(Not) Leaving Mérida
As I hinted at the end of my last post, getting out of Mérida wasn’t quite as easy as I had hoped. I’d booked the (fairly secure) night bus heading […]
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The Best Things On Two Wheels: Trinidad, Bolivia.
I just can't seem to stop writing about this country, can I? Browsing through some notes the other day I found a list that Emily had made while we were […]
One Last Thing: Why Bolivia Is A Country You Really Shouldn’t Miss
One thing that I couldn’t help noticing on our bumpy journey back to La Paz from Rurrenabaque was the astonishing, steady density of towns dotted along the Ruta 3, the […]
Into the Bolivian Jungle – Santa Rosa to Rurrenabaque
Our feet had barely touched the ground in Guayaramerin before we were forced to plot our next move. Although it would have been nice to hang around and take a […]
Getting Off The Gringo Trail – Trinidad to Guayaramerin (On a Cargo Boat)
You all know about my obsession by now about getting away from those pesky tourists, right? Eager to keep the trend running, I set about convicing Emily to accompany me […]
On The Road Again: Travelling Solo
So after a nine week stint in Bolivia which, looking back, seems all too brief, I’m back on the road and I’m by myself again. Nearly. Since crossing the border […]
Hello Jesus! Catching Rays in Cochabamba
Feeling like I owed myself a break from fast-paced Bolivian capital of La Paz, and still with a week to kill before meeting my friend to head for the jungle, […]
Island Fiestas at Lake Titicaca: Copacabana, Isla Del Sol
Lake Titicaca, which sits at 3,800 metres as the highest navigable lake in the world, sprawls across the borders of Bolivia and Peru. It is home to a handful of […]
The Winter Solstice at Tiwanaku, Celebrating Bolivian Style!
It was one of those spur-of-the-moment travel things that I hadn’t really planed on doing until I was asked, or rather, told: “Teddy, you know how you finish work at […]
La Paz, Bolivia: The Best Bits
La Paz is Bolivia’s bustling capital, instantly recognisable from its unusual bowl shape and arrangement of homes rising up steep hillsides surrounding the town to the altiplano. It carries the […]
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