South America Travel and Tourism Guide

I have been friend with Shane for a couple of months. Just a couple of weeks ago, he sent me a message asking if I would like to meet a friend of him who was coming to Lima. I agreed, of course, and I got in touch with Diana, from Colombia. Diana had also contacted Jenny and she was in charge of picking Diana and her friend Marcela from the airport. I was joining them for the party time later ;) I met the girl in Miraflores, at the hostal they were staying.  As good Colombian, the girls...

It was the third day of the civil unrest, and my fifth day in La Paz. In an attempt to enforce the Bolivian government to improve life for the Bolivians, farmers and students had organised a series of protests. By blockading all major roads in the country they literally brought the entire country to a grinding halt, as no road or rail travel was possible outside the big cities. So it looked like I was stuck in La Paz, which worried me as time was running out. I only had eight days left until...

DAY 11(THE SADDEST DAY OF THE TRIP) When we arrived in Guayaquil and some of the passenger’s vacation was not finished. About 6, was dropped off to catch a plane to Lima, Peru and some to Santiago, Chile.  We all clapped and wish them save travels.   We all arrived at 5pm, some of us happy to go home and some are melancholy …..ME :( I slept another 2hrs when we left Guayaquil.  We all collected our room keys and we all went upstairs to quickly change to g...

after a great & relaxed ecuadorian evening yesterday, which was exactly what i needed after my overheating / altitude overkill during the day, i enjoyed my last night at the hostel and as usual woke up early in the middle of the night!today we strolled through the quito old town and climbed the beautiful basilica, a great church near the secret garden. the ecuadorians really try to make a safe impression by having tons of police / paramilitary guards everywhere... there are at least 5 dif...