South American Travel Article
Travel Articles > 19 de agosto de 2010
Holy guacamole with more than a hint of moly!!!
Situated right on the borders of Brazil and Argentina. Just up the road from Paraguay. Higher than Niagara with more water than Victoria. This was no joke. Shortlisted for the new 7 wonders of ...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 06 de mayo de 2010
Uyuni Salt Flats and a trip to the Moon!
Anyone who decides to visit the deserts of southern Bolivia gets the added bonus of visiting the Moon, Mars, and probably Uranus. Because this is not Earth. Earth does not have dry deserts of salt,...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 06 de mayo de 2010
Return to the Death Road
A fool might bike the world's most dangerous road once - a snake-coiling jungle track where an average of 150 lose their lives every year - but I'm the clown prince of travel, so I'm doing it twice...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 06 de mayo de 2010
Island of the Sun
Two and half years later, I retrace my footsteps on the Island of the Sun. Not much has changed. The same little girl is playing on the sacred rock by the Sun Temple. The same man is rowing tourist...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 06 de mayo de 2010
Cusco and the Inca Trail
Jim the dentist from Oregon had just split his head in two, but the bigger concern was just how much blood, if any, had spilled into our sixth Cuba Libre - a far more fetching name for a loaded rum...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 04 de mayo de 2010
The Pantanal, Brazil
The Pantanal is the world's largest wetland, a 640,000 square kilometre compression in the earth and one of the richest areas of biodiversity on the planet. People come here to see birds and animal...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 04 de mayo de 2010
'Bonito' means beautiful!
The Pantanal is framed by mountains, and just on the other side is the town of Bonito (pop: 15,000), now the de facto centre for eco-tourism in Brazil.... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 04 de abril de 2010
Rio Carnaval
Nothing prepared me for the spectacle of the Sambadrome. Nothing. For years I've been telling people that they don't need to wait for Carnaval to visit Brazil, and I still stand firmly by that. But...... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 19 de septiembre de 2010
Brazil: My Favourite Country
There are many things I am learning about Brazil, this being my third visit, especially now that I am in a relationship with a beautiful Brazilian. Brazilians like meat. Brazilians like the beach....... [Read +]
Travel Articles > 24 de abril de 2010
Unchanging La Paz
In La Paz, the air remains choked with diesel fumes and speckled noise. Former eastern-bloc countries have rapidly industrialized in Europe; India and China have become economic powerhouses, and th...... [Read +]
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