Quito is surrounded by some of the Andes’ highest peaks, so while we were there we wanted to get a decent climb under our belts. We had met a professional guide by the name of Jose on an organised Cotopaxi tour a few days earlier. We told him of our Read more…
We had read a lot about Bogota before visiting. It was boring. It was just a dirty city. There was nothing to do. Our first thoughts when we got off of the bus were… wow, Bogota is cold! That’s the first thing we notice. Usually, we’ve seen locals wearing jumpers Read more…
The Inca Trail was the only thing we had booked before leaving England. The four day trail starts in Ollyantaytambo and ends inside Machu Picchu. It is supposedly the ‘best’ trail leading to Machu Picchu since it has such spectacular views and goes through many other ruin sites. It has Read more…
We headed to Uyuni, ready and excited for what we hoped would be one of the best sights of our whole trip. Uyuni was a funny little town, there’s not much there although it does have some good food and beer places! It was just used as a stopover for Read more…
The Quilotoa Loop was something we had been really looking forward to since our planning days back in the UK; a 3-day hike ending at an active volcano crater. It looked stunning, and in real life it didn’t disappoint. We arrived in Latacunga (the base for this hike) from Quito. Read more…
We arrived in Puerto Madryn after another long, long bus journey from Puerto Natales. This included a 7 hour layover in the tiniest, greyest town we’ve been in so far; Rio Gallegos. There seems to be lots of buses leaving from this tiny town and teeny bus station, so thankfully we Read more…
Argentina… Polo, steak and WINE! We chose to visit the wineries in Maipu, just outside of Mendoza and, although we weren’t sure how strict South American rules are with regard to drink driving it’s always better to be safe rather than sorry, so we went on bikes. Not my most Read more…
I am a keen runner at home and frequently enter races so I was on the look-out for something in South America which worked out with our travel plans. We found an event in Lima. It was advertised as Lima 42k, but it also had a 21k and a 10k Read more…
We had already read about Colombia’s love of Tejo (less of a drinking game as such, but a game that goes hand in hand with drink), so when we saw a bar advertising ‘gunpowder and beer’ we just had to go in. It was actually quite daunting, but that was Read more…
We came to Salento from Medellin; seven hours in a decent mini-bus. When we arrived in Salento’s main square on Saturday evening it was so cute. This is coffee region, and where Colombians come for weekend breaks. It’s very picturesque, and there are even more poncho and cowboy hat wearing Read more…