Have a great time Tom, look forward to seeing lots of amazing photos.
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Thanks for all the well wishes 
Im in the middle of sorting bits and pieces… mostly what camera I should take lol! its a tough decision honest!! As my current choice with a 11" Macbook air for image redundancy and blogging weighs in at about 5kg… little more than I want to take.
So looking at buying a Sony A7 with 24-70 F4 zeiss to replace my 5DMKIII and 24-105mm F4 for the trip, will half the weight and offer the same IQ but can't get a wildlife lens for the amazon so not sure yet.
Sony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on Flickr
Sony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on Flickr
Sony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on Flickr
Bags - one as a primary gear bag/carry on/day bag and 45l hiking bag for the rest of my kit, clothes trying to keep a good balance of a snipet of home comfort but also stuff that will really benefit me etc etc
I picked this one in the end Rover Pro 45L AW
[youtube]/fCpT5kcoNgA[/youtube]
It will be my hiking bag when needed, and be my luggage bag to put things in the hold during flights etc It also has two pull out camera compartments which can be folded down when not in use, or carry other items.
http://store.lowepro.com/shop/outdoor-adventure/rover-pro-45l-aw
It has very good supportive straps with an aluminium frame with hip support and a trampoline style rear system for cool air to pass.
I have also bought the Photo Hatchback 22l AW as my day pack its a rear loading camera bag.
This will be for my carry on but also a day pack when I only need a few bits and pieces in the day, it is really compact but holds a lot of gear also has a removable camera compartment allowing it to be a full sized bag.
http://store.lowepro.com/shop/dslr/photo-hatchback-22l-aw
I have started a thread on the Canon rumors forum if anyone is interested, go into a little more detail of what I'm packing etc.
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=22621.0
If anyone has any hints and tips or advice I would love to hear it
I have been using a blog called Alex in Wanderland (pun intended) to help me seems pretty good but she likes to pack heavy!
http://www.alexinwanderland.com/2013/10/08/peru-packing-list/
Im in the middle of sorting bits and pieces… mostly what camera I should take lol! its a tough decision honest!! As my current choice with a 11" Macbook air for image redundancy and blogging weighs in at about 5kg… little more than I want to take.
So looking at buying a Sony A7 with 24-70 F4 zeiss to replace my 5DMKIII and 24-105mm F4 for the trip, will half the weight and offer the same IQ but can't get a wildlife lens for the amazon so not sure yet.
Sony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on FlickrSony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on FlickrSony A7 by .:fotomaf:., on FlickrBags - one as a primary gear bag/carry on/day bag and 45l hiking bag for the rest of my kit, clothes trying to keep a good balance of a snipet of home comfort but also stuff that will really benefit me etc etc
I picked this one in the end Rover Pro 45L AW
[youtube]/fCpT5kcoNgA[/youtube]
It will be my hiking bag when needed, and be my luggage bag to put things in the hold during flights etc It also has two pull out camera compartments which can be folded down when not in use, or carry other items.
http://store.lowepro.com/shop/outdoor-adventure/rover-pro-45l-aw
It has very good supportive straps with an aluminium frame with hip support and a trampoline style rear system for cool air to pass.
I have also bought the Photo Hatchback 22l AW as my day pack its a rear loading camera bag.
This will be for my carry on but also a day pack when I only need a few bits and pieces in the day, it is really compact but holds a lot of gear also has a removable camera compartment allowing it to be a full sized bag.
http://store.lowepro.com/shop/dslr/photo-hatchback-22l-aw
I have started a thread on the Canon rumors forum if anyone is interested, go into a little more detail of what I'm packing etc.
http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=22621.0
If anyone has any hints and tips or advice I would love to hear it
I have been using a blog called Alex in Wanderland (pun intended) to help me seems pretty good but she likes to pack heavy!
http://www.alexinwanderland.com/2013/10/08/peru-packing-list/
Mate you REALLY should factor this mountain bike trip into your holiday....!!!
http://www.gravitybolivia.com/index.php?mod=tempview1&id=1251406369
It was one of the best experiences of my travels. Start of in the snow capped mountains of the Andes at about 15000 feet freezing your arse off, and cycle all down hill for 40 miles !!!!! On the worlds most dangerous road lol. You end up in the tropical Amazon basin sweating your arse off.
I'd do it again in a heart beat if I could....
http://www.gravitybolivia.com/index.php?mod=tempview1&id=1251406369
It was one of the best experiences of my travels. Start of in the snow capped mountains of the Andes at about 15000 feet freezing your arse off, and cycle all down hill for 40 miles !!!!! On the worlds most dangerous road lol. You end up in the tropical Amazon basin sweating your arse off.
I'd do it again in a heart beat if I could....
Yorkie Z said:Mate you REALLY should factor this mountain bike trip into your holiday....!!!
http://www.gravitybolivia.com/index.php?mod=tempview1&id=1251406369
It was one of the best experiences of my travels. Start of in the snow capped mountains of the Andes at about 15000 feet freezing your arse off, and cycle all down hill for 40 miles !!!!! On the worlds most dangerous road lol. You end up in the tropical Amazon basin sweating your arse off.
I'd do it again in a heart beat if I could....
Ive heard of this one of my friends did it sounds amazing! If there was more time in the schedule then yes I would!!
Quick update.
Got all my flights booked and my visa for America accepted :dance2:
Slight change of plans, as the flight from Lima to San Diego isn't direct it stops in miami, another destination I want to go! So I have decided to travel the the other way round east to west. So I fly to miami on the 6th Jan staying there for a week. From there I aim to travel to the keys, palm beach, Tampa and then Head to Orlando and maybe have a few days at the parks. I then plan on traveling to New Orleans then Houston, Dalas, phoenix onto San Diego. From there I am meeting a friend to travel LA and Vegas via the mojave national park, then onto the grand canyon back round to death valley onto Yosemite and to San Fran. From there I want to travel San Jose and Silicon valley because I'm a massive geek, then onto Santa Cruz for some surf. Then to head north to Sacramento via nappa valley! Then I think I will have run out of time and fly from San Fran to Heathrow on the 26th March in time to be back in London for my mates stag do the see the England vs Lithuania game.
So ye thats my next 5 months in a paragraph.
Month today until I fly! Cant wait but feel a little apprehensive. I have heard of issues with one way tickets so have done as much as I can to prevent problems by booking all travel well ahead.
If anyones interested in the gear I have decided on:
I decided to take the 5DMKIII with 24-105mm L 70-300mm L and a 50mm maybe a 16-35mm if I can fit it in! Just because its no compromise the Sony A7 system would have been nice for weight and size but the price and lack of lenses made it more of a compromise. So to save weight I have decided to leave the laptop at home because even the 11" macbook air with the charger and a 2.5" HDD weighs 1.8KGs so I have bought an iPad mini 128gb retina which is only 330g and believe it or not with Photoshop express it can edit the 5D raw files no problem and you have nearly as much editing possibility as lightroom. It also has a good wordpress app so I can do a little blog on the way round.
So I'm going to write small raws to the SD card and raws to the CF, I have bought a Hyperdrive which is quite a nifty little device has CF and SD card slots and a 1tb HDD and you can back everything up to it. Not just that but it has WiFi so you can stream media from it to the iPad etc. Cool but expensive, So I will back up my CF cards with this so I have redundancy and put all the small raws on the iPad via the Camera SD card cable, so I can view the images and edit the odd one. I think this should be a viable travel alternative, took me a long time to figure it all out because there is compromise everywhere, but I suppose with travel you have to but pretty confident this should get me what I need.
http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/UDMA-2/
Got all my flights booked and my visa for America accepted :dance2:
Slight change of plans, as the flight from Lima to San Diego isn't direct it stops in miami, another destination I want to go! So I have decided to travel the the other way round east to west. So I fly to miami on the 6th Jan staying there for a week. From there I aim to travel to the keys, palm beach, Tampa and then Head to Orlando and maybe have a few days at the parks. I then plan on traveling to New Orleans then Houston, Dalas, phoenix onto San Diego. From there I am meeting a friend to travel LA and Vegas via the mojave national park, then onto the grand canyon back round to death valley onto Yosemite and to San Fran. From there I want to travel San Jose and Silicon valley because I'm a massive geek, then onto Santa Cruz for some surf. Then to head north to Sacramento via nappa valley! Then I think I will have run out of time and fly from San Fran to Heathrow on the 26th March in time to be back in London for my mates stag do the see the England vs Lithuania game.
So ye thats my next 5 months in a paragraph.
Month today until I fly! Cant wait but feel a little apprehensive. I have heard of issues with one way tickets so have done as much as I can to prevent problems by booking all travel well ahead.
If anyones interested in the gear I have decided on:
I decided to take the 5DMKIII with 24-105mm L 70-300mm L and a 50mm maybe a 16-35mm if I can fit it in! Just because its no compromise the Sony A7 system would have been nice for weight and size but the price and lack of lenses made it more of a compromise. So to save weight I have decided to leave the laptop at home because even the 11" macbook air with the charger and a 2.5" HDD weighs 1.8KGs so I have bought an iPad mini 128gb retina which is only 330g and believe it or not with Photoshop express it can edit the 5D raw files no problem and you have nearly as much editing possibility as lightroom. It also has a good wordpress app so I can do a little blog on the way round.
So I'm going to write small raws to the SD card and raws to the CF, I have bought a Hyperdrive which is quite a nifty little device has CF and SD card slots and a 1tb HDD and you can back everything up to it. Not just that but it has WiFi so you can stream media from it to the iPad etc. Cool but expensive, So I will back up my CF cards with this so I have redundancy and put all the small raws on the iPad via the Camera SD card cable, so I can view the images and edit the odd one. I think this should be a viable travel alternative, took me a long time to figure it all out because there is compromise everywhere, but I suppose with travel you have to but pretty confident this should get me what I need.
http://www.hypershop.com/HyperDrive/UDMA-2/
Usa
mad4slalom
Senior member
getting closer tomscott ! epic trip of a lifetime, my daughter roobs is back from bali and oz on monday after seven weeks away, have just valeted her car and put it up for sale to fund her trip straight back to oz armed with a working visa for a year and hopefullt extending for another year. the travel bug has got her hooked . keep us posted of yr progress 
Good luck Tom.
I did nearly the same trip in 2010 with STA travel... Which was GAP adventures. Except from BA i went to la paz and thats all of Boliva that I saw.
I also did the golapogas islands after lima.
You'll have to try guinne pig in lima! And al pacca in cusco.
The night sky and the stars in the amazon are amazing!
If you need any advise let me know... But you'll be fine.
One thing i just thought of though... Taking the 5d isnt ideal on the inca trail.... It will be far too big and heavy.
I had a 500d at the time never used and it just added weight.
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I did nearly the same trip in 2010 with STA travel... Which was GAP adventures. Except from BA i went to la paz and thats all of Boliva that I saw.
I also did the golapogas islands after lima.
You'll have to try guinne pig in lima! And al pacca in cusco.
The night sky and the stars in the amazon are amazing!
If you need any advise let me know... But you'll be fine.
One thing i just thought of though... Taking the 5d isnt ideal on the inca trail.... It will be far too big and heavy.
I had a 500d at the time never used and it just added weight.
Sent from my iPhone 5s using Tapatalk
Magic idea, I hope you have a wonderful time. I have wanted to do some inland travels in South America but never had the guts to pack in my job and take off even though my job was traveling being in the merchant navy. In the words of the song 'what did we see we saw the sea'. I did have the pleasure of taking diesel oil from Talara in Peru to Manaus about three days sailing up the Amazon after passing through the Panama canal but just got to walk around the town and see the famous opera house, I wish now I have retired that I had taken more photos so hope you have plenty of digital storage and i look forward to reading the blog.
Good luck on your travels
henry1
Good luck on your travels
henry1