Category Archives: South America

Visiting the farm of Venizio’s family in Peru was a fascinating insight into a different world. Here was a man who couldn’t read or write and scratched out a meagre existence  by growing potatoes and corn on the land around … Continue reading →

We have spent the last three days in Buenos Aries in Argentina at the conclusion of our trip. The city’s name in English translates into ‘Good Air’ and it is indeed a good and comfortable pace to visit. I have … Continue reading →

I saw Rob’s comment that the best view in Rio would be the girls on the beach. Unfortunately, we were there on two cool and cloudy days. I took this picture of the only woman I saw on the beach … Continue reading →

We arrived at Iguazu on Tuesday after a two hour flight from Rio. Iguazu is approximately half way between Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aries and s at a point on the Iguazu River on the Border of Brazil and … Continue reading →

We arrived in Rio on Saturday night after a long flight for a visit to this exciting and romantic city. Unfortunately, we hit a patch of cool rainy weather,so a lot of our expectations were not fulfilled to the degree … Continue reading →

Here’s the view from wwhere I am standing at the top of Sugarloaf, Copacobana Beach is to the left.

To get to our next `major destination, Rio de Janeiro, we have to fly back to Santiago in Chile. We flew out of La Paz yesterday morning, fromm the `highest commercial airport in the world. La Paz Airport is a … Continue reading →

We arrived late into La Paz after our all day trip from Puno. We only took a –couple- of photos of Puno as the town is basically a collection of little square brick buildings on the hillside around the lake. … Continue reading →

On Thursday, our trio continued as we travelled around Lake Titikaka by bus and, after 90-minutes, we crossed the border from Peru into Bolivia near the town of Copacobana. (Not the Brazilian city by th same name, where you could … Continue reading →

On the way back from, visiting the Chulpas, we stopped to visit the house of a man named Venizio who has a farm near Sullustani. This gave us an excellent insight into the life of the local people who scratch … Continue reading →