Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Biocentro Guembe and Jungla Aventura
Met some locals, German and Ritchard.
Sucre

80 Boliviano Degustation at El Solar
El Recoleto for the view
Park Simon Bolivar
Nelson 25 Administration student
Sucre > Potosi > Uyuni

8 hours in buses today. 4 hours to Potosi then I walked around from the new Bus Terminal in the north of their old mining town to the Antigua Bus Terminal 45 minutes away to get another 4 hour bus toLeggi altro
Uyuni Train Cemetery

1940 these steam trains were retired and this place became a train cemetery. They were used to transport silver initially then tin.
Salt Processing in Bolvia

We visited a small town where all of Bolivia's salt is made/processed. It's dug up, dried out, cleaned, and iodine is added to it. You can see the lines of dry season (brown from dust discolouration)Leggi altro
Salar de Uyuni

The Salar de Uyuni, amid the Andes in southwest Bolivia, is the world’s largest salt flat. It’s the legacy of a prehistoric lake that went dry, leaving behind a desert like, nearly 11,000 km²Leggi altro
Island in the salt flats

We visited the Isla Incahuasi, a large rock outcrop with giant cacti, and fossils of coral and algae that are left over from when the Salar de Uyuni was once a massive salt lake 40,000 years ago.
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Lagoons and the Tree of Rock

The tour took us to where the wind swept the sand in the Altiplano sand dunes to erode the sandstone forming the Árbol de Piedra ("stone tree"), an isolated rock formation in the Eduardo AvaroaLeggi altro
Steamy Bolivia and the Black Lagoon

As our 4 wheel drive took us further south towards the border with Chile we visited the Geysers Sol de la Mañana in a volcanic area with more than 4800 meters above sea level. We then head off toLeggi altro
Salt Hotel

After a 3 day 4 wheel drive tour throughout Southern Bolivia, I returned to Uyuni and got myself a beautiful room in a hotel constructed with local salt bricks. It was such a treat. The room was warm,Leggi altro
Exploring La Paz and El Alto

Five of us from the Uyuni 4WD tour took the same flight back to La Paz in the morning. I had brunch with Natalia, Pam, Ying and Yuan at The Carrot Tree near the Witch's Market. I had the gluten freeLeggi altro
Returning to Quito via Peru

After a trucha al ajo for dinner with Natalia, I took an Uber back to the La Paz Airport to spend the night in the Onkel Inn airport sleepbox so I could be at the airport at 3:30am without anyLeggi altro
Back in Quito

I've gone from over 4km above sea level to around 3km now that I'm back in Quito. It's nice to be back in the Centro Historico. I'm staying with the lovely José Luis again in the San Blas area. I hadLeggi altro
Middle of the World

My dear friend Ash is joining me in Ecuador for a few weeks. We headed north to Mitad del Mundo, middle of the world, where many scientific expeditions took place, particularly with the French, toLeggi altro
Poquito de Quito

Ash and I explored more of Quito, including the large beautiful city park of La Carolina. Horse rides, large sculptures of various things, the bell of peace, paddle boats, a BMX park and so much moreLeggi altro
Tena

Ash and I visited the town of Tena on our way to Puyo. We hitch hiked from Papallacta where we had spent the previous evening in their wonderful hot pools. In Tena we visited their lookout on a smallLeggi altro
White Water Rafting down the Napo River

The river Napo is known locally as the Jatun Yacu River. In the Kichwa language it translates as “big water”. It is one of the tributaries of the powerful Amazon River. Ash and I joined a smallLeggi altro
Ayahuasca Retreat

Ash and I spent a week with the Sacha Wasi Kichwa people to experience "life-changing" plant medicine in authentic ceremonies deep within Ecuador's Amazon rainforest. Guided by indigenous KichwaLeggi altro
Miami

So many courthouses ...
Orlando - Universal Resort

Magic! I particularly loved all the Harry Potter parts. Butterbeer was delicious!
Vancouver

Arriving in Vancouver, Canada, late Thursday night I took my most expensive Uber of my trip on a 20 minute drive to Kitsilano to stay with my friend Ronnie and his lovely girlfriend Antonia. They hadLeggi altro
Hamilton, Ontario

Visiting my friend Dee in "Toronto" and discovered some years ago she'd moved closer to Niagara Falls and ice wine country. We spent a lovely afternoon out at Dundurn Castle with her youngest son andLeggi altro
Montréal

After a nice train ride from Toronto to Montreal, I spent an hour in the city before trying to catch a very delayed flight to Frankfurt am Main, Germany. I was very happy for the free airport loungeLeggi altro
Hattenhiem

After a decade I finally met Mischa face-to-face. We visited Hattenhiem where he rents out an Airbnb and we explored this lovely little time and had some food at a riverside restaurant.
Kloster Eberbach

We visited a beautiful cloister which had a wine cellar, meditation classes, bells, a slide and a beautiful restaurant.