Colombia – Caribbean Coastal Adventures
The Colombian north coast along the Caribbean Sea is packed with adventure, still devoid of mass tourism. Float in a bubbling mud volcano, and swim in pristine waters at palm-fringed [MORE...]
South America
Argentina – The Long Way Down
Argentina is a world in one. A country that offers rose-red deserts, snow-capped mountains, massive glaciers, rugged landscapes, vast plains, great food and wine, and the best tango dancing in the world. We travel all the way from the Bolivian border at the northern tip of Argentina down to Ushuaia, the southernmost town in the world. Along the way we explore the world-renowned Iguazú Waterfalls, we dance the tango in the nation’s charming capital, we crawl close to the wildlife of Peninsula Valdés, and walk on glaciers. Viva! Argentina. Thinking about Argentina, you may get visions of [MORE...]
Sabah – Malaysia’s Untamed State
Malaysia’s State of Sabah is located in the northern portion of Borneo Island, the third-largest island in the world. The island is politically divided among Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia (Kalimantan) in the south. The “East Malaysian” states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. Sabah is less than half the size of Sarawak and occupies the most northern tip of the island. Borneo is home to one of the oldest rainforests in the world, and Sabah has no shortage of untamed jungles. While large portions of the state remain inaccessible to most hikers, [MORE...]
Sacred Valley of Peru
Located in Peru’s Andean highlands, the sacred valley formed the heart of the Inca empire, along with the town of Cusco and the ancient city of Machu Picchu. The Sacred Valley of the Incas, also known as the Urubamba Valley and Valley of Yucay, is irrigated by the Urubamba River and stretches all the way from Pisac village to Ollantaytambo, a distance of about 60 kilometres (37 mi). The first known occupants of the Sacred Valley were the Chanapata civilization around 800 BC. They were followed by the Qotacalla civilization from 500 to 900 AD and the Killke civilization from 900 AD until [MORE...]
Argentina’s Patagonia Glaciers
Argentina’s southern Patagonia region is famous for its Los Glaciares National Park with several massive glaciers fed by the Southern Patagonian Ice Field. Join us as we explore Perito Moreno Glacier and Upsala Glacier. [MORE...]
Galapagos Islands (Photo Essay)
Islas Galápagos, named after the shells of saddlebacked Galápagos tortoises, is an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator, almost 1,000 kilometres west of continental Ecuador in South America.These islands are famed for their endemic species. Studied by Charles Darwin back in the 1830’s, they contributed to the inception of Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Darwin, aged 26, reached the remote Galapagos Islands in September 1835 on board the HMS Beagle, a three-mast ship, from Devonport (Plymouth) in the United Kingdom. Having left the U.K. [MORE...]
Vintage way of life in Uruguay (Photo Essay)
This article appears in Globerovers December 2017 There are two countries that are paradise to lovers of vintage cars. The most well known being Cuba where a large proportion of the cars on the roads are classic cars from the 50’s. Cuba’s “love” for vintage cars was forced on them when President Fidel Castro banned the importation of foreign cars in 1959, and since then the island’s drivers have been stuck with whatever vehicles they owned. Their dependence on what they had was proliferated by trade embargoes imposed mainly by the USA. Cuba’s ban has been relaxed since Fidel [MORE...]
10 Great Ruins of LATIN AMERICA
Known as “pyramids”, and sometimes as “temples”, or “temples atop pyramids”, or just “structures”, Latin America is strewn with many impressive ruins with some city foundations dating as far back as the 4th century B.C. Most were built by the Aztecs (such as Mexico’s Teotihuacan), the Incas (such as Ollantaytambo and Machu Picchu in Peru), the Maya people (such as Palenque, Tikal, and Copán), or built by the mother of them all, the Olmecs. Some visitors will literally walk around with a flashlight and magnifying glass to decipher the ancient reliefs and inscriptions such [MORE...]
Pyramids of Ancient Latin America
Pyramids of Ancient Latin America - Whether you have historian tendencies, or you are just the average traveller, tourist, or intrepid explorer, you will each experience these ancient ruins in a different way. [MORE...]
9 Best Traveller Experiences in southern BOLIVIA
Salar de Uyuni in southwestern Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flats measuring more than 10,500 square km. Located at an altitude of 3,656 m above sea level in the Daniel Campos Province, this region is remote, unique, and inhospitable. The area is known for its scenery with dormant volcanoes, turquoise lakes, weird rock formations, and its volcanic active areas with fierce fumaroles and boiling mud pots. While the salar is rather void of any noticeable life other than the odd tourist Landrover and the giant cacti on Isla del Pescado and Isla Incahuasi, the area off the salar has [MORE...]