16th – 19th May, 2023 I arrived in Cartagena around lunchtime, following a long night bus that bled into much of the next day. For that reason – and also the sweltering heat – I decided to take it easy that first afternoon and set myself just one target: Castillo San Felipe de Barajas,Continue reading “Travelblog LA#8: Cartagena – Colombia”
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Travelblog SA#31: Cochabamba, Sucre & Potosi – Bolivia
23rd-30th November 2018 Coming to Cochabamba felt like my travelling had come full circle because it is possibly because of this place that I am in Bolivia now. Years ago, I watched a documentary called The Corporation which covered the story of how the people of this city rioted in against the rise in theirContinue reading “Travelblog SA#31: Cochabamba, Sucre & Potosi – Bolivia”
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 