Aberdeen Airport

Start of this year's adventure.
Amsterdam Airport

Short stopover
Casco Viejo, Panamá City

After a very long flight it was great to be able to walk about a bit. The journey from the airport to Casco Viejo took about half an hour, and went through the new part of the city, a huge amount ofЧитать далее
Miraflores locks, Panamá Canal

A trip to the visitor centre here, which is superb, showing the history of the Panamá Canal.
There's viewing platforms to watch the ships transiting the locks on the Pacific side. These ships areЧитать далее
Punta Culebra

On the island of Naos is the Smithsonian research centre of Punta Culebra.
They have exhibits of some very rare tree frog's, mostly poisonous, which have been decimated by diseases caused byЧитать далее
Amador causeway

The Amador causeway was built partly to create a breakwater at the entrance of the canal, and to link to the islands of Naos, Perico and Flamenco. With the material to produce it coming from the canalЧитать далее
Casco Viejo

A trip through the old city during daylight, a lot of church's in a very small area.
Lima

Arrival in Lima, and I had to go find my checked-in luggage, as it had continued on from Panamá City the previous day.
Caral

Today's tour had a very early pick-up, 5:10am, then a 2 hour drive north of Lima, before an hours drive along a very bumpy road for 23km to Caral.
I'd never heard of Caral before researching thisЧитать далее
Road from Caral

An interesting drive along this extremely bumpy road. Coming across workers in the fields, goat herds blocking the road, and a Toyota Hilux upside-down in the front area of a farmers house, afterЧитать далее
Stadio Nacional, Lima

Quiet day today, building up to the Perú against Scotland game in the national stadium. Traffic to the game was horrendous taking us almost two hours to go 5 km.
Miraflores, Peru

A long lie in after the post match party the previous evening.
Then it was a wander around the streets of Miraflores. There seemed to be a street art festival on, some very colourful walls.
Pisco

Another early morning start for a tour to the Nazca lines. This required a four hour drive to Pisco. The first hour and a half was through the fog, and quite hilly terrain. Then it changed to flatЧитать далее
Pisco Airport

We then arrived at Pisco International Airport, with a very modern, fairly large terminal building. But there were only a couple of cars, and inside only a few airport staff.
It turns out the airportЧитать далее
Nazca lines

Then it was off to the Nazca lines, a 35 minute flight. We then descended to roughly 700 ft above the ground, turning sharply left and right over each of the hieroglyphs, so that both sides of theЧитать далее
Lunch stop

After the flight over the Nazca lines we stopped at this amazing hotel right on the beach, Hotel La Hacienda Bahia Paracas, for lunch. Had Aroz Paracas, which is a sort of seafood paella 😋
Flight to México City

Another long lie in, then a final walk to Larcomar, the shopping centre located on a cliff top overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In the late afternoon it was off to the airport, and a six hour flight toЧитать далее
Tenochtitlan

This is the ancient Aztec capital city, built on what was Lake Texcoco, with causeways to the shore. It was built in 1325, and was the capital of the Aztec empire until 1521, when it was captured byЧитать далее
Zócalo

This is the main square of México City. Very big with lots going on, Aztec dancers, people queueing to be covered in some sort of smoke for good luck, and Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
Museo de Antropología Nacional

Did the hop on hop off bus tour from Zócalo, eventually getting off at the Museo de Antropología Nacional.
Wow! This is one place if you go to México City you must visit. Spent about three hoursЧитать далее
Museo de Antropología Nacional

Estadio Azteca

Bit of a rush to get to the stadium through the traffic, after the visit to Museo de Antropología Nacional.
Massive stadium with lots of ramps, of course our area was at the highest part 😅.Читать далее
Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl

Quite an early start considering having a few beers after the game the night before, visiting the number one tourist attraction in México, Teotihuacan.
Teotihuacan is a vast Mexican archaeologicalЧитать далее
Temple of the Sun

When we got to the Temple of the Sun there were massive crowd's, a lot of them stopping at the intermediate platforms to catch their breaths. I went straight up, jumping the queues 😁
The Temple ofЧитать далее
Temple of the Moon

The Avenue of the Dead runs northwards to the Temple of the Moon. You can only get up some of the Temple as it's not safe to go all the way to the the top of here. The steps are very steep, andЧитать далее