High above La Paz on Chacaltaya – once a remote ski slope above 5000 m / 17000 ft altitude. *Note: This is a personal blog about travel at altitude, but…

Quito’s iconic colonial centre, located in a beautiful Andean Valley After a couple of marvellous weeks at sea level in Patagonia and Easter Island, I have been looking forward to…

Machu Picchu as seen from the ‘sun gate’ Dear Friends, This is the outline of our November 2018 Peru Tour. Twomey Travel has designed the tour (based upon years of…

Most of my group in windy Torres del Paine – so much fun! Fresh water icebergs on Lake Grey, Torres del Paine It is always sad to leave beautiful Chile…

Giant Condors in the Colca Canyon Peru 2017 An amazing country, with fabulous people at the perfect time of the year (well November is at least the best month to…

These iconic Moai were toppled and then further destroyed by a Tsunami triggered by the 1960 earthquake in southern Chile (rebuilt with Japanese money) Two mysterious Moai statues on the…

Hello. Magellan penguins Chile – Southern Patagonia The mighty west winds sweep across southern Chile. There is no other land mass that far south, until Antarctica itself. The flat lands…

Cruising back from Peulla through freshwater fjords Chile – Lake District & Chiloe Romantic images of Patagonian gauchos and vast, dry plains replete with sheep are distinctly Argentine (and well…

A perfect desert sunset? The whole gang in the Moon Valley (salt, not snow) Chile’s North – San Pedro & Atacama Volcanoes, desert, sunsets, altitude & wildlife. Oh, miners too…

Arriving in The Falklands:- After 48 hours at sea and a very calm Drake Passage, we arrived at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands. Made up of a total of…