Adventures in the Amazon
Desperate by now to actually get in amongst the jungle of the Amazon, we booked ourselves onto a 3 day tour with a company recommended by Anne and Harvard (the […]
Boating down the Amazon
It started with an early start, but then again, it always does. Anneliese and I have come to call these days where timings have to be adhered to, as “work […]
The Inca Trail
We arrived in Cusco pretty late at night and rushed to the office to ensure we were still leaving on the trip on the Monday morning and all seemed good. […]
Andean Explorer
So we had suffered Puno for a night… and our reward was a train ride that I had found on the internet. Lonely Planet said “Overpriced, follows the same route […]
Help we need some countryside!
The next few days consisted of city stops, which we will not write too much about, as it has become apparent in our travels that suddenly coming upon big crowds […]
Salar de Uyuni
Day One We arrived at the tour operator’s office in the morning, where we met up with our guide and the other people on our tour. Quickly, the 12 of […]
Busing into Bolivia
Having taken the overnight bus from Salta in Argentina to the border town in La Quiaca, we were pretty shattered and this was all before trapsing a couple of Kilometres […]
Red Wine Heaven
Our trip to Posada Salentein was destined for greatness upon arrival at Tupungato bus terminal (only big enough to hold 2 buses!), where we stumbled across a very helpful lady […]
Alone no more in Argentina
So after having just under a week of the apartment I had rented out in Buenos Aires to myself, Andy finally arrived! Naturally this time on my own was supposed […]
Last little bit of Ecuador…Puerto Lopez
So after a truck ride from Salinas to Guaranda, followed by a four hour bus journey to Guayaquil, I was amazed that I was able to catch a bus straight […]
More Ecuadorian Adventures…Puyo
Staying in my hostel were a couple of really lovely American girls who lived in New York. They kindly asked if I wanted to join them for a day trip […]
Ecuador; in search of an Explorer…
I arrived into Quito pretty late at night (1am) and was picked up by Omar, the driver for the hostel, and taken through the streets of Quito to the hostel. […]
Ushuaia, Southern Patagonia
The journey to the end of the world was pretty interesting, involving a bus, ferry in treacherous conditions, another border crossing and a mini bus through a snowy blizzard up […]
Punta Arenas, Chile
Waking up at 5am and setting off to the bus station ready to go to Punta Arenas, which we were told by the hostel worker “Is so beautiful”, was not […]
El Calafate
It took us 28 hours on the bus to get from Bariloche to El Calafate. Yes that’s right 28 hours!!! What a stunning journey down la Ruta Quarenta we had […]
Bus Bingo and Bariloche
The trip to Bariloche will also be another bus journey I will never forget, not so much for the beautiful views this time as it was raining most of the […]
