From culture shock to panda bears
Arriving in China felt like we’d landed on an entirely different planet. One where we didn’t know the customs, how things worked or how to behave, where we couldn’t even communicate or manage the basics […]
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Into the wilds of Nam Ha
Even though we paid more than double the going price for tickets on the one-whole-seat-per-person fancy van, somehow we still ended up sitting in the aisle on the public bus to Oudomxay in northern Laos. […]
The perfect harmony of Luang Prabang
There’s something special about the town of Luang Prabang. Almost everybody says so and I have to agree. It has a kind of perfect harmony. It feels ancient and it is. Apparently it’s been here […]
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 surprised to learn that he was only ashore here for less than a month. He […]
In Search of Sarayaku
We decided to have just one more jungle adventure before leaving the Amazon. JH had his heart set on finding Sarayaku (Sarayacu), an indigenous community somewhere in the Amazon in Ecuador. We were inspired by […]
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 is the entry to the Peruvian Amazon, a city not connected by road to the […]
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 sea. It was sacred to the Incas as the birthplace of the world. It’s pretty […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
