by Shirley | Mar 29, 2012 | Ecuador
March 13 to March 18, 2012 Galapagos is home to some of the world’s most interesting creatures – iguanas, blue-footed boobies, sea lions, manta rays and giant tortoises. We’ve come to the islands hoping to see them all and we are not disappointed. Time...
by Shirley | Mar 28, 2012 | Ecuador
March 8 to 21, 2012 We cross over in to Ecuador with a minimum of fuss. The officials couldn’t have been nicer – we get SOAT. Welcome to Ecuador. First stop is Cuenca to meet up with Ian Moor, the brother of our friend Keith Moor, the Melbourne...
by Shirley | Mar 24, 2012 | Peru
After the Nazca lines we decided to take in some of Peru’s natural beauty with a stop at Paracas and Islas Ballestas – and the sea lions and birds. We’ve never seen so many birds. The island is black – covered in ‘guano’ birds – gulls, blue footed...
by Shirley | Mar 21, 2012 | Peru
From Cuzco we headed to the coast and Nazca where the inexplicable lines lie in the desert – drawings of animals, birds and men etched in the sand thousands of years ago. Why is the question many have tried to answer but none have succeeded. We know the ride down to...
by Shirley | Mar 21, 2012 | Peru
February 18 to March 8 Peru holds one of the highlights of any visit to South America – Machu Picchu, but there is so much more to this country. We entered from the south, heading straight to Puno on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in...
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