Add These To Your Route! Having spent 6 whole months on the road travelling through South America, visiting Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador, we thought we’d share with you our 25…
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Sector 4 – The Final Chapter Of Our South America Journey… Well we’ve made it home! After 189 days, clocking up 35,000 kilometres on the truck, having explored, hiked, danced and eaten our way…
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Photography Focus – Portraits… Since returning home to England and having a bit of time to reflect on all that we have experienced over the last six months travelling around South America, we thought…
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The Best Of Bolivia! Bolivia can boast it has the world’s largest salt flat, the Salar de Uyuni, which is fantastic in its own right. But if like us, you love the great outdoors,…
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Home To Ancient Cultures… Straddling the border between Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca, a gigantic, shimmering inland sea covering 8,500 square kilometres, is the highest navigable lake in the world, averaging 3,810 metres above…
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Sacred City Of The Incas… Set high in the mountains above the fast-flowing Rio Urubamba, Machu Picchu is undoubtedly Peru’s most visited attraction and South America’s best known archaeological site. With its stunning location…
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Why Choose The Lares Trek? When visiting Peru, undoubtedly at the top of every traveller’s list is the ‘lost’ Inca city of Machu Picchu. Whilst most tourists opt to reach the city by trekking…
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A Must Do Multi-Day Hike! Famous for its outstanding beauty and proximity for seeing the Andean condor, the Colca Valley in Peru offers some fantastic hiking opportunities, the most popular of which being a…
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Life In A Rural Community… As well as being an impressive Inca archaeological site, the village of Raqchi, in the Cusco region of Peru, presents an insight into life in a rural community by…
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High Up In The Peruvian Andes! The start of ‘Sector 4’ on our 6 month overland trip through South America began with our return to Peru. With its lush green valleys and mountains of…
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Caribbean Coast, Coffee Culture Carnival! We ended ‘Part 1‘ in the lovely Colombian villages of Barichara and Guane after we had hiked along the ancient Camino Real Trail. But our journey through Colombia did…
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Continuing On Our Epic South American Journey… If you have read our previous round-up ’38 Days Overland In Brazil’, you’ll be aware that ‘Sector 2’ came to an abrupt end with our route north…
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Never Take Your Eye Off The Ball… As seasoned travellers that have experienced a fair amount of the world, we can wholeheartedly say that the majority of people we have met along the way…
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City In The Clouds… Standing at 2,850 metres, Quito is the highest capital city in the world and the second largest city of Ecuador. It was also the next place we visited on our…
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The Heart Of Colombia… Nestled in the foothills of the Andes, the popular and charming traditional coffee town of Salento showcases everything we love about Colombia as a whole. Friendly smiles, tasty local dishes,…
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Grab Your Walking Boots! Located in the Santander region of northeastern Colombia, San Gil is more popularly known as Colombia’s ‘adventure sports capital’. But if adrenalin pumping activities are not really your thing, there…