We arrived into a cold and rainy Ecuador on New Year’s Eve and made our way to our hostel – due to be a one night stop before moving on the the Galapagos Islands the following day. However, a cough…
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Cusco and Lima
When we travelled along the road from Ollantaytambo to Cusco there were several recent rockfalls, some with crews out on the road clearing the fallen debris. On the outskirts of Cusco part of the road had fallen away leaving the…
Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu
A short taxi ride from Urubamba, Ollantaytambo was a more touristy town than the others we had visited in the Sacred Valley, probably because it is the last stop for the train (from Cusco) before going on to Machu Picchu,…
Lima and Urubamba
The taxi ride from Lima airport to our accommodation included a (lengthy) stop whilst Nick popped into a store for a local SIM card (we have had these in every country we have visited) – it had to be registered…
San Pedro De Atacama
After a brief overnight stop in Santiago, we continued north to stay near San Pedro de Atacama for a few days. On landing at the airport in Calama we encountered the heat of the desert, a bit of a shock…
Carretera Austral – Coyhaique to La Junta
The Carretera Austral is Chile’s Route 7, stretching from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins, over 1200km further south. We hired a car (2 wheel drive – we were advised this would be sufficient, and it was) to take us north…
Puerto Varas and Chiloé
Arriving via overnight bus from Santiago, we stopped for a couple of days in Puerto Varas to have some time to ourselves between workaways (we were due to spend two weeks at a workaway in the north of the island…
Whitianga and the Coromandel Peninsula
Elliot writes: We hired a car then drove to our apartment, we were spending a week there and it was next to the beach. There was lego and Netflix worked on the tv, we went kayaking and paddleboarding and there…
Taupo to Te Kauwhata
Our first stop in the Taupo area was Huka Falls on the Waikato River. These were very impressive – fast flowing through a very narrow gorge (where you could cross over on a bridge) and a beautiful green colour. There…
Auckland to Cape Reinga
After a late night arrival into Auckland, the following morning we walked to the Britz campervan hire site about 500m away from our hotel. Our wheels for the New Zealand part of our adventure were significantly smaller than those of…