We love a good ol' dry...hot....isolated desert! Over the past few years we’ve visited the likes of Death Valley, Nevada, the Queesland outback in Australia, and the Sinai desert in Egypt. The extreme sense of isolation and temperature change coupled with vast...
Last year we did a two day hike to Machu Picchu while we were in Peru. It's kinda mandatory that if you visit Peru, you've got to witness one of the truly awesome places on the planet! However, we spent a lot of time researching and looking for the best tour guides to...
Since its invention in 1849 in London, many famous people have been sporting bowler hats. You may recall the likes of Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy and even Mr.Potato head from Toy Story 2 wearing these types of hats. However, none of them...
There I sat in Quito, Ecuador with an egg McMuffin in one hand and a cup of tea in the other. Needless to say I was a happy girl. We were 2 weeks out from the end of our 7-month backpacking trip in South America. Having explored the beauty of Machu Picchu and the...
***Video clip at the end of the post*** Salar de Uyuni (which is Spanish for Salt Flat Uyuni) is by far the world’s largest salt flat, measuring in at a mind-boggling 10,582 square kilometers or 4,086 square miles. Formed as a result of transformations between several...
*****Video montage of the trip is at the bottom of the post***** Hailed as the number one must see attraction in the whole of South America, Machu Picchu was somewhere that we both were super excited about visiting. For those of you that are not too familiar with...
Long 14-hour bus journeys can be a pain in the ass. Bumpy roads, uncomfortable seats, rude drivers and dangerous driving are just some of the elements of a nightmare journey. We are quite accustomed to travelling at this stage, whether it is by bus, train, plane or...
Peru’s capital and third largest city in the Americas encapsulates the Pacific Ocean with its hustle and bustle contrasting largely with beautiful views of the sea and surrounding valleys. It shouts a colonial narrative one might recognise from other parts of the...
***** If you want to see some GoPro footage of the Death Road, then scroll to the end of the post ***** For many, many years we'd heard about the terror and danger of the "World's Most Dangerous Road" in La Paz, Bolivia and we wanted to experience it first hand for...
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