise known as the Panama Canal. Basically a gigantic ship pulls up to the locks, goes down, moves forward, goes down, moves forward, goes down, and then goes out to sea. Not that exciting. A feat of modern engineering and a testament to the power of man? Sure, whatever. They have Panama beer on draft for $1.50, so its not a total loss.
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