South America
Two Days in the Cloud Forest
I’ve just returned from spending two days in the cloud forest at Bellavista Lodge, high up above the Tandayapa Valley, 85 kilometres to the North East of Quito. I left Quito at 6.30 am yesterday and travelled for about two hours to reach the lodge. It is set in eight square kilometres of steep-sided sub-tropical […]
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Santiago to Quito and My Missing Bags
My time over the last couple of days has been a series of misadventures. I had a six hour stopover in Santiago and then caught a three- hour flight to Lima in Peru where I spent the night at the airport hotel – right across the road from the airport terminal. Along with six other […]
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Santiago, Chile
I’m on my way to the Galapagos Islands via a ‘slow boat to China’. I’ve just landed in Santiago after leaving home nineteen hours ago. I have a six hour stopover here before a four hour flight to Lima, Peru. Then I have an overnight stop for twelve hours and a final three hour flight […]
Read MoreVenizio’s Farm Revisited
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 his house. He was very proud of his family, and had a number of certificates […]
Read MoreBuenos Aries
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 decided that I like this city. I thought this on my first`tri8p to here and […]
Read MoreShe’s Not the Girl from Ipanema
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 in a bikini. She’s not tall, she’s not young, and she’s not lovely – but […]
Read MoreDrenched at Iguazu Falls
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 Argentina. The falls are one- of the top ten natural wonders of the world. Although […]
Read MoreRio de Janeiro
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 we might have expected.The weather kept most people off the beach, so the Girl from […]
Read MoreSugarloaf – Rio
Here’s the view from wwhere I am standing at the top of Sugarloaf, Copacobana Beach is to the left.
Read MoreRepositioning to Brazil
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 combined military and civil airport and is at a height of 4,300 metres (14,107 feet). […]
Read MoreLa Paz
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. Things are really inexpensive in Bolivia with about six Boliviaros to the Australian Dollar. We […]
Read MoreOur Journey to Bolivia
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 expect to find Barry Manilow). At the border, we all had to get out of […]
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