Author Archives: Bear and Jackie

Seven hours on a bus from Quito, two more in a minibus, then two hours in a motorised canoe to reach Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. Pure jungle, no Wifi, no phones. Heaven! Off to a local village one day to see … Continue reading →

David Attenborough, eat your heart out. Spent an unbelievable 3 weeks on these beautiful Islands, enjoying our own personal wildlife documentary! Didn’t do the somewhat pricey cruise option and went DIY instead. We quashed the myth that the Galapagos is … Continue reading →

Our 5 week stay in this crazy place is coming to an end. It more than served its purpose of providing us a cheap, relaxing place to stay over Xmas and New Year. New friends made, colossal amounts of fun … Continue reading →

40 minutes in a Tuk Tuk into the middle of the desert and you find…. WTF? A bubbling hot spring! Not a soul here when we arrived. Our Tuk Tuk driver dropped us off and waited for us. Loving Mancora … Continue reading →

Mancora is one of Peru’s top resorts Think desert meets beach, bung in a few restaurants and hotels. Add a sprinkle of Mad Max and you are here Food here is crazy and awesome. Cheaper to eat out than DIY. … Continue reading →

Peru Hopping!!! Spent about a week traveling by bus from Bolivia to our new home in Mancora near the Ecuador border.  Many hours on buses, some awesome places and people, much fun had. Bus gets on a raft to cross … Continue reading →

OMG! This 3 day 2 night adventure blew our minds. The scenery was spectacular. Time to show you some wacky pictures!! Salt walls on our hotel and coca leaves for brekky! Highly sensible behaviour here, walking through super heated sulphurous … Continue reading →

We crossed the border on foot having been evicted from our bus!! Then boarded another bus which took us to Copacabana a small, lazy beach town, where we stopped for pizza before we headed off for La Paz. We arrived … Continue reading →

Found ourselves in Puno on the way to Bolivia for a few hours so hopped onto a boat to check out the floating islands. I thought that maintaining a pool and sweeping up leaves was hard work! Thankfully the house … Continue reading →

Cusco is an awesome town but it is time to move on. Jumping onto a bus tonight for the long drive to Lake Titicaca then onwards to Bolivia and the Salt Flats of Uyuni. Some photos here of the Witches … Continue reading →