Yonderbound: Travel Planning Made Easy
If I’m not travelling or writing about the last one, I’m always busy dreaming about, planning, researching and organising the next adventure. Whilst I love browsing images on Pinterest and perusing articles on travel blogs about places I want to go, and even deciding exactly which sights and activities I will build into my itinerary […]
2014: On Long-term Travel and Building a Better Blog
When I published my 2013 review, 12 months ago, I was entering 2014 feeling both excited and apprehensive about the year ahead. I was working a temp job (following my redundancy from a 7-year position I’d previously held with DVLA) that was due to finish at the end of January, and I didn’t have any […]
Hiking the Inca Trail with Peru Treks (Part One)
When I was back in England earlier this year, perusing travel blogs and marvelling at photographs in magazines or on Pinterest, hiking the Inca Trail was the experience I was most looking forward to above all else. It was one of the major reasons I wanted to travel to Peru in the first place. The 4-day […]
Cusco: The City Beyond Machu Picchu
Ok, lets be honest here. Most people (myself included) come to Cusco in order to hike the Inca Trail (or one of the alternative routes) to Machu Picchu, and many spend just one or two nights here either side of the trek. Sometimes that’s all our busy travel schedules will allow, especially if we […]
Getting Lost in the Streets of San Blas
My favourite neighbourhood in Cusco, and also the artisan quarter of the city, San Blas admittedly does require a bit of a lung workout to reach. But to miss out on a wander through its maze of narrow cobbled streets is to overlook one of the most charming neighbourhoods in the whole of Peru. Nestled […]
Uncovering the Charms of Modern-day Cusco
Cusco is a 14-16 hour journey along bad country roads from Ayacucho, and seeing as though it’s not one we wanted to make overnight as a result of the warning in our guidebook, “be advised that robberies occasionally occur on the night bus; travelling during the day is recommended” we had no choice but to […]
My V Dub Bug Obsession: Beetles of Bolivia
This is the second in the series of my Volkswagen Beetle photo essays. The first introduced you to the origins of this quirky little vehicle, charted its development over the years, and then took you on a journey through the Peruvian cities of Cajamarca, Chiclayo, Trujillo, Huaraz, Tarma, Huancayo, and Ayacucho. In this one, we […]
Exploring the Ruins of the Ancient Wari Civilisation
Having wandered the tranquil streets of Ayacucho’s historic centre, sipped coffee and savoured delicious food in a few of its plaza-facing cafes, and enjoyed a serendipitous paragliding experience high above the city, we were ready to explore a little further afield. Located 22 kilometres north-east of Ayacucho, on the road to Quinua, the Wari ruins […]