Inspiring you on your own journey . . .
Weaving through the tight Pueblan streets, you are heading towards something vast. As the car loops through the colonial blocks on streets that were not built for automotive transportation, your excitement builds. Your previous night’s excess of delicious tacos árabes in the city of Puebla lives on in your memory. Although the influence of the […]
The Balinese jungle gives way to cloudy rocks as your driver propels you further into the sky. Your rapid ascent takes you along the ridge of a long extinct volcano that fills the heavenly void of Bali. The pressure builds in your ears as your car flies through the clouds. Below, the forests seem so […]
The Plaza de Armas is entirely enclosed by burnt-brown coloured buildings. A swathe of Spanish-style colonial architecture makes for an impressive vista. The cloisters of the surrounding structures are filled with touts for overpriced tours to Machu Picchu and the other sites in the valleys of the Inca heartland. Apart from turning down their offers, […]
The road from Ubud snakes through the sweltering jungle. Tropical flora flickers past your eyes as your car tunnels through the humidity. The sun splinters through the canopy and makes tiger stripes of shadow on the tarmac. Your driver is a little skittish. He has been informed by his boss that the police have set […]
From the valley that marks the centre of La Paz, you begin to climb upwards. The minivan rocks and shakes with each further push upward. The brakes are pushed to the limit as the steep inclines up and down through the streets of the capital challenge the skill and nerve of your veteran driver. Soon, […]
The journey from Cuzco is relatively event free. The well kept road takes you through terraced fields that cut into the Andean landscape. Filled with potatoes and quinoa, they feed the Incan descendants who live in the valleys that were once ruled by their ancestors’ glorious empire. The road takes you into a sleepy little […]
