Turismo en Ecuador: Islas Galapagos

Este viaje fue inesperado. Medio en broma lo hablé con mis compañeras de trabajo que me encantaría ir y una de ellas me dijo que cuando quisiera ir, ella tenia una hermana en San cristóbal (Islas Galapagos). Yo le dije que por mi iba ya mismo. Pues dicho y hecho, ese mismo año,en tres meses, read more »

Party bus Panama

I had never seen a windscreen adorned with a feather boa before. Nor had I seen a bus gearlever and steering wheel covered in matching pink sparkly tape. I’m fairly sure I’ve never seen a bus with Hugo Chavez and Osama Bin Laden painted on the back of it either, but in Panama City they read more »

The Vistadome to Machu Picchu

It was the second time I’d seen the armadillo, but this time it was covered in confetti. As I stood and pondered why there was a dead armadillo chained up outside a Cuzco internet café, a toothless man popped up next to the animal and cheerfully informed me it was the armadillo’s birthday, hence the read more »

Altitude Sickness and a Tortoise

Laying fully clothed shivering in my hotel room bed I was reminded of Paul Theroux’s problems with altitude sickness: the staggering and the sweats. As I had ascended gradually in Ecuador it hadn’t been a problem. But a bus straight from sea level to Huaraz at 3052m followed by a hike to Lake 69 at read more »

The Best Beach I Have Seen Yet

I had left Colombia, my home country, and eleven years went by before I had a chance to return. In my years away from home I did some traveling. I visited many places throughout the Caribbean as I worked in several cruise-ships. Some of the places I went to include Aruba, Isla Margarita (Venezuela) Virgin read more »