None of the pictures featured in this post have been edited in any way. Having read some pretty rubbish reviews for the rainbow mountain tours we opted to do the alternative rainbow mountains instead. The alternative tour boasted not one but three stripy mountains, more time to appreciate them, smaller groups and less of a […]
Author: M
8 Mile
We decided that as the Arequipa bus was such a success and we managed to get a decent amount of sleep, we would try out the cheap seats for the 10 hour overnigher to Cusco. We made a poor choice. The journey was long and uncomfortable, there appeared to be two temperature settings freezing Antarctic […]
Slide Away
We take a short and comfortable bus ride from Paracas to Ica, the city sign is not as impressive as some of the others we have seen… From Ica we take a cab on to Huacachina (pronounced wack-a-cheena). The cab driver spoke really good English and was keen to show us his currency from around […]
No Toast On The Peruvian Coast
After a drama free border crossing (Dave was given a 90 day visa, I only got 60 days) we hop back on the bus and admire the arid Peruvian landscape pass by in the dark. We’d let the hostel know we would be arriving in the early hours and they said the gate would be […]
Beach Please!
As our next stop, Montañita, is only 10 minutes up the road we decide to live it up and get a cab rather than wait for a bus. The drive is quick and comfortable but it is most upsetting to see so many hammock shops line our route. Maybe we should have a hammock each?! […]
Devil’s Nose Train
After the high energy of Baños, we’re looking forward to a relaxed day in Alausí riding the La Nariz del Diablo, the Devil’s Nose Train. We take the bus from Baños to Riobamba and have to change to a bus for Alausí. We wander the terminal and find that the desk for Alausí is shut. […]
Open Fires, Cloudy Days and a Volcano
We could have taken a day trip from Quito to see Cotopaxi but we decided to have a stop there. As we are heading south anyway it made sense to book a couple of nights nearby. Annoyingly, the day we left Quito the weather was the best it had been since we arrived in Ecuador. […]
Colombia… 2 x 10 + 1
Days spent: 32 Bus journeys: 6 Flights: 1 Places Visited: 11 Favourite beer: Club Colombia Rojo (It’s really good!) Hammocks purchased: 1 Tejo bangs: Dave – 0, M – 4 The Good: Bright / colourful / beautiful / buzzing / good food / good drivers / diverse landscape and people / friendly / very patient […]
Cab, Bus, Bus, Popayán, Bus, Ipiales, Cab, Ecuador!
We’re not looking forward to the next part of our journey. We have to cover a reasonably long distance, in a relatively short time and then leave beautiful Colombia (?). We’re heading from Salento down to Quito in Ecuador. It’s 920Km or approximately 572 miles in old money. We want to be in Ecuador by […]
What We Ate, What We Did
We’ve spent quite an intense week nerding it up. Lessons in the morning, followed by afternoons in a café or park studying and then most evenings doing our homework or just practicing our Español. In order to milk Medellín for all it has to offer, we’ve decided to fill our last few days with as […]