Coroico in the Clouds
The old road from La Paz to Coroico used to be THE actual worst road in the world, also known as the ‘death road’. It’s still used for cycling thrill seekers, although a number of […]
Settling into Siem Reap
This is the third time we’ve been to Siem Reap in the last decade. We thought it would be an...
The beginning of a great adventure
It’s almost three years since my last blog post. That’s how long it’s taken to finish setting up our home...
Last Stop, Quito
Quito is the turn-around point for us, in this particular South American adventure. From here it’s back to Santiago (Chile),...
Galapagos – The Enchanted Isles
The Galápagos Islands are most famous for the role they played in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. I was quite...
In Search of Sarayaku
We decided to have just one more jungle adventure before leaving the Amazon. JH had his heart set on finding...
Adventures in the Amazon
We flew into Iquitos because it’s the only way to get there. Flying over the Andes was pretty awesome. Iquitos...
Lake Titicaca and the Sacred Inca Valley
Lake Titicaca is as magical as it sounds, perched up high in the Andes like a beautiful calm freshwater inland...
The Extraordinary City of La Paz
For the first few days after flying into La Paz we felt a bit wonky. Being almost 4km up in the air is a strange sensation. Walking around feels a bit like being on a […]
To Tarija and Beyond
The express service from Villamontes to Tarija wasn’t really as bad as we’d heard it might be. It was very uncomfortably squashy though, in a 6x seater van with six adults, four medium sized children […]
Misfits, Missionaries and Herbal Tea
Paraguay is a fascinating country. Compared to other places in South America there’s not a lot to see in terms of amazing or famous sites – scenery or architecture – but there are some hidden […]
Carnaval in Encarnacion
I’d always thought that Carnaval was something that only happened in Rio de Janeiro but it seems it’s celebrated all across South America. I’m not sure if Carnaval celebrations predate the colonial invasions but with […]
The Supermarket of South America
We’ve picked up a bad habit of crossing borders by taxi. Well, we’ve done it twice now. I know it’s a bit decadent and kind of cheating but it’s so much easier. Especially with the […]
Wildlife and Waterfalls in Iguazu
It’s been a bit of hard travelling to get from the bottom of Uruguay to the top of Argentina – part exhilaration, part tedium and part comedy of errors. There were some painfully long bus […]
Montevideo – Take 2
Back in Montevideo, Uruguay, I’m trying to get my head around this intriguing city. We were going to stay in the amazing but unsettling Palacio Salvo again but (much to my relief) it was unavailable. […]
Holiday in Uruguay
Public holidays like Christmas and New Year just get in the way when you’re on the road. Everything shuts down at inconvenient times and you run the risk of finding yourself stuck in a ghost […]
Montevideo, So Wonderfully Strange
We caught the early morning ferry across the Rio de la Plata (River Plate) from Buenos Aires to Uruguay. The ‘river’ is huge – the widest in the world at 220km – but there is […]
