EC-Rider Travels

OMG what a sight to wake up to. I love arriving somewhere in the dark and then opening the curtains in the morning to see where I am. But I am not sure I have ever been so blown away, as this morning – I physically grasped – or maybe it was the altitude! My…

It has been a bit of a travelling day but needless to say no ordinary one. Noel and David arrived early to pick me up and we headed south to Potosi. A stunning drive along a good road without a soul on it, through mountains and lots of native villages. Once again evidence of improvements…

Today Noel took me on a City-tour of Sucre. We started in the main Square which is very lovely with a number of attractive Colonial buildings with large balconies as in Peru. There is also the imposing Metropolitan Cathedral which is sadly rarely open. There was much clearing up going on after the Halloween revelries,…

The Bolivian travel experience was not quite the same …. 5.30 start (again!) as we needed to leave extra time to get to the airport to negotiate all the road-blocks. Cynthia was hopeful that many of the ‘blockaders’ might be having a Sunday lie-in, and though some of the children on the side-streets were, the…

Today has been a travelling day with another 4.45 start! Lovely Fernanda had arranged a little packed breakfast for me – so sweet! Once again it was all very efficient and I flew from Foz dos Iguacu to Sao Paolo, which is the most enormous airport. After walking about five miles I arrived at the…

Well today has been a bit of a damp one but AMAZING! It has been a couple of weeks since I have been at the foot (literally, the last one!) of a ‘wonder of the world’ and to be fair Iguazu is/was one of the Natural Wonders of the World, voted in 2011, and I’m…

A very early start and a very sad farewell to Analida – honestly who has someone to stay for three weeks?! I can’t believe anyone has ever been kinder of more generous to their guest. She has made my stay so special, shown me so so much, introduced be to so many Brazilian things, taught…

Today has been a bit of an admin day as I gathered everything together for the next stage of my adventure. Most importantly a trip to the ‘beauty parlour‘ for the full Brazilian treatment. Manicure, pedicure and hair cut with Analida – hysterical. The rest of the day was spent packin’ and chattin’. I went…

Apparently more rain fell last night than anyone has ever seen before at the house, so there was a certain amount of concern as to how we might get out fearing everything would be flooded and the sand road washed away. But, amazingly it was not and Analida and I bid a very sad farewell…

Oh no! Our little corner of paradise is experiencing some freak weather and it is pouring, pouring with rain. A bit sad on our last day, but maybe it will make it easier to leave. The birds are going berserk and seem to be as surprised as we are. Goodness, I am going to miss…