In Pictures: Visiting Zipaquirá’s Catedral de Sal
Zipaquirá is a pleasant colonial town two hours from Bogotá’s city centre by public transport (see below). Twenty minutes walking distance from the small town centre is a rock salt […]
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Meeting The Fans And The Food In Bogotá
Okay so I’m being a little self indulgent, but seriously, I met a fan! But more about that later. Somewhat surprisingly, Bogotá doesn’t seem to feature highly on the Colombian […]
Visiting Lima: The Highlights!
I spent a little over a week in Lima, Peru’s capital and largest city. Prior to heading up there I had heard average reports from people coming south. The phrases […]
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 […]
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 […]
Bolivian Border Crossing, 4×4 Touring and the Uyuni Salt Flats.
Undoubtedly, one of the major highlights departing Northern Chile and crossing into Bolivia is the opportunity to take a 4×4 tour across the breathtakingly varied landscapes that the south of […]
Northern Argentina: Jujuy, Purmamarca, Tilcara & Humahuaca.
I excitedly made my way to Jujuy, 2 hours north of Salta, as I had been in touch with Kike whom I had met in the second week of my […]
Back in the Big City – Buenos Aires
I woke up early to thank my Couchsurfing host, Facko, who had put me up for two rather cerveza filled nights in Ushuaia. Nursing my sore head, I packed the […]
El Calafate & Glaciar Perito Moreno
The rapidly growing town of El Calafate is approximately 200km further south of El Chalten, on the south-west edge of Lago Argentino and 80km from the southern edge of UNESCO […]
Video – Rio Tranquilo
Here is the footage from Rio Tranquilo, the second largest inland lake in South America. It is surrounded my Marble caves and beautiful Patagonian mountain scenery which you can read […]
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