Expedition South - Episode V - Epic Andean Off Road Adventure - Peru

All right, welcome to episode 5. Thanks to everybody who's been following along and watching the videos. It's been a lot of support and I hope you guys are enjoying it as well. So in this episode, we're going to conclude Peru. We're going to go from Juancay or through Pampa, some off roads into the Andes, into Ayacucho and Huacachina, which is some amazing sand dunes. And then we're going to take a nice drive through the coast. And we're going to take a quick one day loop through the world's second deepest canyon called Colca Canyon. I love how The hostel as well as any restaurant, you'll find these calendars with girls on them. You'll also in Peru not find any toilet seat covers as well. And you'll find a big bucket of water so you can flush down your stuff as well. So on to bigger and better things. Check out this cute little rodent guy. The guy told me he found him in the field. And here we are in Juancayo in the market, checking out this cool little guy and give him a nice little pet. And in this market, you'll find everything from crazy clothes to those holographic mats you've always wanted to some homemade chicha and pastries, any little alpaca thing you can think of, grains, and some cute Chinese toys. And also had a chance to have lunch with one of the family, with the family of one of the nurses that was helping me with baby at the hospital. And it was a very cool and great place to be. So then we took probably the best Andean off road I've ever driven in my life from Pampas all the way to Ayacucho. Enjoy. So some people don't like to get lost while they travel, but I do because you end up in some really interesting places sometimes. That's right. Interesting and amazing to say the least. And that makes for an excellent, excellent men's bathroom. Sorry, ladies, I don't think you'd get the same view if you were a girl. So I also got a chance to experience what I call an Andean traffic jam. It was chaotic and very cute as well. Got a chance to visit the city of Chaco, which at an end to the end creates my last name of Chacon, making me famous in Peru. And the view changed and it got more beautiful as we went and had a chance to grab some lunch and some awesome trout. I don't think I've ever seen a purple potato before. Interesting. Also interesting is this new little chest strap for the camera I have, which will give you a first person perspective on driving the motorcycle through some of these very, very amazing places. Motorcycle batteries eat your heart out. Awesome stuff. I wish I had this view every time I went to the bathroom. And I'm also very glad I'm a male because you get to enjoy the view while you're going to the bathroom. Sorry, ladies, not for you again. And I basically continued on through the Andes and saw some very random things like this volcanic activity area. It was a very strange contest after so much green, finally seeing some yellow and gray, but it was very random and it was very beautiful at the same time. So onward I continued, got some fog. It was a bit scary, a bit hairy, but basically got through it with no problems. And then five to six hours later, I hit the Peruvian desert coast and basically hit 15,000 feet, the Andes volcanic activity area all in one day. Then I ended up in the town of Huancachina, which is an oasis with huge sand dunes, and I took an amazing dune buggy ride. Also got a chance to do my patented Chaconne 360 view, as well as take some amazing pictures in the air that captured the moment, which is my new favorite thing to do. And I also got a chance to try out some sandboarding. So onward I continued into Colca Canyon, which is the second deepest canyon in the world. The roads there were a bit tough, but I did get filmed by my new friend Clark, who was on the BMW behind me the entire time. I unfortunately did encounter some tough things with his heavy bike and some ditches, but he made it out okay. So somewhere in southern Peru near the Andes and near a huge canyon, and I'm with my new friend Clark. We had first met in Colombia about a month and a half ago, and he had been in Peru with his friends and his girlfriend, so he was still around here. So we got in contact and here we are driving together. Now we're on day two and going to a cool canyon. And here's this beautiful BMW that I am very, very jealous of, but I will say that he drives it pretty well for how much it weighs. So what's on the menu for today? That's right, you guessed it. Tuna, mustard, and ramen. Good cheap food. So what happens when you crash on the road like this? That's right, you stop and you take pictures of it. That's what you do. So Clark, what happened? Explain to the camera. Oh, I came around the corner, hit that stuff, and the tire went straight left. It's another day on the adventure. Although I'm jealous of the BMW, it does take two people to lift it up, which I'm not too jealous of. That's a pretty deep canyon. Welcome to the world's second deepest canyon in southern Peru. And that's me checking the safety barriers and their conditions for some strange reason, looking down 14,000 feet and taking some awesome, awesome video to give you a good perspective on how deep this canyon actually is and doing my 360 try not to fall off. So traveling through Peru, you're going to see a bunch of these signs that says Falla Geologica, which means a geographic fault, which is where the road's pretty messed up and something happens or whatever. But Falla Geologica in Peruvian basically means we're too lazy to fix the road, or too poor, either one. But they're everywhere, and basically the roads are pretty disastrous at times. But that's what they mean in Peru, is we're not going to fix it. Again, Peru is absolutely gorgeous. Check out all these agriculture fields. We have no idea how they exist this year so many years ago. There used to be a lot more people because the roads we've been on have been very desolate, and we haven't seen anybody. How many hundreds of years ago the Inca used to survive around here? Check out all the motorcycle people and places that pass by this gas station. Probably all just about as desperate as we were too. So after our 11-hour epic off-road adventure to the canyon, we were greeted at the end of the day with an amazing sunset and basically tried to make our way to Arequipa, which we did. And that's the cute little church. So that's the end of the episode. Thanks for watching. I hope everybody enjoyed and be sure to leave a comment. Let me know what you're thinking. So stay tuned for the next episode where I'll try not to get hit by airstrike near a military base in Peru. And I will put up more video what's to come, but I don't know because I have not lived those moments yet. So stay tuned and we'll see you next time.