Risking life and limb in La Paz
THE first thing I noticed about La Paz was the noise and pollution. Horns were beeping, people were and traffic was already building up at 7am when we arrived. Market […]
THE first thing I noticed about La Paz was the noise and pollution. Horns were beeping, people were and traffic was already building up at 7am when we arrived. Market […]
AFTER weeks dodging mosquitoes in Brazil it has been fantastic not having to lather myself in insect repellent morning, noon and night for the last few days. The temperatures have […]
AFTER yet another delayed flight and waiting around for three hours at yet another Bolivian airport, we finally made it to Sucre, the state capital. The flight was just 30 […]
HAVING gotten our exit stamp from Brazil we walked 100 metres to the Bolivian border. Trying to walk separately from us, our peruvian guide, Hernan warned us officers at the […]
HAVING experienced its worst ever flooding, acres and acres of the Pantanal were underwater when we arrived. While it is used to some seasonal flooding, the area of natural wetland […]
WELCOME to beautiful translates the road sign as we enter the next town on our itinerary – Bonito. This tourist town is a small oasis close to the Brazil and […]
HAVING been in Brazil for almost three weeks, and as we get ready to move onto the next country, there are a few things I have observed about Brazilians. They […]
OUR visit to Paraguay was short and sweet. While it gave me two days to practice my Spanish, it was purely added to the itinerary because it is the quickest […]
THE visit to Iguazu was one of the main things I was looking forward to most on the trip.But even I didn’t understand just how amazing it would be until […]
Five days in Rio went very quick. Too quick…. I had spent the time getting to know other people on my tour and others who had just finished similar tours […]