Floating on Air – Cappadocia

We have a habit of basing our foreign adventures upon the most minimal of information. The main reason we went to South East Asia in 2010 was because I had a small obsession (now a big obsession) with the temples of Angkor in Cambodia. Likewise we visited Peru because of the breathtaking city of Machu…

Tafraoute, Morocco

Tafraoute, a town high in the Anti Atlas Mountains, is a bit of a tourist magnet. We decided to go for a look and planned to do some walking and see the local sites. To get there we needed to use another Grand Taxi so we started the morning again at Mirleft chatting to locals….

Mirleft to Legzira Plage and Sidi Ifni, Morocco

We caught a taxi to Agadir bus station but after some awfully confusing French conversation (they speak French in Morocco as well as Arabic and Berber) we discovered the next bus south didn’t leave for 3 hours. So after buying the tickets we jumped back into another taxi and went back into Agadir for some…

Machu Picchu

To visit the ruined Inca city of Machu Picchu has long been a dream for the both of us. Just to see a photograph of its beautiful grass covered terracing and its impossible location is awe inspiring. Not a lot is known about Machu Picchu. It was built at some point in the 15th century…

How to get to Machu Picchu on the cheap

There are a few different ways to get to Machu Picchu. The traditional way is to walk the Inca Trail, the original Inca route to the city. If you have read more than a couple of our blog entries you will know that we don’t do traditional by any stretch of the imagination. Thus we…

Cusco and The Sacred Valley

We had a fantastic time in Bolivia and the country gave us quite a send off. Brass band style outside our hostel window at 11pm on our last night. The band were actually quite good, although the one tune they played became a little repetitive so we weren’t too upset when they moved off down…

Lake Titicaca

After a 4 hour bus ride including one ferry crossing we reached the town of Copacabana near the border between Bolivia and Peru. Lake Titicaca is a source of great pride for Bolivia and quite rightly so. It is the world’s largest high altitude lake and sits at 3,808 metres above sea level. The Bolivian…

Pachamama Bus Tour – Chile

Update at April 2013 We had an absolutely amazing time on the Pachamama Bus as our blog entry confirms. As far as I can tell things are much the same as they were in 2011. ——-oOo—— After a few days relaxing in sunny Santiago, which gave me a chance to recover from the bed bug…