Torres del Paine – Puerto Natales, Chile
Puerto Natales as a town is a small, relatively out of the way kind of place. There's not a whole lot going on there, and it's not the sort of place you'd visit for the [...]
Lima, Peru – Starting Out…
I finally packed up my gear and left London. It had been a four year temporary lifestyle. Four years of locum work and travelling the world. Time for one last adventure, one last dash for [...]
Welcome to the Jungle – Rurrenabaque, Bolivia
Think hot, humid and sticky. So humid you're dripping in sweat, you've never been so hot in your entire life. You're wandering how you could possibly get cooler, you consider cutting the ass cheeks out [...]
Tierra del Fuego. The Land of Fire.
You can't expect the most southerly inhabited town in the world to be easy to get to by road. Leaving Puerto Natales in Chile the journey went a little something like this... 2 buses, one [...]
On Arriving – Santa Marta, Colombia
Dear Anthony and Bryce, It's 5:32am in Canada… I can barely convey how tired I am. Thankfully, I’m being fed coffee. I have 4 flights over the next 24 hours… and many hours in airports.I feel [...]
Puno, Peru
Lake Titicaca sits on the border of Peru and Bolivia at 3,812 meters above sea level, making it one of the highest navigable lakes in the world. I had heard it needed to be seen from [...]
Potosi, Bolivia – Mines and Shitty Buses…
Our bus ride from La Paz to Potosi was a once in a life time opportunity... one of those 'learning type opportunities' that you slot under useful experiences in the back of your mind, should you ever be [...]
Monte Fitz Roy – The Final Days of Spooney-Forkey
After 32 hours on the road we staggered off our Route 40 bus at 6am into the rain, fog, and icy cold winds of El Chalten. El Chalten is a small town in Patagonia in Argentina, [...]
Route 40 Patagonia – Join the Joyride
This blog post is dedicated to the original Doughnut. You and your pink sun visor would have made this ride that little bit more special. Route 40, Patagonia, Argentina. The long and winding road... [...]
