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...

 

Bolivia

We have spent an absolutely fantastic 4 days travelling through the South of Bolivia into Northern Chile. We met, Caroline, from Manchester whilst we were doing the bike ride and stayed in the same hostel with her (The adventure brew hostel, which had...

 

The World Jaunt

Auckland...

 

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...

 

Southern Hemisphere Safari

Came down to Floriano for a weeks relaxation on the beatiful brazilian beaches! Checked into the only hostel recommended in the "book" to find we were in the middle of nowhere with a bunch of hippies in a room stinking of damp with no money! ...

 

um-die-welt 2007

Mit etwas Verspaetung komme ich endlich dazu hier ueber meine Erlebnisse auf dieser Reise zu berichten. Also Argentinien die Erste: Meine erste Station ist Buenos Aires. Eine Stadt mit Charme der Alten Welt vermischt mit einem kraeftigen Schuss Modern...

 

THE HOT ADVENTURES OF A NOT COLD BIATCH

Had to draaag myself out of bed and realised I had absolutely no idea what I had booked for myself so couldn't really pack for my overnight stay on an island on Lake Titicaca. So kept the rest of the group waiting while I, completely flustered, threw s...

 

Bolivia

15 June 07 In to Bolivia! Well, like I said the Peru/Bolivia border crossing was somewhat easy. They didn´t check anything. Just a stamping exercise. Once we all boarded the bus again it was less than 20 minutes and we were dropped of in C...

 

Around the world in 86 days

_Julia_ Tuesday (8th May 2007). Sam & Jenni had arrived, so the dangerous drinking stakes had just got higher for Craigles. We went to meet Ani, the wedding coordinator at Manuia Beach hotel, who I had months emailing and organising with. We fin...

 

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 ...

 

Round the World Trip 2006/07

We arrived in La Paz on Thursday afternoon. It is absolute mayhem here! Buses, taxis, combis and people everywhere. Crossing the road is a challenge in itself. We went to an Asian restaurant for our farewell meal on Thursday night. Having not had a cur...

 

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...

 

London 1995

After a night in the upstairs room of a pub with an Australian girl called Corrina and a bottle of tequila I am smitten. She leaves a few days later to work in a pub in the Gambia. I book a ticket and fly back to Africa for the first time since leaving...

 

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...

 

Grand ol' world tour

The Navimag cargo ferry, our home for five nights and the best fun you can have on a ship loaded with cargo trucks, cows and sea-sick passengers. Travelling on the first trip of the high season meant that the boat was only a third full. Which was exc...

 

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....

 

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...

 

World Backpacking Trip (Part 1) - South America & USA 2005 / 2006

24th December 2005 I met Gabriela for lunch and after we went Christmas shopping which was easier than yesterday because she knew somewhere that was less busy so of course less people begging. I find this side of things very difficult. By the ti...

 

South America 2006

From Foz do Iguazu, we headed south in to Argentina and have had a few very long days driving. The first night, we had a "bush camp" enroute and pitched our tents in the middle of a forest with no-one for miles around us, it was good fun, ...

 

stress at La Paz airport

7 o'clock in the morning, I'm standing at the check-in counter of Lloyd Aerero Boliviano Airlines (LAB) at the El Alto airport in La Paz, Bolivia. I'm flying to Lima today. My round trip flight ticket between La Paz to Lima was purchased a week ago fro...

 

South America 2006

This bit is on it´s way......

 

South American Adventures

After arriving at 6am, going to a hostel to be told they only had 3 beds (there are 6 of us), we decided to book ourselves onto a tour that left at 8am to visit the mines of Potosi. These mines are run by cooperatives and only pay minimal taxes which ...

 

South America I: Argentina, Uruguay, Brasil, Bolivia, Peru 2006

Copacaban in Bolivia, from where we visited Isla del Sol, and Puno in Peru, from where we visited the Uros Floating islands, Isla Amantani and Isla Taquile. Thur 29 June 2006 We took a bus from Puno to Cusco last night and after 7.5 hours arrived ...

 

Des & Tom´s Latino Adventures!

Saturday 8th April// Sunday 9th April//...

 

Me & My 20 Kilo Backpack in South America 2006

The start of our trip through Argentina's Patagonia. The first stop was at SANTA ROSA. Santa Rosa is the capital of La Pampa, it is relatively new city as it was only founded in 1892. (So the Lonely Planet guide says) It was a very quiet chilled...

 

Don't slam the door behind you on the way out....

The original plan was to spend xmas in Koh Pha-Ngan for the full-moon parties - but the forecast wasn't good, so we headed off Krabbi with the intention of going to Koh Phi Phi (aka "The Beach"). We stopped off in Krabbi (which was really nic...

 

3 weeks to go in London

Starting this off 9 months into the trip probably seems a bit strange but I've decided that I would like to have some type of memory like this that is official rather than lots of bits and pieces and scribbled bits of paper all over the place when I do...

 

Bolivian Adventures

Well a little tired and smelly but we made it back to Argentina - La Paz to Uyuni by bus, cranked a 2 day 4*4 mission on the incredible salt flats, hopped on a train to the border and caught a bus to Salta in Argentina for our first shower in 4 days. ...

 

South America baby!

After a day doing absolutely nothing (i.e. resting my aching limbs!) in Cusco, our group headed out to sample the famous "gringo nightlife" at Mama Africa`s and to celebrate Emily`s (a girl in my group) birthday. After the pain of preceding d...

 

Bolivia

After a wonderful few days in the Pantanal, we crossed over to Bolivia again. Back to Bolivian life straight away. Things are so manana, manana here.... We decided to leave Eastern Bolivia and venture up North for more exploration. Now, our bus...