Popping into Argentina’s wine region for a few days was made possible by last minute flights with LAN since all border crossings were snowed in. A bumpy skip over the Andes and we were amongst flat fields of grape vines, around 800-1000 wineries and autumnal tree-lined streets in Mendoza. We…
South America
Santiago: the city with no sun. Valparaiso: the city with no foreshore anymore.
/ 04/07/2013Chile’s capital, Santiago, is at first glance a collection of low buildings underneath a leaden sky, kept dreary by pollution, clouds and rain. The sky is one colour – light grey. The cold gets into your bones and turned my fingers blue as I typed. Our ominous welcome featured students…
panic in Potosi
/ 27/06/2013Potosi was not kind to me. Sitting at an altitude of 4060mtrs, the mining city took my breath away, and not in a good way. The temperature also dropped and wind picked up, whistling through the narrow streets to slap us in the face. I would recommend against staying at…
surreal Salar de Uyuni and San Pedro de Atacama
/ 27/06/2013My biggest draw card for Bolivia is the 12,000km2 Salar de Uyuni. Arriving in Uyuni and going straight back to bed wasn’t quite how I’d imagined this particular adventure starting, however there was precious little else I was capable of doing. It was a pity because I missed Katie’s birthday…
sweet smell of saddles in Sucre
/ 25/06/2013After the dust had settled on the rally tracks around Sucre and we were allowed into the city, the taxi drove by a few passed out drunks on footpaths before dropping us at our hotel. We took a short walk around town via the bustling mercado and the offices of…