The Salinas Grande is huge! 525 square kilometres of salt encrusted lake some 3500 metres above sea level. An impressive sight to put it mildly.
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Argentina Road Trip – Huamhuaca and Purmamarca
Northwest Argentina has some of the most dramatic and diverse landscapes in South America? Today is the first day of our ten day road trip around this beautiful region.
The Whales of the Pensinsula Valdes
After a long overnight bus trip we arrive in Puerto Madryn, a small and very pleasant town which is the gateway to the isolated and desolate but magnificent Peninsula Valdes.
Valparaiso – Hills and Horses
Often described as colourful, dilapidated and ramshackle, Valparaíso is an intriguing mess of a city that sprawls across dozens of steep hillsides on the coast of Chile overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It is a labyrinth of vertiginous streets and cobblestone alleyways spread along the various “Cerros” or hills.
Trekking in the Amazing Andes – from Lares to Ollantaytambo
To avoid confusion we are not in Peru! this is a post transferred from our old blog from several years ago
Australia’s Red Centre
Alice Springs is in The Red Centre, as far as it is possible to get from the sea in Australia.