“All we could see was the dust on the road ahead” Che Guevera – The Motorcycle Diaries Valparaíso to Santiago is just a couple of hours on the bus. Here in the Chilean capital I rented apartments with rooftop views, … Continue reading
A 40 minute flight or an 11 hour bus ride? It was a tough choice but I opted for the aerial route from La Paz to Sucre. Architecturally this is a much more picturesque place than La Paz. The whitewashed … Continue reading
From Sorata it was a painfully uncomfortable minibus ride into the de facto capital of Bolivia – La Paz, which is the highest (de facto) capital in the world at 3650 metres. (Sucre is officially the capital of Bolivia but … Continue reading
From Copacabana I caught a La Paz bound bus eastwards, and at Huarina jumped off. It was the sort of town where the other travellers on the bus must have been wondering what on earth I was getting off for, … Continue reading
From Arequipa the bus winds through valleys and hamlets. We drove through a blizzard, and we passed a local festival that looked so fun I was tempted to jump out and stay, but the destination at the end of the … Continue reading
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