It’s been a while since a South American blog has appeared on this website. After traveling to Russia in early 2020, and then the COVID pandemic hitting the headlines, travel blogs took a bit of a backseat. The thought of writing about great travel memories is a bit tough with […]
Toro Toro (Quecha for ‘Pampa of mud’) is a town in the Potosi region of Bolivia – 140km south of Cochabamba. Although a small town, it is best known for the surrounding national park (also called Toro Toro) and all that comes with it. It is a magical place, and […]
40 per cent of South America is the Amazon rainforest. 40 percent! Yet we were perplexed to meet numerous travelers who weren’t going to visit the world’s biggest rainforest. We on the other hand love rainforest’s, and the chance to visit the Amazon was on our Bucket List when we […]
La Paz is a bustling city located at a nose-bleedingly high altitude of 3,640m. It is incorrectly referred to as ‘the highest capital city in the world’, as it isn’t the capital – Sucre is. Despite the fact that it doesn’t hold the title, there are no doubts that La […]
Copacabana is a small town on the southern shore of Lake Titicaca, and our first stop in Bolivia on our Latin American adventure. Copacabana is generally the more favored destination for backpacker’s who want to explore Lake Titicaca. Copacabana is believed to mean “View of the lake” in Aymara and […]