The Land of the Long White CloudWaitomo Caves, New Zealand Waitomo Caves, New Zealand New Zealand – North Island Auckland, The Bay of Islands and Waitomo October 30th – November 5th Managed a few hours of restless sleep on the long flight from Los Angeles to Auckland, despite the screaming brat in the row next …
A Tale of Three Cities Pts 2 & 3: New York and SFOSan Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA A Tale of Three Cities… Pt 2: New York New York 17th – 25th October Flew into JFK and felt a sense of excitement and relief at being back in a country where I felt at home. …
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A Tale of Three Cities… Pt 1: Santiago, ChileSantiago, Chile Santiago, Chile Managed to get a few hours sleep on the overnight bus to the Chilean capital of Santiago. Also managed to completely miss the miners being rescued – quite a mean feat in a country obsessed with the story. I heard that the main …
Have I Got Views For You….Pucon, Chile Pucon, Chile Patagonia – Bariloche, San Martin De Los Andes (Argentina) and Pucon (Chile) 2nd – 12th October I enjoyed my luxury overnight bus trip apart from the rude awakening by an Argentinean sniffer dog poking it’s nose in my face at 6am. I don’t think I’ve been …
Don't Cry For Me….Buenos Aires, Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Buenos Aires – September 26th – October 1st A brief respite from slumming it, and a few glasses of champagne in the VIP Lounge later, I boarded my plane to a new country and another iconic city, Buenos Aires. A very kind Argentinean lady on the …
The Girl From Ipanema…Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Paraty, Ilha Grande and RIO!!! – 15th – 25th September The epic day-long bus journey to Paraty wasn`t nearly as bad as I’d expected. We were booked on a “cama” bus, which means the seats are huge and recline almost all the way back. …
Wet and Wild in the Pantanal (Not!)Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil The Pantanal & Igucu Falls, Brazil 8th – 14th September The crossing into Brazil was fairly straight-forward – but we came to a police check point within a few miles, where several plain clothed cops steamed down the bus demanding to …
The Dizzy Highs and Lows of Bolivia: Pt 2Santa Cruz, Bolivia Santa Cruz, Bolivia Potosí, Sucre and Santa Cruz – 2nd – 7th September Woke up to a light dusting of snow in Uyuni for our freezing cold 6 hour journey to Potosi by local bus, along a very long, winding and icy road that …
The Dizzy Highs and Lows of BoliviaUyuni, Bolivia Uyuni, Bolivia Part 1: La Paz and the Uyuni Salt Plains – 27th August – 2nd September From the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, I continue my ascent to La Paz, the highest (governmental) Capital City in the world at 3660m. …
Lake TiticacaCopacabana, Bolivia Copacabana, Bolivia Lake Titicaca (Peru and Bolivia) 21st – 26th August We made it back in one piece, as did the car, to Cusco where we`d arranged to meet the car rental man at the airport. Naturally, being Peru, he didn`t turn up and the airport information desk had to phone him …
