Adventures in Baños
The ultimate adventure destination in Ecuador is without doubt Baños de Aguas Santas– a city in the central part of the country. ‘The Gateway to the Amazon’, Baños is the last big mountain town right at the edge of the Amazon jungle and a major tourist center. Banos paintings of local disasters and accidents are found […]
Chimborazo- The Icethrone of God
Which mountain is on the equator but is covered in permanent ice? Which mountain is 2.5 km lower than Everest but is 2 km further than the center of the Earth than Everest? Chimborazo. After the few unforgettable days horseback riding in the green mountains of Vilcabamba it’s time for a more serious, much colder and much […]
Horses Made Us Happy in Vilcabamba Ecuador
Horses make you happy. – Gavin Moor Ivo, Mira and Maya in Vilcabamaba In the greenest part of the Mandango mountains, where the sky meets the forest and the clouds crawl down the rolling hills to spread their mist over the valleys below, we reach a small refuge. A tiny log cabin with a pointy […]
Nazca, Cajamarca and Chachapoyas- 2000 years back in time
Ivo, Mira and Maya at Ventanillas de Otuzco After the floating Uru Islands and Isla Taquile on Lake Titicaca, after Cuzco and Machu Picchu, we continue exploring Peru’s many wonders, before heading to Ecuador. Fascinated by the rich history and exotic culture of this vast South American country, curious about some of its greatest mysteries left unsolved on […]
Cuzco and Machu Picchu
The Nomadik Family in Machu Picchu Every traveler’s dream is someday to reach the top of the Inca World and marvel at its majestic proportions and ancient mysteries. It’s our Number One Peruvian destination too, and after Lake Titicaca it’s time to go to Machu Picchu. There are a few ways to get to the site once […]
Titicaca- The Lake From Our Dreams
. Copacabana From La Paz, we take the bus to Copacabana- a touristy town on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. Again we look for cheap accommodation, but all the hostels are full with backpackers mainly from Chile, as apparently the schools and university in Chile are on vacation in February and everyone is […]
Puma Punku. The Greatest Mystery of All Times
Our visit to Puma Punku is dedicated to our son Viktor, who is a great supporter of the Ancient Aliens theory . La Paz Bolivia’s capital La Paz is not the “crowded dirty and poor place up in the middle of nowhere” we expected it to be. To our surprise, we found a bustling modern […]
Heroes of The Pacific Ocean
Heroes of The Pacific Ocean Crossing the Pacific Ocean between the Galapagos Islands and the Marquesas on a tiny sailing yacht- close to 3000 nautical miles; a month without land – is an epic adventure and a great achievement for any cruising family with limited navigational knowledge and little sailing experience, but it is NOT […]
Our Pacific Ocean Passage was A Piece of Cake
Our Pacific Ocean Passage was A Piece of Cake Later, I told Maya that our Pacific Ocean Passage was “a piece of cake”. One of those fresh delicious vanilla cakes frosted with fluffy cream and glazed strawberries- the one you like so much, only this particular piece had a big fat dead cockroach in the […]
Carnival in Oruro
. Declared one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in 2001 by UNESCO, the Oruro Carnival is Bolivia’s most celebrated festival taking place for two weeks in February each year. It is a massive event in which more than 150 groups with 30 thousand dancers and 10 thousand musicians take […]
