Travelblog SA#20: Arequipa & the Colca Canyon – Peru

5th-12th October 2018 Two weeks spent in the desert and now here I was, back in the highlands again. And not only in the highlands but in yet another historic UNESCO city. And of all of them, this was probably the most charming so far. Its central plaza was a large space, filled with colourfulContinue reading “Travelblog SA#20: Arequipa & the Colca Canyon – Peru”

Travelblog#13: Mandalay, a boat to Katha, & being ill in Yangon – My last week in Burma

19th-25th September, 2014 Mandalay was a bit “meh”, but we had suspected as much. We had already decided that it was a place we were just going to pass through so as soon as we arrived there we went straight to the jetty and booked a boat heading upriver for the following morning. This stillContinue reading “Travelblog#13: Mandalay, a boat to Katha, & being ill in Yangon – My last week in Burma”