Woke up early this morning for our hike up the "big fella". We passed people who wanted to make some money off us, one guy telling us that there…

Just so everyone knows, Sundays are boring all around the world, not just at home. Nothing is open (museums etc) but malls. We walked to Ipanema be…

Rio is amazing, apart from the weather being mainly overcast of course. Today we went to the city zoo which included a lot of different monkeys, muc…

Now we know what everyone is raving about when they talk about Brazilian beaches (and not to mention the horrendous prices here)! We arrived in Para…

We arrived yesterday and just milled around the town. Its quite quiet here and very hot and humid. Annoying little children asking for money all the …

We did expect to leave for Uruguay today but woke up and decided sleep sounded so much better. We went to the offices where the ferry leaves to buy …

We woke up earlier than usual today (at a startling 10am infact!) and got dressed with the intent to see some museums today. We first went to the Hol…

Things in Buenos Aires are back to normal, busy streets and horns honking. So much for the peace of yesterday! We went to the zoo today, it was muc…

We have been in Buenos Aires for the last few days now and done nothing but shopping - visiting the shopping malls is kind of like sightseeing isn´t…

Today we caught a bus back into Cordoba. We didn´t actually realise but we didn´t get up until about 10.30am as the blinds on the windows were shut…

We arrived in Cordoba and decided to head on to see the Jesuit mission about an hour away. It was worth seeing, although the heat made it worse and u…

We arrived in Salta on the night of the 18th. Our guidebook (trusty Footprints) says the bus ride from San Pedro de Atacama to Salta is breathtaking.…

We arrived in San Pedro yesterday, it has been so hot here but I guess that is owing to the fat we are in the desert! San Pedro de Atacama is a real…

Will update at some stage, enjoy the photos in the meantime!

Great tour, too much to write though and not enough time! Enjoy the pictures (....coming soon)!

So strange to be on the road again. We are travelling with Erez, an Isreali guy we met at Inti Wara Yassi. Today was pretty lax, consisting of check…

We are leaving today and it is surreal. I know we have only been here for 2 weeks but it feels longer, but at the same time also feels like the time …

Last day today, so sad to leave the monkeys. Have absolutely LOVED it here, the people and the animals. In summary for the last week or so, I had t…

Fallon - Day 6 We were introduced to ´Nacho´today who was put in with another monkey in one of the larger cages in ´Heaven´. Such a cute monkey.…

Fallon - Day 5 Raffi gave me a play bite today right on the neck, the little vampire. I thought it must have broken the skin but ti hadn´t, hurt li…

Juanita now sits on my lap and shoulders. It took her a while to get used to anyone, but with a bit of time and patience she seems to be a lot better…

Fallon - Day 3 It´s terrible to think like this but I have been wondering how we I can do this for 2 weeks. Not because I don´t like it, but our g…

Fallon - Day Two Today was much the same as yesterday although Platon (monkey from ´Hell´ tried to grab at me and then scratched me. Nothing muc…

First day today, and we both shot out of bed at about 6.30am to be ready for our early start (at least early by our standards)! Nathan is working wi…

We woke with the intention to visit the museums in La Paz since we have been here so long and haven´t bothered (I´m telling you, the ice cream is t…

Woke up bright and early for our mad biking adventure!! It is estimated that before the new road opened at least 200 - 300 people died on this road …

To be updated (soon)!

To be updated (too much to write about!!), but here are some pics!    

We went on a  tour of the Sacred Valley (25 soles each). The tour was pretty good, and funnily enough we had the same tour guide as the previou…

We went on a city tour this afternoon to see the ruins located around the main city Cost us only 15 soles (about $6NZD) from 2pm until about 6pm so w…

We arrived in Cusco and straight away as we were putting our bags into the taxi someone (yes... me) walke over a drain cover and one leg went straigh…

We were picked up by our tour guide from our hostal.. jumped on a bus and travelled 6 hours. What a bumpy road, but not as bad as San Agustin in Co…

We did nothing yesterday, we were so tired from the bus trip that we slept until about 3pm and then wandered around a little.Arequipa´s center was n…

We were picked up early (yes... early!) for our flight over the Nazca lines. We watched most of a documentry on the lines until we were interrupted t…

We booked a sand boarding tour today, was wicked fun! Basically it involves jumping in a buggee and roaming the sand dunes through the desert. We a…

We had a wee annoyance before leaving Trujillo. Nathan went to pay for our accommodation and they told us that it was fake! After checking, the $1,20…

Got up early today, I think we are making some progress! At least one of us is, the other had to be dragged out of bed because they were ¨tired¨! …

We got up a bit later than expected (it´s turning into a habit now..) and went and grabbed some breakfast at a cafe down the road called ´My Friend…

We arrived in Trujillo and took a taxi to the smaller fishing village of Huanchaco, about 15mins out of Trujillo. We liked it instantly. It´s a…

We had an overnight bus from Loja (near Vilcabamba) to Puira in Peru. Our tickets were only to Macara which is a town just before the border. We were…

Vilcabamba is rumoured to be have the ´fountain of youth´. Not in reality of course, but apparently scientists have studied the people in Vilcabamb…

We arrived in Cuenca last night. After trying to pronounce it at the bus station in Banos, and finding out it is actually said ¨Kwenka¨ we finally …

Got up a little earlier than usual this morning so we could walk up to the Statue of the Virgin. Was a good steep climb up the hill (and a very very …

Banos is surrounded by lush mountains and towering over it is the active volcano called Tungurahua (it spewed out ash in 2000, the town was evac…

We arrived at a tiny town called Quilotoa, the only intention to see the emerald crater lake. What a wee journey it was! The road is much better than…

We decided we better actually do some real sightseeing, especially after our disaster day yesterday! We woke up to it raining so we decided we wouldn…

Woke up this morning feeling pretty crap. This cold, combined with the altitude has made me pretty tired and a little miserable - something you shoul…

We got up later today and did some more shopping at the Otavalo market before leaving for Quito at about 2pm today. Nathan wasn´t feeling very well …

We got up early in Pasto and got on a bus to Ipailes which is right at the border between Colombia and Ecuador. We had heard from past travellers tha…

Pasto would have to be the most dirtiest and by the far the most polluted of places we have ever been. It was only for a stopover before we travelled…

We arrived yesterday on the 6am bus from Popayan. It was so bumpy and dusty. The road is actually only 160km from Popayan to San Augustin, but takes …

We have been in Popayan for the last 3 days. It is so pretty at night time, and has a lot of good shopping. We have pretty much been chilling out sin…

We have noticed alot of cowboy hats, it is the fashion statement here in Salento, Colombia. You also gain higher status if you wear a poncho also and…

Only just arrived ad already love it here. I think it´s the people that make a place at the end of the day and we are staying at the Plantation Hous…

We arrived in Medellin, a beautiful city with lots of nice plazas and gardens. We checked into our hostel after being redirected as there were lots o…

We set off early this morning for the boat to sail around the Islas del Rosario. They comprose about 33 islands, of which we are not too sure how man…

Had booked us in on the Volcan del Totumo tour today. Basically, it is a mud volcano... pretty obvious huh!? It actually erupted in 1996 and we saw s…

Well it sweltered to 36C today, and we had thought Cartagena was suppose to be a bit cooler than Santa Marta! Nevermind, we got to add another shade …

Great history, highly reccommend a guide on this as you will get so much more information regarding his life and also history about Cartagena. Fantas…

We are in love with Cartagena already. It is so nice here, we have decided to stay another day longer overall so keep checking the blog out to see wh…

A must visit, most explanations are also in English. Lots to see, lots of models of ships, models of the different battles and stages of the wall bei…

First day, and looks like such a beautiful city already. It was time to say goodbye to our beloved hostel. We didn´t want to leave, it was so nice…

So, with both of us in anticipation on visiting one of the ¨best beaches in the world¨ and what has been described as ¨paradise¨ we took a bus wi…

So we were packed and ready to go with the bare minimum that we would need. We were told by some Poms we had met in San Gil to only bring one change …

Was a fantastic trek, your group will make it for you though. The scenery was beautiful, although coming from New Zealand meant you may not find it a…

Nothing but excellent. Loved it so much we kept staying in fact. We had a double room with ensuite for $30,000 pesos per night. Basically it was like…

We arrived on the overnight bus from San Gil this morning and tucked straight into breakfast at our hostel ´La Casa de Felipe´. Fantastic breakfast…

Went caving this morning with the 2 Brits and Aussie. Great fun, although scary. We had to get a harness on and got down a zip line into the cave. He…

Australian run by a guy called Shaun. FANTASTIC. We had the best view in the house in our humble opinion and all for $24,000 pesos for our double roo…

Caught the morning bus from San Gil to Guane this morning. By the time we got to Guane it was about 11:30am (we left at 10:30am). Again - o…

Took a bus today from Bogota to San Gil at about 9:30am this morning. Was a good trip - man they have flash buses over here, we got a snack and a mov…

We barely slept last night as there was some part going on next door which was quite amusing (especially when they started singing along to some En…

Very tiring flight and another 6hr flight to go! Along with some dodgey events which saw Nathan and I wondering if there was something seriously wron…

The start of our journey!Well we are finally here! Felt like 2 days of travelling, and in fact it was as we left on 4th Sept from Chch to Aucklan…

Cost us $40,000 pesos per night. We were in a dorm-type room with a toilet. A bit let down considering we had been told we would be paying only $35,0…

So, the adventure is about to unravel! A bit scared/nervous this morning. I think it's because we are going to Colombia first and well Bogota is cons…

We weren´t looking forward to the wait for our flight as we had left at 11am from Christchurch and had about 4hrs to kill before we got on the next …