Archive for September 2016
Straw sea-going vessels, the taxi and a twenty-seven hour bus ride
A big part of our journey is navigating the various public and private transport systems around the world. Sometimes the […]
The worlds largest sandcastle
Venturing about fifteen minutes outside of Trujillo centre is a pre-Inca one thousand-year-old archaeological city called Chan Chan (means Sun, Sun), […]
Huanchaco volleyball champions
We did not realise when we set off on our bike ride with David and Pabel late on Sunday afternoon, that […]
Face to face with the real riches of The Great Inca Empire
Rising early in the morning we set off in different directions with our local Peruvian volunteers from Espaanglisch, Mayra and […]
Speaking in the presence of the Incas
Ayahuasca, Stereotypes, Homosexuality, Abortion, Racism and Religion these were just some of the topics we discussed in the conversation classes […]
Espaanglisch
Espaanglisch is an English Learning organisation helping pupils in underprivileged areas of Trujillo with their English language, whilst also providing […]
Discovering an Olympic spirit
Our visits to Rio straddled the greatest games on the planet, the Olympics and the Paralympics and the place was […]
Pao de Acucar or Sugar Loaf Mountain
This is one of those posts that does not really matter about the words I use to describe my feelings […]
Corcovado, an Art Deco Wonder of the World
Our previous trip to Rio was somewhat exciting with the robbery and attempted robbery, so this visit we were hoping for […]
into the strange 