Trip: Sabbatical
There are [38] stories from my trip: Sabbatical
NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 1 Sep 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Friday, 29 Aug 2008 | Views [479]
After 4 months in spanish (or welsh) speaking countries, to land in a country that almost speaks english perfectly was wonderful. We spent the first few days in Christchurch, getting over jet lag and generally just chilling out at Jo and Calvin's house ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 12 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Tuesday, 12 Aug 2008 | Views [502]
We spent our last week in South America hanging out in Buenos Aires.
The city has a strangely European feel to it but definitely keeps
Argentinian hours. We discovered that clubs only really warm up at
about 2am when we went to a horrendous Latino ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Monday, 4 Aug 2008 | Views [607]
After the
worst bus journey of my life from Mendoza,
we finally arrived in Puerto Iguazu on the evening of my birthday. I was expecting seriously good things from the
waterfalls the next day to compensate for the 44-hour bus trip and amazingly
the ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Thursday, 31 Jul 2008 | Views [559]
We spent a
week in Mendoza
waiting for Stu to get over a stinking cold so we could go wine tasting. Our
time was gainfully employed settling into the Argentinean café culture and
adjusting our body clocks to afternoon siestas and late dinners ... Read more >
ARGENTINA | Saturday, 26 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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ARGENTINA | Thursday, 24 Jul 2008 | Views [839]
Our final trip across the Andes brought us down into Salta in northern Argentina. We had heard that the steak and wine were good in Argentina but that hadn’t prepared us for what we ate at Viejo Jack´s grill in Salta. The restaurant was recommended ... Read more >
CHILE | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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CHILE | Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [576]
After our last cold night on the Bolivian altiplano, it was a relief to get down into Chile and below 3000m. We arrived in San Pedro de Atacama at lunchtime and promptly signed up for a star-gazing trip into the desert that evening. The tour was ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 | Views [820]
It’s difficult to know what to write about the Salar de Uyuni… We left Uyuni on the Sunday and went out to the salt flats, which are just lakes so saline that the surface crystallises into a layer of salt so thick you can drive across it. Consequently ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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BOLIVIA | Friday, 11 Jul 2008 | Views [994]
After the excitement of Cuzco, we headed south to Puno and then over the border to Bolivia near the shores of Lake Titicaca. Our first stop in Bolivia was Isla Del Sol, the island on the lake that the Inca´s believed was the site of the creation of ... Read more >
BOLIVIA | Friday, 11 Jul 2008 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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PERU | Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 | Views [958] | Comments [5]
Following a flight over the Darien Gap via Swansea (congratulations Cat and Toby!), we landed in Peru on Tuesday 17 th . Keen to start adjusting to the altitude before we set off on the Inca Trail, we flew straight to Cuzco on the Wednesday morning.... Read more >
PERU | Saturday, 21 Jun 2008 | Photo Gallery
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