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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Baños and the Equadorean Amazon – Forests and Jungle
We crossed the Andes and entered the forests and jungles to the East of the Andes. The climate was significantly wetter than the high mountains and the deserts of Peru and the dry landscapes of …
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Leaving Cuenca our journey took us through some incredibly fertile plains and mountain valleys. The banana plantations were on an industrial scale and full of fruit, in addition there were many other crops and livestock …
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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 …
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We left the Cordillera Blanca and re-joined the Pan American Highway on our journey North. The road follows the coast and for the most part goes through desert scenery with the occasional oasis of green. …
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We re-joined our overland journey in Lima and drove the 400 kms to Huaraz. The Lima traffic first thing in the morning was its usual chaotic self and for the first couple of hours the …
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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. …
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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 …
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After a night in Uyuni we made our way to Potosí, a city with so much history and tragedy. Potosí at 4,090 metres is one of the highest cities in the world and grew enormously …
Continue readingMendoza – Malbec and High Peaks
The journey from Valparaíso to Mendoza has to be one of the most spectacular road trips in the world, crossing the Andes at the foothills of Aconcagua, at 6,692 metres, the highest mountain outside the …
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