Aberdeen Airport
26. toukokuuta 2018, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Start of this year's adventure.
Amsterdam Airport
26. toukokuuta 2018, Alankomaat ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Short stopover
Casco Viejo, Panamá City
26. toukokuuta 2018, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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 ofLue lisää
Miraflores locks, Panamá Canal
27. toukokuuta 2018, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
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 areLue lisää
Punta Culebra
27. toukokuuta 2018, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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 byLue lisää
Amador causeway
27. toukokuuta 2018, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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 canalLue lisää
Casco Viejo
27. toukokuuta 2018, Panama ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
A trip through the old city during daylight, a lot of church's in a very small area.
Lima
27. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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
28. toukokuuta 2018, Peru
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 thisLue lisää
Road from Caral
28. toukokuuta 2018, Peru
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, afterLue lisää
Stadio Nacional, Lima
29. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
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
30. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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
31. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
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 flatLue lisää
Pisco Airport
31. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
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 airportLue lisää
Nazca lines
31. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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 theLue lisää
Lunch stop
31. toukokuuta 2018, Peru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
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
1. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
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 toLue lisää
Tenochtitlan
2. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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 byLue lisää
Zócalo
2. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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
2. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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 hoursLue lisää
Museo de Antropología Nacional
2. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Estadio Azteca
2. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
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 😅.Lue lisää
Teotihuacan, Temple of Quetzalcoatl
3. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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 archaeologicalLue lisää
Temple of the Sun
3. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
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 ofLue lisää
Temple of the Moon
3. kesäkuuta 2018, Meksiko ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
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, andLue lisää




















































































































































































































