I slept well I want to wash my face but it's impossible. Very early morning
bus drive wide area of mountainside, now we drive plane flat area, maybe
near the cost of pacific ocean.
バスは知らない間に停車していた、アナウンスもないしドアーを開けてくれる訳でないし、でもなにやら積み込んだようだ。
When I realize bus stopping at morning, but did not open door and
no announce, sound something loaded.
レース用のバイクを見てパリ/ダカールラリーを思い出した、そういえば今日はここですれ違うはずだ。今年はリマ/サンチャゴラリーのはず。
I remember when I see racing motorbike held on Lima Santiago rally instead
of Paris Dakarr rally and racing vehicle will pass opposite side of this
road today.
高速道路のゲート、バスでも通行料は数百円だった。
ラリー参加者は通行料を払うことなく手を挙げるだけで通過して行った。ワッペンも番号も着けてるしラリーに参加しているのは誰でも判るから？。
Toll gate bus paid only few hundred yen , race car did not pay and did not stopped, all the rally car identify indicate number of rally
現地の人も朝早くから駆けつけてレース車を見守る
Many native people watching rally car in this early morning.
この辺りは砂漠地帯だ。
Desert area.
砂漠にわだちがあるが・・・。
Many track of car in desert.
レース車がレース車を追い越して。
Rally car pass other car.
なんだか沢山駐車している地域があるぞ。
Many car parking and many things for camping.
ラリー参加者の宿泊野営地？携帯トイレが数十個並んでるが。
Is this camping facility for rally members?
レースのサポート隊？カミオンってスペイン語でトラックの事なんですね、通行区分の表示にトラックの絵とCAMIONと書いてあった
Camion is spanish meaning track car in english., is this support for racer.?
サポートもテントを張ってキャンピングカーも。
Supporter has tent and camping car.
砂漠地帯だが水はどないする？緑のあるエリアもあるが。
Oasis of desert.
この辺りの両側は耕作されて。レース車とすれ違う。
Both side of road cultivate something.
町があったと思うと耕作地帯や村落が続く直線道路。
Sometimes town or village only straight road
日干し煉瓦で作った家々が並ぶ町並み、それでも聞き覚えのある名前の町並みが。
This area of house made by sun dried brick.
これってYAMASHIRO Regionと書いてあるが町の名前らしい、誰か山城さんと言う名の人がここに住み着いたのだろうか？あちこちに記述がある。
This should be Japanese name Yamashiro, some of Japanese living here we saw this name around this area.
ちょっと岩のある地域。ラリーの車とのすれ違いは全部通り過ぎたようだ。
Rocked mountain area, rally car finished? we sill not see anymore.
ここはちょっとした地盤が岩の地域の町。
Rock based grand area.
インドのTATA製のオート三輪をよく見かける、低所得地域か？。
Three wheel car TATA made in india, low income people this area?
道沿いは二階建てだが山の上には平屋の日干し煉瓦の家が続く。
Road side is second floor but mountain side is sun dried block house.
ローカルバスは頻繁に停車、黒い煙を出して発車する
Black smoky local bus stopping many times every town or village.
ペルーの太平洋岸沿いの幹線道路。
Main road along cost of pacific ocean Peru.
ローカルバスが停車して大勢の人が乗り込んでいるようだ。出勤時間？今日は日曜日だが・・・。
見えている人だかりは交差点でバイクが転倒し壊れて中央に人が仰向けに寝込んでいる、それを大勢が取り囲んでいるがバスの中からは良く見えない。が少しうごめいている人が道路に上向けに・・・。バスはそれを避けるように少し迂回し通過していく。
Local bus stopped, many people will get in, today is Sunday but commute for worker?
we can't see behind of big bus. I saw some of victim lie down on road and
crushed motorbike on the middle of intersection,.bus passed it slowly.
車のディーラーなどの店が並ぶ地域、バスが２０分程走って、ようやく救急車とすれ違ったが、「早く行ってあげて〜」
Dealer of vehicle this area, ambulance car passed. please hurry for
victim"
配られた朝食、えっこれだけ？と思ったがバスは止まらないし買いに出られないので我慢、コーヒーか紅茶かと尋ねにきた。インスタントコーヒーが美味しかった。その後何か尋ねてきたがスペイン語は判らない、相手がヴィエンと言ったので私は思わず頭の中にあったムイビエンと言ったら係員は機嫌よく自分の席に戻って行った、むいびえんって何て意味だ？？
Attendant provide breakfast, we surprised it is too little but bus did
not stop and can not go out , attendant ask me coffee or tea? and ask me
something but I can not understand spanish, and she said "vien"
I remember some of spanish word and said"mui vien" she get back
. what the meaning of "mui vien"
これは片側２車線の高速道路で追い越しをかけてるんです時速100ｋｍ/ｈを超える。
Wide area four lane this road. we drive more then 100km/h
バスの中はWIFIが使えるのを思い出しパスワードを聞き出してパソコンを取り出す。
Remember Wifi is available in this bus, asked password of wifi.
パソコンのSKYPEで日本の信楽の友を呼んでみる。遠くに見える海岸沿いの町並み。
Called up my friend in Japan by Skype in computer.
地球の裏側とカメラ通話しながらバスは快適に走る。映像と実況中継。
I talk and send video by internet connection to other side of earth real
time on live.
沢山の白い馬が走りながら止まってる・・・・ギョッと思ったが板に書いた看板。
Surprised but this is picture on board.but white hoarse is statue.
地球の裏側との映像通話もほとんど音声に遅れがない。この辺りで通話を終わろう、相手も忙しい身だ。
No voice delay to talk to Japan other side of earth through computer,
更に1時間位走っただろうか、バスの到着予定時刻は一時間後くらいだリマに近づいたようだ、道路をまたぐように道路か鉄道と交差するが車は走ってないようだし鉄道だろうか？
Consider arrival time this area should be near lima, scheduled arrival
time one hour to Lima, railway over pass on this road, is this road or
railway ?
In lima city no common sheared bus terminal, each bus company has each
terminal, we arrive lima 7am.
not sleepy early morning but we are tired we don't want go any tour today in lima ,
we spent time while and get on taxi to go to airport, it is too early but we don't want to do anything. we spent two week in this south America.
Go out from bus terminal, then try to find bus stop to Lima airport but
no one spank English only Spanish,
fortunately I find attendant of bus who can communicate in English from
yesterday.
I ask her way to bus stop for public bus service way to airport, but she
said no bus service around,
no choice ask only taxi,, ask her again to driver to airport also what
is price to airport, she interpreted for us.
今日は日曜日で朝だから町は空いているのか、タクシーに乗ったと思っていたが車には料金メーターは無かった。個人の車のようだ。
Get on taxi but no taxi meter it was private car., very few people because
of Sunday
Mvi2025.Avi48secごきげんな運転手
he will talk to us but no English we don't have any topics so I said "ex
president Mr Fujimori" he will talk more and more.
日本製の車と韓国製の車が走っていた。運転手は英語は全くだめだがスペイン語でべらべらと話す、共通の話題が無いので「ミスターフジモリ」と言ったらもっと饒舌になった。
We see Japanese car and Korean car in Peru., driver talk to me but only in spanish, we can not understand each other then I asked Mr Fujimori ex president who come from Japan , driver is happy so he become more talkative.
車と空港に入るのに免許証と車の登録証が要ると運転手の男はダッシュボードに出して、生年月日は1958年
He get out his drivers license and car registration which use as identification
documents for go in airport., he born in 1958.
Mvi2030.Avi62secペルー市内の空港まで
on the way to Lima airport.
これがホルヘチャベスアエロッポルテ、リマの国際空港だ。
Building of Lima airport.
ここでは14時間以上待ち時間があったので退屈。それでも男二人なので荷物番を代わる代わるして建物内を探索する。二人旅の強みだ。
エールフランスがパリから直行便が就航していてクスコで若いフランスギャルが気軽にいたのはパリからは簡単に来る事が出来るからだ。
We spent time more than 14 hour, I find out reason why French girl can
go Cusco easily, air France has direct fright from Paris to Lima.
A young male and female police officer was patrolling the airport, but
they couldn't understand English well,
but we talked and when I asked to take a photo on the way out, the male
police officer said, "I'll take the photo, so you two stand side by
side." She got excited and came over to me, she put her arm around
my body and pulled me closer. I got carried away and put my arm around
her shoulder too... but I didn't put my arm around her body any more. Everyone
was hugging,
but I was a little shy. Maybe she wanted a hug too. I realized too late.
All I had was the materials if talk. We talked for a long time even we
struggle language together, we started to feel closer. Doing different
things leads to more closer, and I got confidence that I can survive in
this country.
遅い昼ごはんにマクドナルドへ、ここでペルー通貨も使い切るつもりでビッグマックセットにサラダ、醤油ベースのドレッシング。
Late lunch for spent all Peru money, ordered two of big Mac set and changed
salad instead of potato for me , they understand english here.
この後、搭乗手続きが始まるのは６時間後。この空港ではWIFIはあるが有償のみ、カードを購入してくださいと案内、インフォメーションのお姉さんも英語の通じる人と通じない人と。インフォメーションは通じないと決め付けないで時間が経過すると人が替わるのでお姉さんの顔を見ると思って何度も尋ねに訪れよう。次の女性は英語が通じた。
Check in counter will open six hour later, I ask wifi connection at information
but some of people can not understand, every few hour change staff
so I visit information every few hour
then finally some of lady can understand English, it is necessary to buy card to use wifi here.
離陸半時間を切って発券してくれた搭乗券、受け取るときは「早く21ゲートに走って行って」と催促された。
Just before half hour I got boarding pass and said "go boarding gate immediately".
この旅で一緒だったＴ谷氏とはここからサンパウロまでは飛行機の経路が違うのでお別れ、運がよければサンパウロで逢えるだろう「しばしの別れだアディオス、アミーゴ」スペイン語も板についてきた。
My friend will go another route way to Sao Paulo.we will leave half
day until Sao Paulo.
搭乗ゲートに着いたときは搭乗が始まっていて窓から搭乗機を写す。
When arrive boarding pass already people boarding aircraft.
深夜のフライトだパイロットさんたのんまっせ。
Mid night flight in cockpit.
機体はA319TACA航空TA917便の夕食。
My dinner for tonight.
リマの空港を離陸したのは22：30分、3ｈ35ｍのフライトで朝2時50分に着くとか、時間計算が合わないが、そんな事気にするのは日本人だけか？。
Take off 22:30 Peru time 3hour 35minutes fright arrive 02:50 Peru time
at Sao Paulo I can't understand calculation.
2013/1/7(Mon月) ブラジルサンパウロGRU空港まで帰ってきた Brazil Sao Paulo
GRU Airport
到着はペルー時間の朝2時50分、サンパウロ朝4時50分だ、次の日の朝4時10分のカタール航空QR922便まで23時間半の時間がある
Arrive GRU airport at 2:50AM Peru time, Sao Paulo time 4:50AM, I have 23h30m
to next connecting flight.
23時間の待ち時間に飛行機の出発案内を何十回見に行った事か。
How many times I look and confirmed my flight to this international departure
flight information.
空港ビルのチェックインカウンターのAとB、BとC、CとDの間には二階部分があって薬局や両替、カフェテリアがあるが滑走路側には窓があって椅子はないがゆっくり見てられる。
This building has 2nd floor between A and B, B and C, C and D, it has big
window able to see runway and airport.
ボーディングブリッジを使わない航空機にはこの黒いバスで乗客を飛行機まで送り迎えする。ゆっくり観察する。
Some of flight won't use boarding bridge , bus will send passenger to aircraft
parking lot.
Trail car pulling two of cargo carry car driver can see first cargo box
car but can not see second car which passenger bag or luggage cargo put
on flat board car , did not tie down , no one can see cargo , driving long
way to aircraft parking area rapidly. I saw same style few times in this
ten minutes..
時間はたっぷり23時間あってパソコンを出して沢山の仕事ができた。
Almost one whole day I finished many jobs with my computer.
夕方に取った朝飯兼昼飯兼夕食のチキンサラダus＄13。
My breakfast lunch dinner today. us$13-
搭乗機のチェックイン開始まで12時間以上ある。ゆっくり食事しよう。
Still I have 12 hour to check in.time
空港内から管制塔が見える。俺のチェックインはCで次の朝。
この頃にT谷氏はリマからアルゼンチン経由フエノスアイレスでは到着空港EZEと出発空港AEPが違うのでタクシーで移動し、更にAEPからはポルトアレグレPOAで再び飛行機を乗換えてサンパウロ行きに乗り、その上サンパウロ到着はコンゴニャスCGH空港なのでここGRU空港までタクシーに乗り合計飛行機を三回、タクシーを二回乗り継いでやってきた。彼の苦労話は後日加筆しよう、きっとたっぷりある。この時点では買ったワインを割ってしもうたとだけ報告。
My friend changed flight many times , Lima to Buenosailes and other airport,
and he have to move another airport in same city at Buenosailes and Sao
polo by taxi. because this two city has many airport. he took more than
12hour only between Lima to Sao polo.
2013/1/8(Tue火) ブラジルサンパウロGRU空港からカタールドーハへ Brazil
SaoPoulo GRU Airport to Doha Qatar
朝1時半、チェックインが始まったが3時10分にお越しくださいと言われて満席で乗れないかとハラハラする、2週間以上の旅で疲れてるのに早く帰りてい。
Time is 1:30 now Open check in counter at 3:10am we are very tired two week trip.
GRU空港管制塔上部のレーダードーム。
Blue one is radar dome on the control tower.GRU airport
カタール航空QR922便B777に出発直前に乗れた、Ｔ谷氏とは搭乗時間も席も離れているが同じ飛行機に乗れた。朝4時10分の離陸、朝食から始まります。サンパウロからドーハまで14時間近いフライト、この便は本当に満席、空いた席は一席も見つからなかった、横になって寝られなかったが機内映画がたっぷりで自分で選択して見られ飽きない。
QR922 take off at 4:10am going to Doha it is 14hour fright so I saw many
movie . completely full of passenger this fright.
カタールのドーハ到着直前の夕食、もちろん中間食にはハーゲンダッツアイスクリームやパウンドケーキ、サンドイッチなどがある。ハーゲンダッツはお替りした。
We got sandwich and ice-cream as between meal just before arrive Doha provide
this as second meal.
ここまで隣にはエミレーツ航空の客室乗務員ARIANAアリアナが私の話の相手をしてくれて映画はそこそこに話に夢中。エミレーツ便はカタール航空より大きい飛行機で１時間程前に出発したが、満席で乗れなかったと。私が写真を撮ろうと言ったら化粧して香水をつけて私に顔をくっつけて寄ってくれた、クスコ以来シャワーも髭を剃る機会もないまま100時間ほど過ごし、自分で自分の匂いがする私にだ。 「写真送ってね」と言うから別れ際にメルアドの書いた名刺を渡した、でも彼女からはメールはまだ来ない。やっぱ無理してシャワーしておくべしだった。
彼女の家はサンパウロから飛行機で１時間位掛かると、次はブラジル奥地のイグアスの滝に行きたいな！、次行く時は案内してヨォ。
Fright attendant of Emirates airline is just my side, I enjoyed to talk, her house is one hour by plane from Sao Paulo, when I ask take picture, she make up and stay near to me but I spent time more then 100 hour without take shower from Cusco so I can smell my body myself, she ask me to send picture I give my card but she still did not give me email, I should take shower.
カタール国ドーハには22：30の到着、待ち3時間ほどで関西空港へ行く便だ、最近は成田直行もあるらしい、
俺は関空行きに乗る、それまでドーハ空港内の無料WIFIで日本のニュースを16日ぶりにチェック。
Arrive Qatar Doha 22:30 and three hours later they have flight to Osaka
Kansai, recently they have Narita direct flight,
I had time to check recent Japanese news in airport since this two weeks..
2013/1/9(Wed水) ドーハから関西空港に向けて01：10の便に Qatar Doha to
Osaka Kansai KIX
引き続き日本に向かう飛行機には乗れた。でも飛行機は駐機場を離れてからドアーの開閉スイッチが機能しないのでメンテナンスを呼んで修理すると案内があり、
離陸が３時間近く遅れる。
機内ではジュースの配布、スナックの配布、更に飲み物を配って大変だったが私は見逃した映画を見て、これまた満足、
2009年のケープタウンに行く時は「飛行機が水平飛行になってから」と言っていたが今は地上係留中でもビデオを見せてくれるので退屈しない。
先ほど分かれたエミレーツの彼女は「地上でもビデオが見られるなんて当たり前よ」と言っていたのを思い出す。
I got on board next flight in 2 and half hours, but announced while going runway, some of switch will not function so need to call maintenance to repair, delay 3 hours.
attendant served drinks to take care passenger while waiting repair, I
can enjoy to look many movie while on grand, I am not boring.
ドーハ離陸直後の夕食、魚を選択したら美味しかった。麺は焼きそば風。
Took off at Doha airport flight 802 this is first meal at 01:30am
A330-200のQR802便の乗客は半分ほど、私の席は真ん中の４席を使えたので横になってゴロリとゆっくり寝て10時間近いフライトは休養できた。
Aircraft is airbus A330-200 only half passenger lot of seat I can use,
Lie down use 4 seat sleep 10 hours flight, slept well
Airport South American and airline.
San Paulo Guarulhos GRU airport has big terminal building, terminal 1 has
check in counter A, but I can not find terminal 2 and 3, check in counter
B and C is in terminal 1. , counter B locate around 2, counter C locate
3, but they have shuttle bus stop for terminal 4. I can not understand,
Voucher from Lima airport LIM to Sao Paulo GRU indicate check in terminal B Argentina airline, I asked information but they don't know where is
terminal B, so they called airport police where the terminal B located,
but police don't know it., voucher indicate Argentina counter so where
the check in for Argentina air I asked, they say just beside here.finally
Lima airport has only one terminal , any airport staff don't know where
is terminal A or B.
Inside of aircraft
I had contact LAN and TACA, passenger is native people (only speaking Spanish
but not English , people come from Spain can speak English) .
Passenger use seat reclining, and also table too, check in luggage is incredible
very big, it is not allowed size of bag in westernized country,
load cargo space is necessary many people and don't mind other passenger
have cargo space or not,
attendant make space just beside of my seat so my bag sit beside of me
with seat belt. I did not have space in cargo space even small bag.
At boarding gate passenger will make line before announce of boarding,
I wondered everybody has seat allocation on boarding pass, mean everybody
seat is fixed no need to find seat by own, but passenger line very
early, I got to know it reason line earlier. because these passenger need
big space to load big bag earlier
When arrival, after aircraft landed runway before going ramp way to parking lot, most of passenger stand up and open cargo space to get baggage,
attendant shout to stop it and announced keep stay in seat until aircraft stop and seat belt sign switched off,
passenger stop their action of access cargo and sit down, but when arrive
parking lot passenger stand up and try to get bag again while aircraft
still moving , attendant try to stop it but no one will follow them, most
of passenger lined to exit with bag standing long time,
airport has big parking take time more than 5 minutes until switch off seat belt sign,
【Impression】
This was a long trip, 16 days, but we were traveling with only one small
backpack, so we couldn't bring a lot of underwear, so on the days we could
do laundry, we washed even just one panties. We didn't know where we would
be staying the next day, we might be sleeping in the car, and we didn't
know if there would be an environment where the laundry would dry, so we
did as much as we could. If you make a simple washing machine with laundry
detergent and a plastic bag, it won't be a hassle. Even if you're sleeping
in the car, I can sometimes take a shower at the place arrive at for a
small fee, like when we arrived in Uyuni. On the day we arrived in Uyuni,
we went on a salt flat tour right away, so we didn't have a chance to dry
the laundry.
During my stay in Peru and Bolivia, there were many small things, such
as interactions with local people and travelers other than Japanese, but
travelers who only spoke Spanish were very assertive about their own rights,
whether it was taking photos or walking, and there attitude "You don't
have the right to claim privileges so much."
People in Southeast Asian countries often ignore people waiting to take photos, thinking it's normal, but here, Spanish-speaking tourists would tell me to dissapear,
even though they weren't getting in the way of taking photos. In Southeast
Asia, it's common for people to pass behind when they're taking photos
so as not to get in the way, and no one had complained until now, but here
it's all different. Their "I'm the king and you're my slaves"
behavior is outrageous. However, that only happened to people who seemed
to be local tourists, and I was never made to feel that way by the people
who seemed to live there (who seemed poorer than the average Japanese person).
A Japanese person in Cusco said, "In this country, they move forward
with the belief that people are fundamentally evil, not fundamentally good,"
and I have repeatedly agreed with that. It's really true.
However, the three young people from Santa Cruz whom I met at night on the Isle of the Sun on Lake Titicaca on the 31st blended in with us, even though they were young local tourists. I don't know if I didn't realize because we only spent a short time together, or if my impression was only of some people.
The next day, when I was returning to Copacabana by boat, I met young people who I could talk to happily, but if I treat them as friends from the beginning, can I treat them normally?
In the countries I have visited so far, I have been proud of Japanese customs, national character, Japanese culture, and the Japanese spirit, but I have felt proud because there are few people in those countries who respect others like Japanese people, but here, it's not just few, it's completely nonexistent, or they seem to have no idea how to respect other people as human beings.
So here, I felt that we should export the good things about Japan, the things that people should naturally have as human beings, and that way of thinking to things other than Japanese products. Even if just a little.
I didn't understand why passengers started lining up early at the boarding gate even though my seat was already assigned, but I found out later.
It seems that most passengers bring in large luggage that won't fit in the luggage rack when they sit down later. From my perspective, they don't mind bringing things that are too big to be carried on board. I can't believe it.
Next time, when in line up early in South America.
If people who only speak Spanish are from South America, I think that people who can travel and fly on planes are wealthy, but the wealthier they are, the more selfish and poor they are. Even if precious metals are mined in South America and wealth is gained, there is no way that wealth will be distributed equally, and the country will not become rich or the gap between rich and poor will not disappear.
The gap between rich and poor in heart is what should really be eliminated, but the reality is that people who are financially wealthy are poor in heart and don't realize it.
I also thought that the country would not improve unless we stopped wasting that wealth and improved the old social customs and the extremely inefficient, unfair and injustice-ridden social aspects of daily life.
PS. In September 2016, I had a chance to talk to someone from Bolivia who was working in Japan. When I told him that the behavior of the wealthy Bolivians mentioned above was arrogant, the local person replied, "That's true," and he felt the same way.
Sometimes we should reflect on whether Japan and I are like that!
There were many times on tickets, destinations, and at information desks
was different from the facts. There were many other things that were said
differently, if they speak english even north and south native language
with only a little English knowledge, it is understandable to a certain
extent. In this regard, it is the opposite phenomenon to Japanese people
who have not English knowledge even speak it, and I think Japanese people
should learn more from them. I think it is different from what merchants
say because they cannot speak it because they are forced to do so in order
to make a living, and they speak without understanding what is being said.
It's the same as when I said "mu vie en" without understanding
what it meant on the bus to Lima.
This time, I was kindly taken care of by Japanese tourists. There may have been things I should have been more careful about, but looking back, I don't think there is anything I should have been more careful about, although I may not have noticed it at the moment.
I didn't have a chance to be kind to the locals, and I didn't have a chance to strongly assert myself in negotiations. I think that if you insist on something to a local person, it's better to ask someone who knows the situation to some extent through a guide or someone who can communicate with me. You can reach a mutually satisfactory settlement.
Since I asked a local person I met on a train in Vietnam in 2011 to negotiate the price of souvenirs, I learned that it is a good way to negotiate with people who ask tourists for high prices. It's easy to get it to less than half the price without any trouble.
If the person who negotiates with you is a guide or something, you need to tip, but it's difficult for Japanese people to know the right amount of tip. It's not the more the better, you have to judge it based on the content and the local price value, but experience may be the most important thing, it's fine to give 1/10 of the price difference or a few dollars. . It was also good that I had the opportunity to buy tickets from another guide in Puno.
According to a travel agency in Cusco, there are a lot of Japanese and Western tourists around the New Year holidays, especially Japanese tourists around the end of the year, and then the number of South American tourists increases.Come to think of it, a guide in Cusco said that students have holidays from January to March.
Many things happen Bolivia and Peru, talking to native and Japanese, tourist who speak only Spanish is too selfish and strong self assertion, when they take picture they will not allow pass behind of them, pass is only half second but never allow, they insist go away disappear. even I wait they fish take picture they will tale long time to finish only one shatter. I had many times like this experience but south east Asian people will mind and give allow pass behind them.tourist who speak only Spanish even naive people they are rich than other ordinary native south American , I am king other people is slave is the typical attitude of rich people in south American.
I met young tourist group at December 31 at Isla del sol titikaka lake
was friendly and also I enjoyed to talk when we back by boat to copacabana
at January, if beginning is friend their attitude become friendly ?
Ordinary residential peoples are not like that generally kind to me.
We Japanese export many goods many machines with good quality to make people
happy, so many people want to study Japanese language but we have to export
Japanese culture. study language is not so difficult but not easy to study
Japanese culture, our government have to expert culture and support export
organization
Tourist agency in cusco Japanese worker said, many Japanese and country from westernized country tourist at end of year new year , but other season are many of south American tourist. tour guide in cusco said student has vacation at January to march.
Hodaka tours agency operated none Japanese only native people but they
love Japanese culture Japanese style and Japanese people, no one speak
Japanese only few English and Spanish, but brochure printed English and
Japanese.
Pill of high fever is effective with stomach ache, so I take it half of
pill every 10 hours, I adjust time between medicine, but beginning need
earlier because need time to effect.
We are lucky of weather this trip, only few minutes of little rain shower.
Total cost of stay.we paid us$765- for two of us in 16 days except air
ticket,
68475yen is cost per person include hotel in San Paulo. I did not have
chance to pay by credit card in south America, I saw ATM machine many times
even Uyuni, but not Isla del sol.
Currency of most of south American country can not exchange to us dollar
of Japanese yen again. so I Exchanged near the border of next country include
coins when we
cross border, I took picture paper money for commemoration of stay each
country.
many country people accept us dollar in shop but exchange rate is not good
than money exchange
Best way is when arrive one country, exchange big money from us dollar then last day of the country pay by us dollar direct for avoid bring back south American currency.
After back to Japan, many Japanese friend who I met in U.N. reported, they
had skimming by ATM or credit card in south America, this time we use only
us dollar cash. good choice.
