Arriving into Iquitos was crazy – with the heat, humidity and 1000s of mototaxis we felt like we were back in Vietnam rather than in Peru! We had one free day before we headed into the amazon so adventured off to La Isla de Los Manos (Monkey Island). To get there we had to find […]
We had a few days free before our trip to the jungle so after umming and ahhing about what to do all morning we decided to book a bus to Huacachina and left a few hours later. Sitting on the bus we reflected on how warped our sense of distance had become, we thought nothing […]
Finally Peru bound – our last country in South America! We hopped on the bus in Bolivia and then after a short drive we walked across the border to Peru before getting back on and travelling through to Arequipa. Arequipa is a really nice place filled with beautiful white stone buildings. It was just a […]
Copacabana in Bolivia is on the shores of Lake Titicaca which, at almost 4000m, is the worlds highest navigable body of water… Not exactly sure what that means but it sounds impressive right! We were in Copacabana for Katie’s birthday so we treated ourselves to some nice accommodation. A small walk up from the touristy […]
Following spending longer than anticipated in Sucre, we had a speedy 2 day visit through La Paz. Tom and I had some delicious food and went on a walking tour around the city where we learned about local traditions, San Pedro prison and got some insight into Bolivian politics. Next I spent the day with […]
Our first few days in Sucre were very lazy as we chilled out after our Salt Flats tour but we did manage to book ourselves in for some Spanish classes, no more “no hablo espanol” for us! Sucre is one of the best places in South America to learn Spanish, it is pretty cheap, the […]
San Pedro Atacama is a very touristy town and after a week on the road it was strange to run into other gringos again. For some reason the roads around the town are paved but inside the town they are not which means that depending on the weather it is either dusty or muddy all […]
Rooooooadddtriiiiip All good to go in our wicked camper we had 7 days to cover the roughly 2000km from Valparaiso to San Pedro de Atacama. In Chile, you are able to wild camp anywhere you want which meant we were able to have so much more freedom than if we had just taken the bus […]
Today we picked up or Wicked 4wd! With some instructions on how to set up our rooftop tent, and what to do if we crash (basically we are screwed and have to pay everything – or alternatively “crash into another car” and insurance will kick in) we were on our way! Our first stop would […]
There were no semicama seats left when we booked so we splashed out and booked fully reclining cama seats for the bus to Santiago. This was much more comfortable but for some reason I didn’t sleep (classic Emma). We arrived early in the morning, figured out the metro and travelled to the area we were […]
The Wandering Woutersens 