by Sarah Duff | Jan 16, 2015 | Around the world, Bolivia, Favourite places to stay, South America, Wildlife
“This is why it’s called a rainforest”, said our guide Orlando Queteguari Apana, as the dark clouds broke above us and rivers of rain were unleashed. We regretted not choosing to take wellington boots on the hike, as pathways through the trees...
by Sarah Duff | Nov 24, 2014 | Around the world, Bolivia, desert
My introduction to Bolivia couldn’t have been more dramatic: a border crossing from Chile at over 4000 metres above sea level in the freezing early morning with the giant Licancabur Volcano looming in the background, followed by three days of offroading in a...
by Sarah Duff | Nov 18, 2014 | Around the world, Chile, desert, South America
“This is where all life came from”. The Chilean version of David Attenborough, our guide Gonzalez Cruz, peered into a hole the size of a truck tyre, out of which spewed forth boiling sulfuric steam. I assumed he wasn’t referring to the eggs some...
by Sarah Duff | Oct 24, 2014 | Argentina, Around the world, Chile, South America
For years before I even knew exactly where it was, the word Patagonia conjured up a magical idea of the unknown, the untouched, the wild. When I found it on a map it seemed so remote to be the kind of place I thought I’d never get to. It was my fantasy travel...
