Just a quick update to let people know where I am and how things are. I know that everyone is experiencing their own Coronavirus related difficulties across the globe (a dirty arse being just one of them). I'm doing just fine. I made it to Arequipa (just), Peru's second city. The lock-down started on my …
Month: Mar 2020
Salt flats, lagoons and geysers
The most hotly anticipated experience of the whole trip for me was the Uyuni Salt Flats. This was the only sight I was absolutely not going to miss. I've known about them for a little while, probably first hearing about them in my mate Dan Walsh's articles written for Bike magazine, later turned into a …
Bolivia – a mixed bag
Faithful readers will know from a previous post that I approached Bolivia with more than a little trepidation. Its reputation had gone before it somewhat and as it turns out my (albeit truncated) route through the country has confirmed some of this, as well as providing glimpses of another side. The totally mind blowing countryside …
La Paz traffic
After a truly traumatic experience in the traffic of La Paz, I've decided as part of the therapeutic process of healing and closure to share my experience in the form of simple verse. I thank you. Hazard OverloadWelcome to La Paz, mind how you go.Three lanes or is it four? No wait... two, one, none.Mini …
The economics of travel
On my recent trip to Uyuni Salt Flats it emerged that I paid more than double the money for the trip than others. I already knew better than to ask other people what they paid, but I was asked by another member of the group and responded honestly. I had booked in advance using Trip …
Salta and Purmamarca sights
As previously mentioned, I’ve been in Salta for a practical week and not really given it the full tourist treatment but it looks a good place for that. It has a lovely old colonial square in the middle and the place is very lively. The two lovely flats I’ve stayed both have nice views over …
Just a normal night out in Salta…
I’ve spent a week in Salta now and it’s a cool place. Although, through no fault of its own I’ve not really been able to give it the full enjoyment and tourist treatment I should have done. It was always intended as a practical stop off point to get everything in order before my (slightly …
