Our final country was Guatemala, the San Cristobal bus from San Salvador efficiently took us across the El Salvador, Guatemala border and into Zone 10 in Guatemala City. From there, while there a frequent buses …
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Nicaragua
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From San Jose an early morning Tica Bus to Granada, Nicaragua. The bus journey was quite long and border crossings in Central America seem to take much longer than those in South America. Leaving Costa …
Continue readingArequipa and Colca Canyon
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We took the short flight to Arequipa in the South of Peru, a city which many of the travellers we have met rate as their favourite city in Peru. Arequipa is full of colonial architecture …
Continue readingChugchilán – Quilotoa Loop
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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 …
Continue readingSalar de Uyuni & Reserva de Fauna Andina Eduardo Avaroa – Awesome Scenery
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There are lots of stories about drunk drivers and other issues on the standard salt flats tours from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni. After much research we plumped for Cruz Andina as they had …
Continue readingSan Pedro de Atacama – Oasis in the World’s Driest Desert
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We left Argentina for the last time, the tenth time we have crossed the Argentine border, and entered Chile at the Paso de Jama mountain pass. The border post is at 4,200 metres above sea …
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