25th-28th August 2018 ‘Chachapoyas’ means ‘people of the clouds’ in Quechua, and there is no mystery as to why this region was named such way as you are driven there through a series of winding roads cutting through the mountains. I arrived there at night, after a long day crossing the border from Ecuador whereContinue reading “Travelblog SA#13: Chachapoyas – Peru”
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Travelblog SA#12: Loja & Vilcabamba – Ecuador
19th-24th August 2018 The first thing I noticed about Loja was how religious it was. I arrived there on a Sunday and almost everything was closed, apart from the churches which were so cram-packed there were people spilling out from the doorways. One of the only places I could find open was an ice-cream parlour,Continue reading “Travelblog SA#12: Loja & Vilcabamba – Ecuador”
Travelblog SA#11: Saraguro – Ecuador
17th-19th August 2018 A common theme within the travelling scene is people striving for encounters along the road they consider ‘genuine’, but the truth is that these days truly authentic experiences can be hard to come by. For almost everything you want to do or see, others have come before you with the same expectation.Continue reading “Travelblog SA#11: Saraguro – Ecuador”
Tej Turner 