South america travel destination
I wrote recently about my attempt at bridge jumping in Banos and how it scared me half to death. Today I am going to talk about a less adrenalin filled day trip I did from Banos, a visit to a monkey sanctuary in Puyo. Over my four and a half month’s backpacking through Latin America I
It’s foodgasm Friday again and this week I take a look at something close to my heart (And Stomach). I haven’t been this excited since I did my artery exploding orgasm inducing Poutine review back in Montreal Canada, last year before I even left on my travels. Those of you know know me (Or at least
So it's been a while since I've done one of these. The last time I did I posted about All the shameful junk food I had eaten on the road, So I thought it was time to redeem myself and prove that I did actually eat local food while I was travelling. What better way
When I first started my Latin American trip I set out to try as many new experiences as I could. I wanted to put myself out of my comfort zone and truly test myself. Over my tripI had swam with sharks and giant sting rays (and even got to hold one) in Caye caulker Belize,
Another one of the awesome day trips I did from Quito Ecuador was climbing volcano Cotopaxi and enjoying some downhill mountain biking in the Cotopaxi national park. Volcano Cotopaxi or mount Cotopaxi as it is sometimes called is one of the highest most active volcanoes in the world. Coming in at a height of 5,897 m (19,347 ft)
Located just a couple of hours north west of Quito is the Andean town of Mindo. reachable by a bus from the north bus station for cost of $2.50. Set in a beautiful cloud forest this small town is primarily famous for it's number of bird species with over 450. There is also a large
While I was in Quito one of the many day trips that I did was visiting the Equator line "Mitad Del Mundo" (Middle of the Earth). Located just an hour and a half out of Quito on a series of bus's or a 30 minute taxi ride north of Quito is Mitad Del Mundo.
One of the many day trip's I did while staying in Quito Ecuador was visiting the early morning Animal and town markets in the small of Otavalo, located just 2 hours north of Quito. The early morning Otavalo Animal Markets With the animal market's starting at 6am on a Saturday morning and finishing at 10am
As many of you have followed my journey you will know that I didn't get much of a chance to document the last part of my trip through Latin America between January and March. I thought that it would be a real shame to have left so many amazing stories untold. So over the next
After my Epic sea journey from Panama City to Cartagena through the San Blas islands I got my first taste of South America in the port town of Colombia Cartagena. Cartagena from the sea Unfortunately as I arrived at the start of January during a giant electronic music festival and had not booked
