PERU | Friday, 8 Jan 2010 | Views [221]
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 26 Jun 2007 | Views [811] | Comments [4]
For a football-loving fag-hag like me, the choice of entertainment for our first evening in Buenos Aires boded well for our stay - a choice between the first leg of the South American equivalent of the Champions League between Boca Juniors of Buenos ... Read more >
Tags: People
URUGUAY | Wednesday, 20 Jun 2007 | Views [595]
Well, I am pleased to report that our luck changed at the Uruguayan border. We found the bus company at 2305 - just five minutes after the last bus to Montevideo had departed, but instead of directing us to wait six hours for the early morning departure, ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
BRAZIL | Tuesday, 12 Jun 2007 | Views [806]
What´s in a name? Well, in Brazil the answer to this question is about 350 km... but I´m giving away the punchline here. To start at the beginning, arriving in Brazil from Bolivia was like entering a different century - a world of asphalted roads, ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
BOLIVIA | Friday, 8 Jun 2007 | Views [807]
I decided that the results of my first impulsive action were so good that I would do it again. This time, I discarded my plans to fly to Argentina on my own and instead hooked up with El Ultimo Inka to explore a possible new career - travelling overland ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
PERU | Tuesday, 29 May 2007 | Views [522] | Comments [1]
Yes, its not only men who cannot help acting on Impulse, as the advert says. The day after my Cusco studies finished, I headed off to the airport with my rucksack. Although I´d deliberately kept my Cusco purchases to a minimum, I still found it hard ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
PERU | Friday, 18 May 2007 | Views [599] | Comments [2]
I thought that title might grab people's attention... the fact is that I have developed a new vice here in Cusco. As anyone who knows me is well aware, I do have a bit of a girly thang for buying lots of shoes. Unfortunately, this is not something I ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
PERU | Monday, 14 May 2007 | Views [524]
Darlings, last week two momentous events happened - first of all, I discovered the hidden underbelly of artistic Cusco and secondly, the men of Peru finally realized that I really was irresistible (well, OK, one of them succumbed to my ample womanly ... Read more >
Tags: Friends
PERU | Friday, 4 May 2007 | Views [751] | Comments [3]
This really must rank as the ultimate insult. My worthy plan to study Spanish for 4 weeks then to bring a little joy to the poor orphans of Cusco whilst simultaneously gaining spiritual fulfilment myself has gone horribly awry. I have spared everyone ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Tuesday, 1 May 2007 | Views [1870]
Ever since I arrived in Cusco, Palmyra - the poor unfortunate who has to put up with me as her house guest - has been eager for me to try chicha, the corn beer that put the oomph into the Incas. On Friday night, I finally got my chance and it was "... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PERU | Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007 | Views [462]
For those Caversham (and ex-Caversham) types perusing this blog and flinching at my grammatical errors, I thought I should start this entry by describing the conditions in which I write. First of all, there is an Internet place on every corner in central ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
PERU | Tuesday, 24 Apr 2007 | Views [1044] | Comments [3]
And so to the place which has made schoolchildren laugh for decades... Lake Titicaca. Lulled into a false sense of security by the smooth efficiency of my Machu Picchu trip, I booked with the same agency to travel by bus to Puno for my weekend on Lake ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
PERU | Wednesday, 18 Apr 2007 | Views [560] | Comments [1]
If there was one trip in Peru I had to make it was to Machu Picchu. Anyone who knows me even a little will not be surprised to hear that I decided not to trek there at altitude along the Inca trail - I was panting just climbing the stairs to get to ... Read more >
Tags: Mountains
PERU | Tuesday, 17 Apr 2007 | Views [485] | Comments [1]
My family First of all, a bit more about my family. How can you go wrong when the first thing they do on your arrival is offer you coca tea to overcome the effects of altitude sickness? I'm not sure if that is what has done the trick, but I have been ... Read more >
Tags: Family
PERU | Tuesday, 10 Apr 2007 | Views [675] | Comments [5]
Well, I made it to Peru after all the pre-trip passport problems and second thoughts about the whole thing. God knows how though... The night before travelling I hardly slept and when I did drop off I had horrific dreams of exploding like a weak-skinned ... Read more >
Tags: Airports
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 5 Mar 2007 | Views [442] | Comments [2]
Well, a certain friend known as Les Bridgeland jokingly suggested that I was actually going nowhere and would write a whole load of guff about travelling the world from a darkened room in Emmer Green. How I laughed when I got that e-mail, but it turns ... Read more >
Tags: I should have known better!
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 30 Jan 2007 | Views [564] | Comments [2]
Well, rumours that I am going mad may not be exaggerated. This waiting around is the worst bit of any trip. I just want to get started now rather than spending another day staring at my rucksack and watching it shrink before my very eyes. I am torn -... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
