We did not realise when we set off on our bike ride with David and Pabel late on Sunday afternoon, that […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Still trekking, step by step
Trujillo, somewhere in Peru today
Praias of Cabo Frio and Arraial do Cabo
My Portuguese Brazilian is never as good as this post title may indicate, ‘The beaches of Cabo Frio and Arraial […]
Beauty and the Beast: Daylight robbery at the Olympics
Finally! Rio de Janiero!!! Samba, Girls from Ipanema, Copacabana Beach, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Christ the Redeemer and the Maracana Stadium…wow […]
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the football world cup was born
It was 1930, Uruguay played Argentina in the first ever football world cup final, held at Estadio Centenario, Montevideo. The […]
Dirty Wars and somewhere out there is the truth
Let me put this into perspective, growing up in England during 1980s and loving football, I had a specific view […]
into the strange 