Huacachina is a desert oasis on the west coast of Peru and raved about by backpackers, so we were intrigued to see what the hype was all about. We got a bus to the city of Ica and then hopped in a taxi which surprisingly arrived in Huacachina just 10 minutes later. It is not…
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Mancora
6am in Mancora makes the place seem like a ghost town. The only people visible were a small number of tuk tuk drivers waiting to whisk us and our fellow travellers arriving on the overnight bus away to nearby hostels and hotels. After some debating we jumped in the back of one and were driven…
Guayaquil & our Peruvian entrance
How to get from Qutio to Peru was the biggest challenge we had faced so far on our journey. We had to be in Chile for our flight to Brazil (for the carnival) by January 27th and it was already January 11th. Flights between the two countries are remarkable expensive – the cheapest we found…
Lake Quilotoa
It had been a while since we saw 6am, but surprisingly we were back into the swing of things very quickly. Up, dressed, fed and watered in perfect timing as we arrived downstairs ready for the day we were greeted by our tour guide; Omar. Approximately 15 tourists were aboard the minibus we were ushered…
Baños – The town, not the toilet
Firstly getting to Banos is pretty easy, a popular touristic location there are plenty of buses. In Ecuador buses are very cheap, although the standard is very basic so don’t expect too much. Somewhere between 3 and 4 hours we arrived in Banos and headed to Plantas y Blancas hostel. It was one of the…
Colombia’s Last Stand
After three weeks in Colombia it was time for us to make our way to Ecuador and begin our journey south. Standing in our way was a number of long bus journeys, we were not looking forward to the prospect of doing these back to back so we opted for two small stops along the…
Secluded Salento – Colombia’s Coffee Region
Leaving Medellin on December 27th with the plan to spend New Years Eve in Bogota we were faced with the decision of where to stop in between Colombia’s two major cities. Having previously had to decide between two places to spend a few days before our time in Medellin we were anxious to make the…
A Colombian Christmas – Medellin
Medellin brought with it a huge reputation as one of the best cities in the world to spend the Christmas period and we had decided to test this out. We arrived in this bustling city a few days before Christmas and had treated ourselves to a luxury hotel, featuring our very own jacuzzi bath. All…
Guatape – Colombia’s hidden gem
We fell in love with this small town a few hours outside Medellin almost instantly. Made famous by one of Medellin and Colombia’s most infamous and powerful sons Pablo Escobar, who built himself, his family and his bodyguards numerous mansions here. All of these overlooking the enormous manmade lake, which drowned a town during its…
Santa Fe De Antiquio
After our first night bus of the trip (Central America is so small that no journey is long enough to warrant a night bus) we arrived in Medellin. We had decided to skip straight through the city and head to Santa Fe de Antiquio, a small, highly recommended colonial town a few hours west. We…
Tayrona National Park
Firstly this post comes with an advisory warning. If you are reading this with the prospect of finding out helpful information regarding the best areas of Tayrona National park, complete with happy memories that will make your eyes sparkle with excitement as you are soon to visit, then you should stop reading now. In short,…
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