Southward and Ecuador bound we covered a lot of miles, placing us in Ipiales to visit the impressive Las Lajas Sanctuary, built between a bridge and the bottom of a ravine on the site of an 18th century apparition of Virgin Mary. Apparently. Either way, many make the pilgrimage to…
on the road
pampering in Popyán
/ 17/05/2013Popyán is a whitewashed town with free coffee at reception, chicken feet in the set menu soup, a fabulous vegetarian restaurant which Fletch and I found after passing on the soup and a salon where I had my first hair cut in several months – the fabulous Carlos from Panama…
up
/ 29/03/2013Back in South America, starting in Crackers…I mean Caracas. Even if I had been feeling up to going out and exploring on the one afternoon I had in the city, the five keys on my hostel room key ring to get past all the secure doors led me to believe…
coming down in Comayagua
/ 07/03/2013As with all great destinations, their charm is usually half to do with the hard slog to reach them. As such, moving on from Roatán Island bound for Granada meant a two-day ferry and bus journey broken up by an overnight stay in less than salubrious surroundings in Comayagua. I…
Rio Dulce…the calm and the storm
/ 19/02/2013On our way to Rio Dulce from Flores we decided to hold a BBQ and enlisted the help of our drivers to bring some utensils and firewood while we raided a supermarket for supplies and then a butcher in the very local part of town for whole tenderloin. 200 quetzals…