Soon I’ll be going off to a far away land to experience the remains of lost civilizations, agua de coco, monkeys in the jungle and some serious relaxation with hubby. Take off is in approximately 26 days.

Yes, I’ll be flying off to New York City for a weekend with a good friend and PR queen before me and hubby board the plane for Lima, Peru.

The plan is that there is no plan, we only know what route we want to take across South America (Google maps has roughly outlined this for us) and that we will definitely visit Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Iguazu falls and the jungle.

I’ve always been fascinated with jungles and this is the first time I even get close to visiting one. You have to remember that I live in Iceland and for me, a couple of 3m trees actually constitute a forest.

If I see a monkey in the jungle I can die a happy woman.

I will be there in a few weeks!

A part of the majestic Iguazu waterfalls

Look at that cute monkey! Yay!

I will be in South America for roughly 4 weeks and will have limited Internet activity and absolutely no Photoshop.

The only thing I’ve done to prepare so far is buying light Scarpa shoes, a shiny red backpack and Lonely Planet’s South America on a shoestring. Your input would be much appreciated!

Please if you have any travel tips for me, please leave them in the comments!

(And off course, I scouted all my flights using Dohop.com, the world’s best flight search engine haha)