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Bolivia…I read Marching Powder (a book that you all should read) in Central America and a number of people told me that this was their least favourite place in South America. I think that if you could get rid of all of the dust that insists on going into my eyes that I might like you better. Please also consider the food that you serve and the wine that you make, oh, and the people who serve you should be nicer (a lot nicer). Continue reading
The Inca Trail was a massive undertaking. I recall living in Hamilton and ‘helping’ a friend train for it. He had weights in his backpack and we walked around the streets at night. I can say that I completed this training, not even anything close to it. Nevertheless, I had completed two hikes in South America and three in the past year. I was ahead of my normal game; however, I was scared of what affects the altitude may have on my non-hiking ability and me. As for Laurence, I was pretty sure that he would make it – a stubborn beast that can make himself do anything if he has told everyone that he is going to do it. Continue reading
Hmmm…Peru….what to say….I think that you have a rubbish problem. Our first 5 days in the country and we saw more rubbish on the side of the road, sections of the motorway, and hills that looked like a rubbish dump instead of the dessert region that it should have been. However, I cannot say that this was the first country that we have been to where we have seen a lot of rubbish, and from what we hear, it is not going to be the worst. Continue reading
We have made it to South America – the original aim of our trip. Here we will spend 4 months travelling down and around to Brazil. We are very excited to have commenced this leg of our trip, however, we are aware that it may be the hardest of all. We are camping for half of the time we are travelling for and we have not brought or bought sleeping mats (they would have been too heavy to carry for 5 and a bit months and they are too expensive to buy in Quito – about $40-50 USD for one). The other part of the travel is that we will have some very long travel days – some over 12 hours and, I am sure, some that start at ungodly times of the morning. Continue reading
After transferring through Mexico City, we arrived in Oaxaca, the home of the Day of the Dead festival (Dia de los Muertos). On our first day there, we went for a wander into the city centre to reacquaint ourselves with Mexico. We found that the city was substantially cleaner compared to the previous time that we had been there. The protesters, who had taken over the main square, were gone. We were looking for a meat market that we had eaten at on our previous visit, however, it was closed and I was sorely disappointed. In general, we spent the day looking around the market and watching people assemble their impressive decorations and alters for the festival celebrations. Continue reading