9th-12th November 2018 La Paz, the highest administrative capital in the world. Its official attitude sits at 3,600 meters, but in reality when you are here chances are you could be much higher than that, as it is perched within towering peaks. It’s airport, based in a district known as ‘El Alto’, is 4,100. IContinue reading “Travelblog SA#28: La Paz – Bolivia”
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Travelblog SA#25: Lake Titicaca Part 1 (Uros, Amantaní & Taquile) – Peru
1st-2nd November 2018 Situated on the border between Peru and Bolivia, Lake Titicaca is both the largest lake in South American and also, at 3,800 meters altitude, the highest navigable lake in the world. It has a rich history, having been inhabited by many cultures – including the Tiwanaku people – for thousands of yearsContinue reading “Travelblog SA#25: Lake Titicaca Part 1 (Uros, Amantaní & Taquile) – Peru”
Travelblog SA#21: Cusco & The Sacred Valley Part 1 – Peru
15th-18th October 2018 You would think that I’d have grown bored of historic highland cities by this point, but I was certainly glad I saved Cuzco for later in my trip because it topped them all. Once the old capital of the Incas, and then after, a colonial centre, it is a city with multipleContinue reading “Travelblog SA#21: Cusco & The Sacred Valley Part 1 – Peru”
Tej Turner 