CHILE | Sunday, 9 Nov 2008 | Views [1332] | Comments [1]
The border between Bolivia and Chile isnt really anything apart from 2 flags and a place where the road begins, the 4x4s turn back to the desert and the minibuses pick you up to take you to the oasis of Atacama. Not a passport check in sight - that all ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, bribe, chancer, chile, mate, meat, oasis, truck
PERU | Thursday, 2 Oct 2008 | Views [1427]
The alarm sounded at 6.15am and dawn was just starting to break as we had our breakfast of pancakes and luke warm coffee. The plan was to leave as early as feasible so we could trek in the shade for as long as possible. 5 hours after we set out at 7am ... Read more >
Tags: colca canyon, oasis, trekking
PERU | Monday, 29 Sep 2008 | Views [3144] | Comments [1]
After a hearty breakfast of 4 scrambled eggs (I had Claire's eggs, she had my bread - recipe for constipation or what!) we slung on our backpacks and grabbed the smallest taxi in the world to the panamerican highway. As usual driver was very friendly ... Read more >
Tags: buggy, desert, dune, huacachina, nasca, oasis, propellor, sandboarding
