Our day is action-packed as we head from Isla Amantani to Isla Taquile and back to Puno. Sickness I have a migraine that has kept me awake all night. Though sickness might spoil your plans, do not let it spoil your day or night. Isla Taquile Thanks to altitude sickness, I get to see an amazing […]
Today we are off to the Floating Islands of Uros. We wake up at 5:00 am., pack up our room, store things downstairs, eat breakfast, and take a backpack each with us on our adventure. Tour Scam At 7:00 a.m. I am still haggling prices of our tour with a sub-agent for Escandinavia Travel who […]
Today we experience our first official and as we do, we will try to offer you our free luxury travel experts’ caution – based on our experience in this region. So grab some hot cup of coffee and let’s take a walk on this next phase of single parent travel. We have just had a […]
We have just managed to get a great deal on a TEPSA coach to travel from Lima to Arequipa here in Peru. TEPSA is a newish coach company. Booking Coach Tickets They have a deal that two seats on each coach to ‘selected designations’ are massively reduced. So we arrive in the hope that we […]
Today we decide to join our ‘bodyguards’ to tour around the beautiful city of Lima. We have been staying in a very eclectic hotel and recovering from the longest bus ride in our lives that started in Guayaquil. The ‘boys’ both only have 1 day here in Lima, while we have 3 days. So we […]
We are tired from our long bus trip from Banos, and when money troubles hit today, I’m thankful for the kind person who helps us through. The night was hot and stuffy and I honestly didn’t sleep well. My son always sleeps well though, or so it seems, and that is the joy of being […]
We wake up on Easter Sunday morning in Banos as we prepare for our bus trip to Guayaquil. Easter Eggs Easter eggs are not readily sold in stores in Ecuador so ‘Easter Bunny’ has had a challenging time. Also, the fact that this single Mum has a child always present as a parent this makes […]
Today sees us on another Chivas Bus Truck as we seek some local inexpensive adventure time. We had to wait as the first one was sold out. We get collected late for this one – walking there with a guide to the Chiva. On arrival at the Chiva, 50 crazed people dash into it and they […]
Bus to Banos from Quito Ecuador – Easter It is Easter Friday and we are going to be heading off on a bus to Banos. I am up at 4:45 a.m. all thanks to people arriving and leaving all night at our hotel. But I let my son sleep in and we leave after 6:30 a.m […]
Basilica del Voto Nacional, Quito Ecuador Yesterday we went to the church of Basilica del Voto Nacional and climbed halfway up the first viewing tower. However, we had no camera with us, so we decided to come back the next day, armed with a camera – so here we are again today! It’s nice to […]
After our early night, we are ready to leave the Amazon jungle and this is Day 5. It has been a long few days. Birdwatching in the Amazon jungle We join the others at the bird watching tower after breakfast. This birdwatching tower is not a place to leave children unattended as it has a very […]
We are awoken in the night by the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life as lightning brightly lights our room in the Amazon Jungle. There are gaps in the roof and so I can see the flashes of lightning illuminating into our dwelling place clearly and this is not how I want to […]
