If you always wanted to go to the Lost City of Atlantis but couldn’t as it doesn’t exist then The Lost City is a very good bet. It takes six days and it is a slightly edgier and considerably lower…
Archives for April 2018
Day tripping from Bogota to Zipaquirá’s salt cathedral
Bogota is rough around the edges certainly, I think Plaza de Bolivar would sigh if it were to speak, after all the things that it has seen. However, La Candelaria district is a place to be. Lovely cafes, museums and…
What is it like to do a bungee jump?
Many moons ago, I visited Australia for 3 months to do some travelling and plant some trees. I went to Western Australia and lived in a house in Willagee with ten other travellers from around the world. I was young…
Wildlife watching in Venezuela’s Los Llanos
After travelling up from Manaus into Venezuela via a stopover in Santa Elena and spending two solid days travelling including 12 hours at a bus station I was thrilled to be in Merida. Merida is a city on the Western…
I went on a really cheap Amazon trip and this is what happened
After I crossed the picket lines in Northern Peru I met a guy called Daniel on a boat. We decided to hire our own guide and go on a really cheap jungle trip. We went on an unofficial tour from…
Crossing picket lines through Tarapoto and Yurimaguas to reach the Amazon
Tarapoto I was trying to make my way to the Huallaga River so I got several buses for short journeys and on one of the last ones, a Peruvian guy told me to go with another guy that was heading…
The lesser-known tourist attractions of Northern Peru
I’m very glad that I returned to Peru as I’d missed some very significant places the first time around. The North of Peru has some great historical sites so I knew that I’d made the right decision. My first stop…
My Ecuador animal rescue centre diaries Vol 4
I returned to the rescue centre feeling much better than when I left. I was excited about the challenge and I did a week’s handover with Helen where she showed me all the morning checks and filled me in on…
Trying to do the Quilotoa Loop and failing miserably
Latacunga As I had been up all night from the shamanic ritual, I had the most unattractive sleep on the crowded bus to Latacunga, I must have looked like a total wreckhead. The most impressive thing about Latacunga is that it…