Like most people who have never been to South America I was under the impression that Colombia was one of, if not the most, dangerous country in the entire continent.…
Well we have completed the loop around South America and are back where we started, namely Buenos Aires. The weather is now much more clement. We are wearing flip flops…
Sorry for the big gap in time between posts – rumours of our demise have been grossly exaggerated: neither lost in the desert, nor rotting on a jail floor. Rather…
It’s been over a year since I posted an update on the Trippy life. That time has been plagued with uncertainty and a series of emotions. Not emotions in response…
Below is a list of our daily expenses in Peru to give those planning on visiting the country an idea of the cost of things, and to give those following…
The daily budget is 30 dollars per person per day. Since there are 2 of us that means $60 a day. We changed in Cusco at 2.96 Nuevos Soles per…
Peru has been the most toursity place we`ve visited so far. With the obvious drawcards of Machu Picchu and the Nazca Lines, the country attracts vast masses of Americans and…
Just to recap, we have a budget of $60 for 2 people per day (that´s $30 each). We changed our last set of travellers cheques in Bolivia for 6.5 Bolivanos…
Superlative Bolivia – highest city, highest capital city, poorest South American Nation was a shock after organised Argentina. Suddenly there were no concrete roads, and everywhere old women were waddling…
The closer we got to the Bolivian border the more mountainous and beautiful the terrain became; and also the higher the proportion of indigenous people we encountered. This was a…