Our final destination on our overland journey was Quito, Ecuador’s capital city, set high in the Andes. We last visited Quito many years ago back in 1989 when it was quite a poor city gently decaying …
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Cuenca – Panama Hats
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Our journey North continued into Ecuador and once across the border the landscape changed quite dramatically, gone were the dry deserts interspersed with oasis settlements of Northern Peru and a much greener landscape, with plenty …
Continue readingLima – Capital of Empire
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We had two days in Central Lima before picking up our next overland trip and were pleasantly surprised to see how the City Centre has developed since our last visit back to Peru in 2011. …
Continue readingLa Paz – Altitude and Markets
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We were due to travel to Sucre, technically Bolivia’s capital city, but the city was blockaded by protesters, with no sign of the dispute being resolved any time soon, so we decided to go to …
Continue readingSalta – Andes meets Argentina
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Our last stop in Argentina before heading deeper into the Andes was Salta, the capital of the North West of Argentina. Salta is an attractive town with many preserved colonial buildings and also a convenient …
Continue readingValparaíso – Funiculars and Street Art
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Valparaíso, Chile’s most enigmatic city, sits on the Pacific Ocean and grew up as a key centre of the international shipping business, however it went into decline following the opening of the Panama Canal which …
Continue readingColonia del Sacramento – Vintage Cars and Mate
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Our final destination in Uruguay was the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Colonia del Sacramento, one of only two UNESCO sites in Uruguay, the other being the Fray Bentos Industrial Landscape. Colonia as it is …
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