Today in Tupiza (and all over Bolivia I’m told) there were schoolkids playing organised sports in the streets, men from the army running up and down, and drummers and a band. It was a kind of protest, because FIFA had decided that no more world cup qualifiers could be played in Bolivia, as the visiting [...]

My routine in Tupiza has become something like this: wake up in the morning, have breakfast, wander around the town a little, meet up with Lili (who is staying in her aunt’s house), have lunch in her aunt’s house (where I get to try out typical Bolivian food), rest for a while and watch tv, [...]

In the afternoon of my second day in Tupiza I went to see the house of my girlfriend’s Aunt and Uncle. It’s the house where her father grew up. Now just three people live there but her father had 10 brothers and sisters so it used to be a lot busier. It’s kind of three [...]

My first day in Bolivia started with the bus trip from Humahuaca to La Quiaca, the Argentinian town that borders Bolivia. After Humahuaca the road gradually rose (La Quiaca is over 3600 metres above sea level) and passed between the colouful, twisted rock formations of the Andes and through the dreary towns of Tres Cruces [...]

After Salta, we took the bus to Humahuaca. Humahuaca is in the province of Jujuy, Argentina’s northernmost province. It’s a wild, mountainous place, with lots of towns and tiny villages perched high in the Andes. Humahuaca, for instance, is 3000 metres above sea level. It’s a small, pleasant, tourist town, surrounded by tall cliffs on [...]

I visited Salta nearly 3 years ago and was excited to be back. We caught the overnight bus from San Juan (16 and a half hours) and arrived early in the morning. The city of Salta has it’s own unique character, there are lots of colonial buildings and churches in the city centre, the people [...]

We stopped off for a couple of days in San Juan, just two and a half hours from Mendoza by bus. It’s one of Argentina’s quietest regional capitals and it grew on me. It reminded me of La Plata, more of a large town than a city, quiet and peaceful. We spent our time walking [...]

Cerro Aconcagua, at 6959 metres tall the highest mountain in Argentina and South America (and also in the world outside the Himalayas) was what we’d come to Mendoza to see. I’ve seen large mountains and volcanoes before, in Peru and the northwest of Argentina, where there are 5000 metre and 6000 metre tall mountains and [...]

Last Tuesday we began our trip to the north of Argentina and Bolivia. Although we started by going not north but west to Mendoza. Mendoza is famous for it’s wine, clean streets, dry desert climate and for it’s proximity to Aconcagua, South America’s tallest mountain at nearly 7000 metres.
We caught the overnight bus from La [...]

Last fall I spent some time in Central Park, New York City, taking photos. I was entranced by the beautiful warm autumn colours, the clear cool air, the super sharp light and the continual flow of people walking, cycling, playing sports, sightseeing, busking and so much more. Central Park is a magical place, a spellbinding [...]