Asian Moments, South American Distractions I'll just keep on exploring the planet, one town, one river and one mountain at a time. At least until inter-planetary travel becomes an option.

Kuelap, in Amazonas department of northern Peru

PERU | Saturday, 21 Jul 2012 | Views [1234]

I really loved this immense ruin complex in the north of Peru. I had travelled to the town of Chachapoyas the day before from the Peruvian border with Ecuador, so I came here on my second full day in Peru. The trip from Chachapoyas to the ruins ... Read more >

Tags: archeology, chachapoyas, incas, kuelap, peru

Photos: Bolivia 2012

BOLIVIA | Friday, 20 Jul 2012 | Photo Gallery

Copacabana to La Paz, side trip to las Yungas
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Photos: Peru 2012

PERU | Friday, 20 Jul 2012 | Photo Gallery

Chachapoyas to Isla Amantani: A trip through Peru without stopping in Cusco or Macchu Piccu.
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Photos: Colombia 2011

COLOMBIA | Friday, 20 Jul 2012 | Photo Gallery

Bogota to Ipiales
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Photos: Ecuador 2011-2012

ECUADOR | Thursday, 19 Jul 2012 | Photo Gallery

Otavalo to Vilcabamba
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Photos: Colombia 2010

COLOMBIA | Saturday, 3 Dec 2011 | Photo Gallery

2 weeks from Cartagena to Bogata
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Photos: Lake Titicaca 2007

BOLIVIA | Wednesday, 16 Dec 2009 | Photo Gallery

Actually in both Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world.
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Dharamsala Demonstrations

INDIA | Tuesday, 15 Dec 2009 | Views [921]

It was March 2008 when my ImTrav tour group reached McLeod Ganj, the fabled home of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile. The Chinese had just launched a crackdown on Tibetan demontrators in Llasa, and the struggle for Tibetan rights had ... Read more >

Tags: dharamsala, free tibet, india, mcleod ganj