Author: alanhenry11

After more than nine month travelling with two young children, we have learned quite a lot. We have learned more about mechanics than we had in a lifetime. We have learned that travelling slower works better for us as a family. We have learned that everyone’s needs must be met for dynamics in the camper…

We will remember our time very fondly in Ecuador. We loved the amazing fruit, literally falling off the trees all around. We loved the warmth of the people on the roads who waved and beeped incessantly, leaving us feeling like celebrities everywhere we went. We loved the incredible natural beauty that the Andes Mountains presented…

Rubbish, litter, trash, garbage. Call it what you will, it still means the same thing. I have had the good fortune to travel in many parts of the world, including some parts of the developing world. Such countries have many issues to resolve, from public healthcare to housing, welfare to crime. Given such challenges, some…

Having arrived in Peru a full two months previously, we were looking forward to our next adventure north of the border in Ecuador. However, before that we had one last pressing engagement along the coast in the small town of Los Organos. We had hoped to see whales earlier on our adventure in Argentina and…

One of the things the four of us had been looking forward to, ever since we decided to come on our adventure to South America, was to visit the heart of the Amazon Rainforest. We wanted to see what life there was like there for the local people. We hoped to see some of the…

Travelling allows us enjoy many wonderful things on a daily basis. Whether it is seeing new things, experiencing new places, or meeting new people, we have the opportunity to live in a different way that both challenges us and rewards us constantly. This way of living however does mean that some of the usual home-comforts,…

Peru is the 20th largest country in the world, equivalent to the size of France, Spain and England combined. So it is rather big. It was with no surprise then that we started to see a new Peru as we made our way south from Rainbow Mountain to the southern city of Arequipa and onto…

Having waved our visiting grandparents off, we headed back to the campsite overlooking beautiful Cusco, where out campervan had been stored while we were in Cusco. After unpacking, we spent the rest of the day playing sports, watching a movie and generally taking it easy. The following couple of days were spent in a similar…

A slightly misleading title I must admit, given that we had travelled from La Paz to Cusco and then to Pisac in recent weeks. However this was the first time in over a month that just the four of us had travelled and lived together without friends or family accompanying us. I for one was…

Bolivia is a country I had the pleasure of visiting seventeen years ago, as part of a flying three week backpacker visit to South America. I really enjoyed what I saw then and the experiences that I lived. While I am now a lot older, greyer, and have many more responsibilities, returning to this unique…