Day 8: A Taste of Quito
I flaked it. I should have been up with the lark and on a bus to the border, but I decided to have a day off. This decision is no…
Day 7: The Long Way Round
Got to the border bright and early this morning, and tried to find a bus to Quito, the capital of Ecuador. There was no central bus station, each coach operative…
Day 6: Shut Your Eyes And Hope For The Best
Got into Lima at 8am this morning. It was a rollercoaster ride last night, if you tried to stay awake it was just a non-stop cavalcade of terror as the…
Day 5: Bo Diddily Crazy
The maid was supposed to wake me at 6.30, but didn't. Luckily, by some miracle I woke up myself at 7am after clocking up a whole 3 hours of sleep.…
Day 4: Carry On Up The Andes
Arrived, shaken but not stirred, in Oruro, Bolivia. I felt the best course of action was to find out when the first bus for Chile left - 11.30am - and…
Day 3: On The (Bolivian) Buses
Another very early morning and after joining me on the bus to San Salvador De Jujuy (pronounced HooHoy, which is something I'd expect Mr Burns to say when he answers…
Day 2: Global Positioning System
Arriving at some ungodly hour in Posadas, we took a taxi over the Paraguayan border. And back. I would love to tell you how much fun and how interesting Paraguay…
Day 1: Hey-Ho LET’S GO!
7.30am.Woke up to find that sand demons had filled my teeth with silica gel and that a brass band had barged its way into my brain and had started to…