Category: South America
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A Colombian Hat-Trick
While Colombia steadily made their way to the Copa America final, we were enjoying the various sights the country has to offer. While we were still staying in Medellín, we signed up for a day trip to Guatapé. I had never heard of this town until this year, but since…
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A Month in Medellín
Walking through Arrivals at our next destination airport, balloons and large banners declaring “Bienvenidos!” dotted the space, citizens clamoured excitedly and a brass band even started to ring out. No, the locals hadn’t been tipped off to our arrival, but with a fiesta in full swing, we had definitely reached…
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One Final Peru Hop and Back to Bolivia
Still high on our completion of the Inca trail, we arrived back in Cusco for a few days. We got some final sightseeing in, as well as attending to more urgent needs… such as catching up on sleep and getting a well earned massage. Our onward travel once again took…
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An Incan Adventure
Having two full nights in Arequipa felt like a long stay compared to the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it of our first days of Peru Hop. And so it wasn’t without weariness that we found ourselves up at the crack of dawn on Sunday, ready to go again. Rather than overnighting, this time we…
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Peru for Two
Our 6 weeks in Argentina having come to an end, it was time for us to head to our next country. We were off in pursuit of Paddington, and entering Peru. The deepest, darkest bit would have to wait though. Whereas we finished in Argentina’s capital city, this was where…
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A Daytrip from Buenos Aires – Uruguay-not?
We were spending a month in Buenos Aires, and that seemed to fly by even quicker than our months in Málaga and Rome. We absolutely loved our apartment, getting on with a duplex studio better than I thought we might. Of course the main reason we are in Buenos Aires…
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Buenos Días from Buenos Aires
After 3.5 weeks in Argentina, we finally made it to the cosmopolitan capital of Buenos Aires. This port city is likely to be the most southern point we hit this year, though we hope to make it further south in our future travels in a return to Argentina, perhaps to…
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Feeling Cute in Salta La Linda
Did anyone else know that the name “Linda” means cute? A bit surprising then that it is a name that is dying out (I haven’t officially confirmed this, but when’s the last time you met a baby named Linda?). The reason I’m getting into name origins, is that our base…
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Making More Time for Wine
Soon after arriving in Mendoza, we were enjoying the design of the city. After an earthquake in 1861, the city was rebuilt with lower buildings and wider streets so that it could better withstand any future seismic activity. The grid layout is also dotted with various plazas, each relating to…
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Sightseeing in Santiago and Valparaíso
Forgive the lack of puns or cheesy personality in this blog post name, but a last minute change to the content has left me short of titular inspiration! After all the excitement of the desert and Bolivian altiplano, it was time to get back to the city. Having only got…
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