Latin America From Start to End,Lots of plans with No Plans,November 2006 until it Finishes

Nothing prepares you quite like flying in over the highest mountain outside of asia(Aconcagua) for the start of a trip. To see the andes from the air as my first view of South America is pretty mind blowing,you cant really put it into words.... then to...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

ROUND THE WORLD

Spent only 2 days in Arequipa, leaving us too little time to visit the nearby Colca canyon. Instead we rested and visited the charming Santa Catalina monastery....

 

Bolivia

From La Paz we booked ourselves with a company to travel down what is supposedly the most dangerous road in the world. We researched it well and went with Gravity who have the best reputation by far and they certainly kept to it on this occasion. Basic...

 

Inca42

Ok so I haven't written an update for quite a long time so I've forgotten a lot of the details of what's happened. Nonetheless I will try to give a brief overview of what I've done in the last couple of months. The last entry covered up until I arri...

 

A Short History of Toilets in South American

Villa de Leiva proved well worth the 4.5 hour bus ride to and from Bogota. This picturesque hilltop 16th-century village was declared a National Monument in 1954, so any furhter development on the 400 year old site must be carried out in the colonial ...

 

South America 2006

arrived in Puerto Madryn after a very luxurious over night bus ride (they give you sweeties,whisky,wine and everything it was ace). its a funny little town which has been built i think purely as a tourist gateway to the penninsula valdes and feels a bi...

 

Boliva and A Little of Peru

We were all a bit nervous flying straight into La Paz because of the altitude (the airport is at 4000 m and the city 3500 m). We first noticed the effects at the airport while climbing back up the steps from the bano (bathroom). Basically you get rea...