COLOMBIA | Friday, 20 Apr 2012 | Views [385]
Hello all again! The trek from Quito to Bogota proved to be a long but enjoyable one with several highlights. I didn't find Quito all that inspiring but spent a rainy day there getting affairs in order before my departure. I headed up to the 'Mitad ... Read more >
ECUADOR | Thursday, 12 Apr 2012 | Views [548] | Comments [1]
Despite the trials of south American transit we did eventually make it to Baltra, Galapagos on time as scheduled. The adventure restarted immediately on arrival as we had forgotten the $100 entrance fee into the islands... Oops! We managed to scrape ... Read more >
PERU | Thursday, 29 Mar 2012 | Views [615] | Comments [1]
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have the pleasure of blogging from the Starbucks in the Lima airport
today after a very stressful morning. We arose at 4am to make
our 7am flight from Cusco to Lima, only to spend the next 6 hours
sitting at cusco airport waiting for ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Sunday, 18 Mar 2012 | Views [357]
Time for a long overdue blog session! I´m writing from Cuzco, Peru but feel that the 12 days spent in Bolivia deserve a story of their own! We entered Bolivia through Villazon, north of Salta, Argentina and bussed through to Tupiza. It was clear straight ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 28 Feb 2012 | Views [530]
Well... It has been a long time since the first and last blog on the Latin American experience - a lot has happened in the interim. Carnaval in Rio was a hectic experience - there is no exaggeration at all in the stories of partying all night-sleeping ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Wednesday, 15 Feb 2012 | Views [495]
Hola! Well it's day 5 already and still no entries - time for an update! Buenos Aires has been a good stay so far - we had a good flight over and have set up camp in a hostel named Milhouse which is heavily populated with Australians. The hostel ... Read more >