I’ve travelled a bit but I’ve never stepped in guano. Till now… The town Guano next to Riobamba is called “the craft capital of Ecuador” because of leather and tinted textile production. Where does this… smelly name come from? Well, from the river Guano, which has its sources on the …
I’ve been in South America for quite a while already. I came here as a complete novice but after over seven month observations I have a lot of experience people who come here for the first time do not have. Also, I’ve met dozens of other travellers and I’ve had …
Today at midnight (ok, to be honest, yesterday few minutes before the midnight) a half a year has passed since I’ve landed in Quito after over ten hours flight from Frankfurt and changing planes in Panama and Puerto Rico. I didn’t know what to expect but since my very first …
When I was preparing myself for the travel to Ecuador I was looking online for opinions and advices. South America is not associated with security. The majority sees suddenly the visions of drug cartels, communist guerillas and dictators from both sides of political spectrum. On top of it Brazilian favelas …
Cuzco. Or Cusco. Both are correct. I came there tired after over 24 hours on the bus. Then it became worse. It turned out that my luggage had been leeft in Lima. I hadn’t understand that if I leave it where I bought my ticket, I have to get back …
So I’m back, writing about Peru. I came to Cuzco with some adventures. It’s enough to say, I went to Machu Picchu having only the clothing I was wearing on me at the moment. For two days trip in rather cold mountains. My life was saved by my poncho I …
I came to Puerto Maldonado from Cuzco by bus. Another night spent on the road. From the bus station I took a mototaxi – a kind of rickshaw with a motocycle instead of a bike. I had a plan to spend Christmas in the jungle with indigenous people. When I …
Peru isn’t big. It’s huge. Its overall surface is 1.285.216 km² (496,225 sq mi). 19th in the world. In fact, Peru is longer than wider. From the border with Ecuador in the North to Chile in the South there are almost 2.500 km (over 1.500 miles). I didn’t make it so far and, …
I wouldn’t say that crossing Ecuadorian-Peruvian border was complicated. Actually, I could smuggle everything through it (of course I didn’t have anything illegal with me). As the most of such procedures, it was inconvenient. Firstly, we waited in the bus, then, around 1 a.m., they ordered us to get off …
