Fantastic Fiestas: three of the world’s great festivals
This is the second post in the Travel Highlights series sharing some of the most enduring highlights of all our …
Category Archives: South America
A Portrait of South America
26 Sept 2013 – 24 March 2014. We began on the east coast of the continent in Buenos Aires, Argentina. …
Galapagos Revisited
We met Kenny and Anna from Taiwan on our Galapagos cruise. They were our meal companions on the ship, and …
The Cañari of Ecuador, a ‘palace’ and a pig.
12-24 March 2014. To the northwest of Cuenca, past the town of Azogues, is the village of Biblían. High on …
Gentle Cuenca – our last stop in South America
12-24 March 2014. From Don’s Journal: Wednesday March 12, 2014. So finally we’ve arrived in Cuenca, a place to stop …
Enormous tortoises and amusing boobies: tales of the Galapagos Islands
3-10 March 2014. The word galápago is an Old Spanish word for tortoise. The Galápagos Islands were named by the Spanish …
Dazzling Galapagos: a cruise around the islands
3-10 March 2014. Groaning our way out of bed at 3.30am we prepare for a 4.25 departure to Quito airport …
Oh Oh Oh Quito Volcano Otavalo
23 Feb-2 March 2014. Reading the Lonely Planet descriptions of Quito four months after the fact my reaction is: We …
A Party of Epic Proportions! The Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria.
The core of Fiesta Candelaria is the music and dance festival and competition. On the first Sunday of February about …
Boots, Booze and Buxom Babes. The Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria.
31 Jan-11 Feb 2014. Despite the title of this post there is a solemn religious component to Candelaria that is …
Dance ’til you drop! The Festival of the Virgin of Candelaria.
31 Jan-11Feb 2014. We are in Puno for Festividad Virgen de la Candelaria. Don is in bed flattened by food …
Monkey business – the amazing Amazon
13-21 February 2014. High in the Andes in Peru year after year the snow melts into rivulets forming creeks forming …
Joy of the Jungle – the amazing Amazon
13-21 February 2014. Wearing headlamps, we shoved our feet into our knee-high rubber boots, and following our guide and his …
Bricks, bones, and bloody awful bikes: a short stay in Lima.
23-30 January 2014. We flew from Cusco to Lima for a week in the city. I wouldn’t put Lima at …
Adventures in Wonderland 