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A few weeks ago, I was interviewed about Arequipa, Peru by Chris Christensen for the excellent travel podcast, Amateur Traveler. Zab and I spent a…
A few weeks ago, I was interviewed about Arequipa, Peru by Chris Christensen for the excellent travel podcast, Amateur Traveler. Zab and I spent a…
Welcome to another in our “Expat Living” interview series, where we interview expats we meet on our travels for an insider’s point of view on…
A friend of mine asked me recently whether all the food in South America was organic simply because most producers could’t afford to use pesticides….
We went in to make some chocolates, but we came out of the Choco Museo with much more. We were greeted by Vesna, a lively…
After sitting in cafés, visiting art galleries and museums is probably our second favourite activity while in large cities. So after visiting many during our…
Welcome to another in our “Finding Beauty in…” series! Some places are ugly. There’s no getting around it; not everywhere on the planet is beautiful….
It was the elusive yet ever-pervasive pull of the gringo trail that lead us to visit Paracas, and the obligation to justify that force that…
Welcome to the first of our “Expat Living” interview series, where we interview expats we meet on our travels for an insider’s point of view…
Most people visit Nazca in southern Peru for just one reason: to see the Nazca lines. Before coming to Peru, I had heard only vaguely…
Chivay, the largest and highest settlement (at 3635 metres above sea level) in the Colca Canyon, at first appeared to be a small, normal Peruvian…
Arequipa was a pleasant surprise. We arrived, having organised an apartment to rent for a month, knowing only that it was Peru’s second city and…
I’m not the hugest fan of “photo essay” blog posts, but there are places that really deserve one. Santa Catalia Monastery in Arequipa is one…