Isolated on Isla Zapara, Venezuela.
I had used up a month’s worth of good luck and karma points to make it into Venezuela in one piece. I met my Couchsurfing host, Walter, at his camping/hostal […]
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Snippets of Caribbean Life in Costeño
We had been in a perpetual state of relaxation since finishing our three day diving course in Taganga. The three biggest (and most convieniently located) pleasures in life, a beach, […]
Racing Motorbikes To Otavalo
I felt a little guilty about escaping the concrete jungle of Quito so soon. Traveller’s burnout had struck and I definitely didn’t feel as if I’d done the city justice […]
Baños, Better Than Your Average Dunny!
Ecuador is small enough to easily catch day buses between its major towns, I only had three hours of compulsory downtime before we dipped into the valley surrounding Ecuador's adventure […]
Synagogues and Boobies: Montañita to Puerto Lopez
Synagogues and boobies. I’m aware that these two things don’t usually go together but Montañita was about to change all of that – what more could you expect from Ecuador’s […]
Mancora: Beach, Beer, Bikes, Sun & Ceviche
I think the title of this post sums up my experience in Mancora. Two weeks, interspersed with local market food, early morning fishing trips, lazy afternoons on the beach and […]
Buggying, Boarding & A Rendezvous In Huacachina
Between Arequipa and Lima there are a couple more things worth stopping for, the ancient Nazca Lines (if you have a spare $130USD) and the dunes encircling Ica and the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Potosí, Cerro Rico & Bolivian Belly in Sucre.
Well today is like Groundhog Day, because I inexplicably lost this entire post after spending three hours working on it yesterday. Let's hope things go more smoothly this time! Cerro […]
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