Travelblog LA#35: San Cristobal de Las Casas – Mexico

30th September – 1st October, 2023   I arrived in San Cristobal De Las Casas on a wet and cloudy morning, after a night bus from Oaxaca. As soon as I stepped onto the street the architecture and ambiance felt oddly familiar; single-storey buildings and cobbled streets. It reminded me of Guatemala. This is perhapsContinue reading “Travelblog LA#35: San Cristobal de Las Casas – Mexico”

Travelblog LA#33: Huey Atlixcáyotl Festival – Mexico

24th September, 2023   Arriving at Atlixco at around 9:30 in the morning, I started searching for signs of activity. This is a festival that I had found out about at the last minute and made a quick change to my itinerary to ensure I could make it. The quick searches that I had doneContinue reading “Travelblog LA#33: Huey Atlixcáyotl Festival – Mexico”

Travelblog SA#14: Iquitos – Peru

30th August – 5th September 2018 Sometimes when travelling you have rather romanticised expectations which do not deliver and such was the case when I embarked upon my journey to the Amazon. The idea was that I wanted to reach Iquitos – the Amazon’s biggest city, an urban pocket deep within the jungle – byContinue reading “Travelblog SA#14: Iquitos – Peru”