We headed to the city of Uyuni for our last weekend in Bolivia as we intended to visit the famous salt flat nearby. Despite being the most touristy city in Bolivia, Uyuni was far from impressive. It was just as filthy as the rest of the country (Bolivia is keeping up with Peru in the […]
Tag: Latin America
Days 436 – 446: Peru to Bolivia and its incredible cities
New Video: Peru
Days 421 – 435: To Machu Picchu and beyond
Days 414 – 420: A desert oasis and a bout of altitude sickness
Days 393 – 396: Ecuador to Peru and the road to Lima
On Monday, August 20, we crossed the border from Ecuador into Peru. It was a bit long because we had to wait in a relatively slow-moving line on the Ecuador side, but the process itself was straight-forward. Details are on our Border Crossings page. Our first impression of Peru was far from good, to […]
Days 381 – 392: A lake, two cities, and a border town
Days 373 – 380: Colombia to Ecuador and a week in Quito
On July 31, we bid farewell to magical Colombia and crossed the border into Ecuador. We used the Rumichaca border crossing, which was fairly straight-forward and fast at around an hour and 15 minutes. For details, refer to our border crossings page. Our first stop was in Ibarra, a charming little town around two hours […]
New Video: Ecuador
Our top 10 towns and cities in Colombia
Mention Colombia to anyone and more likely than not, they will think of the TV show Narcos, Pablo Escobar, cocaine, drug trafficking, or armed conflict. Well, here’s some news for you: those preconceptions are far-removed from the Colombia of today. Everyone we met who had been to Colombia prior to our visit raved about the […]