The second half of our three week Canadian leg with my parents saw us depart from Jasper heading South. What awaited us was one incredible glassier-filled road, the biggest rodeo in the world, and the amazing semi-desert of the…
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The Yukon. Just the name of the place conjures up images of wilderness. Nothing other than pine forest, bears, and gold. The truth is pretty close to this assumption, and because of its wildness, the Yukon and driving the…
When Lyndsay and I first talked about travelling through North America two things we both agreed were must-sees were Yosemite and Yellowstone National parks. I was lucky enough to have already visited Yellowstone fourteen years earlier. The memories I…
With at least a third of our nights in the US spent under canvas, Lyndsay and I had started to consider ourselves pretty good campers. Something that Lyndsay, especially, probably never thought would be the case. But needs must,…
Driving from Chicago to the Colorado Rockies is like a terrible novel you just have to finish. It is impossibly long, extremely boring and you’re glad when you’re at the end of it. After an impromptu jaunt to Toronto…
Sitting at the bar of a brewery in Glens Falls, New York, beers in one hand, burgers in the other, we poured over our map planning the next step of our adventure. It was decided, we would head North to…
Exploring the city of Sao Paulo didn’t quite go as we had planned. I realise the title sounds a little like a plot from Poirot, but the truth isn’t too far off… Apart from the obligatory murder. As we…
ACTIVITY & ADVENTURE ARGENTINA
Getting Up Close To The Perito Moreno Glacier & The Patagonian Ice Field
The Perito Moreno Glacier in Argentinian Patagonia is an absolute must-see. Go to a map and track the Andres as far south through South America as you can go and you’ll find the gigantic southern Patagonian Ice Field that…
Both being a fan of a good glass of wine, as Lyndsay and I travelled south from the Atacama desert in Northern Chile towards Valporaiso, we knew we would be passing some stellar Chilean wine producing regions so it…
After our first border crossing from Peru to Bolivia via a relatively easy 3-hour bus journey, 1 hour 30 mins queue at border control and a further 3-hour bus the other side, we arrived in La Paz. The highest…