Monthly Archives: Jun 2015

Perú – Puno, Lake Titicaca and the floating Uros Islands

Posted on Jun 27, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

Considering I’m not really a morning person, I think I’ve done well to last the distance for all these incredibly early starts (we often have to be up at 5am if not earlier) and long busy days. As it’s mid … Continue reading →

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Perú – From Arequipa to Colca Canyon

Posted on Jun 26, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

Left Arequipa at a very reasonable hour, with our local guide Jesús (a very common hispanic name, pronounced Hay-zoos), for the long ride up towards the Colca Canyon, the deepest Canyon in the world, more than twice as deep as … Continue reading →

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Bye bye Chile, hello Perú – heading for Colca Canyon

Posted on Jun 26, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

Welcome to darkest Perú where guinea pigs are very nervous and are apparently best served deep fried or roasted, with paws, eyes, ears etc still intact.  I will upload a photo if I ever summon up the courage to try … Continue reading →

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Chile – San Pedro de Atacama and Arica

Posted on Jun 13, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

Ahh the Chilean desert….a bit of a change from our frosty crossing from Argentina at some ungodly hour of the morning. It’s about 2-4 degrees C at night and 28-32 during the day right now (winter). Very extreme, but manageable … Continue reading →

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The last of Argentina – Salta, Purmamarca and Tilcara

Posted on Jun 12, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

I’m a bit behind with the blog I’m afraid, but here’s the post about the next stop in chronological order.  From Buenos Aires, we caught a flight to the town of Salta, a old colonial town in the North West of … Continue reading →

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Argentina – Buenos Aires, home of the Tango

Posted on Jun 8, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

After our exciting border crossing, we spent the next morning on the Argentinian side of the Iguazu Falls visiting the ‘Garganta del Diablo’ (Devil’s Throat), a thundering 80 metre high waterfall, which is both deafening and exhilirating to stand beside. … Continue reading →

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Argentina here we come – an interesting border crossing

Posted on Jun 4, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

Having taken a very early flight from Rio de Janeiro, we arrived in Foz do Iguaçu (also known as Iguazu Falls) late morning and had plenty of time to do all the walks in the Iguaçu national park and take … Continue reading →

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The Frosty Top tour begins – Rio de Janeiro

Posted on Jun 4, 2015 by Fiona and Steve

So the Frosty Top Tour is well underway and we are having a ball with our 9 fellow Kiwi FTs and our lovely Ecuadorian tour guide, Leni. So lucky to be with such a neat group of people, as we … Continue reading →

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